Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
The title is a little long, but I had a lot of good eats today! I ate the last of my carrot muffin I made the other day for breakfast. The other two I brought to work to give to a couple of my friends …
The other night was a late eating night. I had gotten home from work, but it was BEAUTIFUL outside, so the kids wanted to ride their bikes. We hung out for a while and when I came in to start dinner, my husband called and …
My family has a lot of different sayings for what’s for dinner. We order pizza every Friday night, so we have called it for years “Party Pizza Friday” and when its taco night, all I have to say is “Mexican Fiesta” and my kids know …
I am kind of bummed because I thought today was my one year anniversary, but it turns out it was April 3rd! Oh well! I think this blog is the longest thing I have stayed committed to in my life! What started out as a …
First of all, I picked up these cute bananas at the store this past weekend. I wanted to surprise my kids by putting them in their school lunches. I wish I could have been there to see their reaction! They said the kids at their …
Another day, coming home, getting my work out clothes on and doing my elliptical for 30 minutes (with no interruptions either)! Wahoo! I knew I had pork chops, but wasn’t exactly sure how to prepare them. I thought I could do some kind of breading, …
One of my favorite things to get at Big Bowl restaurant is their chinese bbq pork. It’s tender, the flavors are amazing, and its just fantastic. I was trying to find a recipe for it, and I found one on Cooking Light. Since its still …
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 …
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 …
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. …
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 …
I don’t know about you, but I cook chicken a few times a week, and I am always on the hunt to make something different and not the same old recipe. I like this one, because its so easy, has hardly any ingredients, and it tastes great. I …
My family went out to dinner last night to Big Bowl. Its a chain restaurant that serves stir fry, Thai food. It just reminded me how much I love that kind of food. I could literally eat it every day! I made this recipe to …
There are a bunch of different ways you can make this. You can use your own homemade pizza dough, a store bought pizza crust like a Boboli pizza crust, but my favorite is to just use a tostada. You can buy them right by …
My friend Kathy at work gave me a new cookbook called “The Eat Clean Diet Cookbook” by Tosca Reno. I had never heard of her, so I did some research and learned a lot! At age 40 she was 70 pounds overweight, not eating great, …
This is a great dinner to make quickly. I actually used a garlic/herb flat-bread that I bought at Trader Joe’s next to all the sliced breads. Or you can certainly use a pita bread as your base. I adapted this recipe from Fitness Magazine. …
This is a great dinner to make quickly. I actually used a garlic/herb flat-bread that I bought at Trader Joe’s next to all the sliced breads. Or you can certainly use a pita bread as your base. I adapted this recipe from Fitness Magazine. …
I mostly cook healthy dinners, but I’ve mentioned before my kids favorite thing that I make is chicken tenders. I have baked them, put a bread crumb coating, pretzel coating, etc… The other day when I was driving in the car, I told my oldest …
photo: courtesy of gourmet.com Have you ever seen the series, Diary of a Foodie on PBS? Pretty much every time I am watching TV and flipping channels, if a show has anything to do with food, I will stop and watch it. The episode was …
I make sloppy joe’s for my husband and I at least once a month. It’s super easy, and I usually just buy ground sirloin beef and a can of Manwhich. It’s good, don’t get me wrong, but I was wondering if there was a recipe …
I make sloppy joe’s for my husband and I at least once a month. It’s super easy, and I usually just buy ground sirloin beef and a can of Manwhich. It’s good, don’t get me wrong, but I was wondering if there was a recipe …
Okay, who watched The Biggest Loser last night? I knew there was going to be voting, and I was hoping Vicky would be in the bottom 2 so that she wouldn’t be in the final three. Michelle is doing great though, losing 9 pounds in week 12? That’s insane. I …
My Mom was raised in Virginia, and the way they do pork barbecue is totally different than the midwesterners do. There is no barbecue sauce, its just vinegar and crushed red pepper flakes. The recipe is super easy, and low maintenance, but worth the time invested. …
This is another favorite item I was talking about yesterday from Cucina Paradiso, a restaurant by my office. It may sound weird, but the combo of the crust and the dipping sauce is outstanding. This is my first attempt at making it. I am just …