Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
Yesterday I posted my recipe for green salsa, I ended up making a quick version of chicken enchiladas. This went from start to finish in about 30 minutes. The quick method I used, was I took 3 big boneless chicken breasts, trimmed of any fat …
These are tomatillos. The look like green tomatoes except they have these paper skins on them. Once you take the paper off, the skins are kind of sticky, so you just have to wash them really well before starting. After I made this salsa and …
Most of my regular readers already know about Rouxbe Cooking School, but for those who don’t, it’s an on-line cooking school where you can learn about so many things (300 classes and counting)! The best part, you can do it from home, in your own …
This is something I can have virtually every day and never get tired of it! It’s a lot of chopping, but I just chopped all the veggies: celery, carrot, garlic, red onion, cauliflower, pea pods, broccoli slaw, water chestnuts and sauteed them in a pan …
First off, I would like to congratulate the following people who will be getting a coupon to try Sargento reduced sodium cheese for free! I picked the names out of a hat: Deb! (My old next door neighbor!) Shonda Ally from Sweet & Savory Debbi …
So the other night, we had BAD storms again in the Chicago-land area. At about dinner time, the tornado sirens went off, and that’s pretty rare. So we headed to the basement and stayed there until the storm passed a little over an hour. Tons …
One of the things I love to do is make something deluxe when there is seemingly nothing to eat in my house. You can open up the fridge, and look in the pantry and think there is nothing to make. That’s how it was over …
As a Certified Nutrition Consultant, you would think that I’ve figured out how to lose weight AND do what I am supposed to do all the time. But how many times have you seen Dr.’s and Nurses who are obese and think “What’s up with …
I just read about John Goodman and his weight loss! It was on the Comcast Home Page and at first when I saw “John Goodman” in big letters, I immediately thought…did he pass away?! Ummm.. no, he’s lost ALOT of weight. The article said he …
Earlier this week my sister posted a soup recipe for roasted yellow pepper potato soup. It looked so good and I had all the ingredients to make it, so I made it that night. Originally I was just going to make it for my lunches, …
Okay, first off, let’s talk about Biggest Loser last night! It was so good! Everyone looked so great. That’s my favorite part of the show is when they go back home for the first time. I was surprised by a lot of things. Koli I …
You can ask my sister, my dinners have been super boring and repetitive since my husband’s jaw has been broken and he can’t eat any real food, I have gotten lazy in the kitchen! Since my sister and I talk about food on a daily …
My eating has kind of been all over the place for the last 10 days or so. Since my husband has a broken jaw and his teeth have been wired shut, my dinners have been super easy and quick. He can only eat soups that …
That’s a question I am sure Mom’s and Dad’s are used to hearing from their kids pretty much every day. It seems as soon as I walk in the door after being at work all day, that’s the very first question I get before “Hi …
Earlier this week, I mentioned that a month ago I started working with a Life Coach Karyn, helping me to look more serious into my weight loss and what goals I want to achieve. One thing I told her I had a hard time with …
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 …
I can’t believe the week is almost over!! And we’ve had several days in a row of sunshine in Chicago, so that makes me happy (even though its still freezing out!) I had to share my yummy stir fry! I think I had at least …
Chili is usually reserved for my husband to make. It’s his specialty, but usually we do that on Super Bowl, or on Halloween. I never really thought about making it during the week. I was looking through a huge binder of recipes I’ve clipped out …
My sister always cooks chicken parm all the time, but I rarely think of it, but tonight it sounded really good! I cooked Whole Wheat angel hair pasta, I had a jar of Barilla garlic flavored tomato sauce, I had some chicken tenders in the …
When I got home from work, the only kind of meat I had in the fridge was a 2.5 pound pork tenderloin….and it was almost 6 o’clock. No time to roast that baby, so I decided I would cut it into pork chops and cook …
Thanks to Jessie and Michael of Chef Fresco, I tried a new recipe they made using sausage and veggies. I love trying new recipes. Usually when I make something new, I just wait and see if my family says anything. Sometimes they do, sometimes they …
While re-reading a Cook’s Country Magazine from last summer, I came across a recipe for battered fried chicken. Now, I know what you are thinking…how is that healthy? Well, it’s not! About once every other month I will deep fry something, and that frying happens …
Last weekend while watching Giada on Food TV, she made an herbed quinoa as a side dish and I thought it looked so good. I wanted to do the same thing, but I had a spaghetti squash I hadn’t eaten yet, so I decided to …
I get these smoked sausages pretty much every other week at the grocery store for a couple of reasons. 1). It’s cheap! Usually 2 for $5.00 and they are low in calories (1 serving is only 110 calories). I’ve been sick all week, just went …
I am re-posting this recipe because I love pot stickers so much! I think I could eat these every day and never get tired of them! The best thing about making these is that you can pretty much use up any extra veggies or protein …