Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
I kept wondering this question when I am at the store. I make homemade pasta sauce pretty much every week. Sometimes I buy whole tomatoes, sometimes pureed, sometimes crushed, why so many varieties, and what should you buy for what you are making? So, I …
I get the monthly catalog from Williams-Sonoma and I love drooling over all the fancy gadgets and pans. PLUS, they always showcase a handful of recipes. When I read the recipe for this, the one thing that stuck out is that you can easily make …
Over the weekend, I bought this really cute bag of mini peppers for only $2.49! I used about less than half for this soup recipe. I knew I was going to make the soup, but when I made the cauliflower gratin yesterday, right before I …
Over the weekend, I made a huge stir fry and still had a fair amount of purple and white cauliflower, so my sister just so happened to make a great side dish which I decided to make. It’s a Cauliflower Gratin. She used a combo …
It’s been a busy week, and later nights due to my high schooler with after school things and a concert last night that didn’t get us home until almost 10:00 p.m. I didn’t really make anything fun yesterday, so today I am pulling out old …
I want to thank Food Buzz for sending me 2 free bottles of Pace Picante sauce as part of their Taste Testers program. I have to be honest, I never buy Pace because I thought it wasn’t that good, but after trying both the mild …
One of my favorite things to do is try to put together a great dinner when it seems like we have nothing in the house. Such was the case the other night. I hadn’t gone to the grocery store over the weekend, so while I …
One of the things that keeps happening on the weekends for me is that since I wake up late, I usually just eat lunch instead of breakfast AND lunch. It’s kind of nice to make something a little more deluxe. I hadn’t gone to the …
I’ve posted this recipe already, but it’s worth posting again. As soon as it starts turning into fall, I start getting out my soup and stew recipes, I can’t wait to make them again! The best part about this …
Before I get to today’s recipe, I want to tell ELIZABETH from Elizabeth’s Cooking that she won a free coupon to try Sargento Cheese! E-mail me your address at slim-shoppin@comcast.net and I will get that in the mail for you. A few weeks ago HELEN …
It was a great time this weekend! We celebrated my Mom’s 70th birthday with a huge party at her house. My brother flew in from Austin, Texas and my Mom’s sister and my cousin flew in as a surprise to her! By the time the …
I know a lot of people make stuffed peppers all the time, but since I started trying more veggies, it turns out I love green peppers! So, when I read the recipe from Jeff @ He Cooks/She Cooks, I had almost all the stuff to …
I was straightening up a book shelf when I came upon this cookbook I haven’t looked at for a long time. It’s a yearly edition of Cooking light magazine recipes (From 2000). There are a ton of great recipes in it, and when I saw …
If you are looking for an idea of what to make for dinner using ground beef instead of burgers and tacos, this is a great idea! I use ground sirloin which is 93% fat free and wrap each one in a slice of turkey bacon …
I was thinking about making a batch of The best potato soup ever, when I thought about what other veggies I could add. I had a few carrots, a few parsnips and some cauliflower in the freezer, so I just threw them all in! It …
First off, I have to give a shout out to TJ from TJ’s Test Kitchen!! I profiled her weight loss story a few months ago, you can read my interview about her HERE. She’s lost over 70 pounds and on her most recent weigh in, …
Well, my kids survived their first day of school and no homework was issued, so that was nice! My husband and I had to go back to the high school for parent orientation, so a quick dinner was made so we wouldn’t be late for …
The summer is over, and my kids head back to school today!!! The weirdest part is my oldest son is starting high school today, the same high school that my husband and I went to! It seems like it was yesterday when they were this …
I got this recipe from Giada from FOOD TV. I was browsing their site over the weekend looking for something new to do with chicken. Like most families, I make chicken a few times a week, so I am ALWAYS looking for new ideas! This …
The architecture firm I work for designs restaurants all over the country and one of the things I read on a daily basis is Nation’s Restaurant News. You can find out the latest food trends, read about top Chefs and find out if your favorite …
I recently started watching The Cooking Channel. It’s a newish channel from the FOOD TV network. There are older shows from FOOD TV, but then there are new shows featuring not so famous chefs yet (or not as famous as on FOOD TV). One of …
My twin sister always makes fun of me because I make pasta so much. But with so many different ways to make it, you can never get tired of it. When I had my first apartment, I think I made pasta at least 4 nights …
A few weeks ago I was watching Unwrapped on Food TV because they were profiling spicy foods. One of the recipes they made was from the Cheesecake Factory. I’ve only been to one once in my life, but the recipe looked incredible. It’s actually one …
A few months back I was given samples of Muir Glen’s fire roasted tomatoes to try. Delish! For those of you who don’t have back yard gardens, buying Muir Glen canned tomatoes is a great option. Recently I was contacted by them and asked if …
I am a member of Slow Food, which tries to bring people back to the table with the freshest foods, cooking with real ingredients, the more it comes from the earth, the better! Recently I joined that Group on Linked-In and a fellow member Meredith …