Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
I adapted this recipe from Saveur. The original recipe called for Parmesan and Gruyere cheese, but since I didn’t have those cheeses I used what cheese I had on hand which was two Mexican cheeses. Chihuahua and Cotija cheese. The chihuahua cheese I used on the …
Since I made the homemade English muffins yesterday, I decided to make two small McMuffin type sammiesI “fried” and egg with Pam cooking spray, and divided it between the two English muffins. I added 1/4 oz. of cheese on each one, and two slices of …
I was all set to make chicken with a marinade I found when I was straightening out my cabinets. The packet had one side with a dry rub, and the other side was a liquid marinade. I won’t tell you the brand, because it was …
This is a quick and easy recipe, ready in about 15 minutes. It comes from www.mealsmatter.org. They have tons of great recipes. And for those of you who don’t like tofu, you don’t have to add that ingredient and it will still be fine! Ingredients …
Because I am part of the Food Buzz community, I was asked if I would be willing to test any new products coming to market and share my thoughts. So, yesterday I got a package in the mail with 6 new Quaker Oats True Delights …
This is my son Paul. He’s 12 and he’s fantastic! The kids are off school today because of a school institute day, and Paul decided to make his own soup. I was folding laundry in another room and I asked him if he needed any …
For years my sister has made homemade pizza. We used to work at a bar in our early 20’s that made the best pizza ever. The cook there, Billy, was an old man who smoked way too many cigarettes, but he showed my sister how …
When I got home from work yesterday, I had this cooking magazine waiting for me in my mailbox. Its the second time I’ve received it, and I didn’t even order it! So that’s kind of nice! It’s a companion to the Cook’s Illustrated Cooking …
A year ago my stir fry’s consisted of celery, carrots, rice and chicken. I’m not joking! I always thought I didn’t like certain vegetables, so I just never tried them again. Fast forward to this stir fry: I have: sliced garlic green onions sugar snap …
When I was at a local grocery store over the weekend, I saw a package of these:They are lo carb pita pockets. Each one is only 170 calories and 7 grams of fiber!So, I put a few things together and came up with an awesome …
Over the weekend, my son Mark, who is 10, asked me to make his favorite: chicken tenders. I told him I would make them on Monday night. Although he wanted all the different varieties I have made in the past, such as pretzel coating, beer …
So I was watching Food TV this morning, and I was watching Cooking For Real with Sunny Anderson. She was making these manicotti stuffed shells with shredded chicken and a tomatillo salsa. She also made a really rich Fontina Cheese sauce to go over it. …
This dinner was easy to pull together because I kind of cheated. I had a pork tenderloin that was already cooked from a brunch my Mom had on Sunday, so I just sliced it up and sauteed it in a skillet to warm. I made …
It is so cold today in Chicago. The actual temperature is -10 with wind-chills at -25 to -30 below! What’s with that??? So, needless to say, you need something warm and cozy to keep you warm all day. I have this fantastic product my husband …
This is an easy soup to make any night of the week. It comes from mealsmatter.org. I like different uses of tortillini because 99% of the time, I just put plain old pasta sauce on top. And, using them this way you can get more …
Fitness surfer! Congratulations! E-mail me at slim-shoppin@comcast.net and give me your address and your stir fry sauces will be on their way! Check back later for the recipe of the day!! My sister-in-law Joan forwarded me a great e-mail today from The New York Times. …
I am giving away 3 of my favorite flavors of stir fry sauces from House of Tsang. I could basically have stir fry every day. The flavors I chose are The Classic Stir Fry, The Thai Peanut Sauce and Teriyaki Sauce. Each tablespoon is only …
On the Food TV website, under healthy recipes, there is a list of 30 days of healthy foods/recipes from Ellie Krieger. She’s a health nut and has I think a lot of great ideas. I saw these a few months ago, but put off making …
It’s okay to make something not so healthy if you are giving it to someone else right? I still haven’t celebrated Christmas with my side of the family due to my Mom was out of town and my sister’s husband was in the hospital, so …
I wasn’t sure what to make for dinner last night, so I looked in my freezer, looked in my pantry to see what I had. I didn’t have enough meat to feed a family of 5, but I did have some Italian sausage and some …
I am in the process of making an Index of all my recipes. I have several hundred buried in here and I want people to have better access at a glance. I am starting with breakfast foods. I’ve already added some and will be adding …
For the longest time, I never liked sweet stuff with savory stuff. For example, I used to never like any fruit in my salad, but now I frequently put apple, dried cranberries, with things like onions and carrots and balsamic vinaigrette. Or, I would never …
So yesterday I was talking about how I wanted to buy more foods that were locally grown because so much food is shipped so far just to get to your grocery store. Isn’t it funny that once you learn about something for the first time, …
So yesterday, I was visiting my favorite sites, and when I was on Tom’s site, I linked to another site The menu coach chronicles, and read an article about year round Farmers Markets. One of my new years resolutions is to try to buy foods …