Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
A long time ago, when my sister and I first started trying to eat healthier, we tried all sorts of products when they were new, but not necessarily in the stores. We had to order things by the case online like Kashi cereals, Krusteaz high …
OK, so I stole this recipe from my sister. She entered a cooking contest and used this sauce as its base. As she was describing it, I thought to myself, I always make spaghetti sauce, but no other kind of sauce to go with pasta (besides pesto). So, …
This recipe serves 2, however it can be easily doubled or tripled. I got this recipe from Fitness Magazine.Here is what you will need: 2 (4) oz. boneless, skinless chicken breasts 1/2 cup white wine 1 TB. fresh rosemary, or 1 tsp. dried rosemary 2 …
Usually when my Mom, sister and I get together and meet to go to a movie, we will eat lunch first at Big Bowl. I love the spring rolls, the dipping sauces, the tempura green beans. I saw this recipe in a cook book called …
Before I post the recipe, I have a funny story to tell. I was making dinner last night, and I called my twin sister to talk about our day. She asked me what I was having for dinner, I said “spaghetti and meatballs” and she …
For some reason I have been thinking about pine nuts, and wanted to make something that included them. I normally don’t buy pine nuts, but saw them at the grocery store and thought sure I would find a recipe that would include them. I did …
Have you ever gone on a site that has copy cat restaurant recipes? I was looking for a homemade honey mustard dressing, when I found a honey mustard dressing that was similar to TGI Fridays at cooks.com. I chose to make it the same way, …
Its funny that as I am getting older, I’m finding out that I like more things. I guess you could say I was a picky eater growing up. I didn’t like chunks of vegetables in my food (i.e. no chunks of onion in meatloaf …
Occasionally when its been a pretty busy weekend, we will order out from a restaurant in our neighborhood called Leona’s. It’s an Italian restaurant, great pastas, pizza etc… but every time we order, my son and I will split the meatball sandwich. We split it, …
I love feta cheese. I just started buying it a few times a month within the last year. I guess I never knew what to do with it. Of course, I will sprinkle it on salads, I throw it in there with my scrambled eggs, …
I keep on thinking of this recipe and I have to admit, I haven’t tried it yet. I’m not a huge of zucchini, but I think I might like this! I came across it a few months ago from Dr. Gourmet. Basically, the pizza crust …
Over the summer, my Mom called me to come over to her house and help her with the tomatoes in her garden. She had sprained her wrist and wanted me to help her par-boil the tomatoes, take the skins off, put them in a food …
Yesterday I posted a recipe for tomatillo salsa. It was so fantastic! I love green salsa, so it was a weird coincidence that flipping through an old Cooking Light magazine, I saw a recipe for spicy shrimp tacos with tomatillo salsa! I think that was …
There was this restaurant I went to as a teenager in Richmond, Virginia while on vacation that had the best baked spaghetti I have ever had in my life! I can’t remember the name of the restaurant, but when I was …
I make potato pancakes at least a few times a month. My oldest son always gets excited when I am making them for dinner. He’ll smell them from another part of the house and come running. “Are you making potato pancakes?” And of course, when …
I love mexican food! This is a recipe I have made a bunch of times and it always gets rave reviews in my house. The original recipe was from a book called “Eating for Life” by Bill Phillips. For those of you who don’t know …
I have never made white bean and chicken chili before. I’ve read a ton of recipes over the years but I finally made my version of this great take on chili. The best thing is you can also make this in your crock-pot. If …
I made a great dinner tonight in no time flat. Since school has started back for my kids, so has all the open houses, and curriculum nights and PTO meetings. Tonight we had two different meetings, and we had to be at school by 6:00 and I …
For the longest time, I would read in health and fitness magazines, books, websites, etc… to add more fruits and veggies to your diet and not only will it fill you up, but the calories are so much less than eating a granola bar, protein …
My sister loves spaghetti squash and she has been trying to get me to try it for some time. “It’s fantastic!” she exclaimed. I wasn’t so convinced. I remember trying a recipe for mashed cauliflower which people insisted tasted exactly like mashed potatoes. Lets just …
I love pot-stickers! If you have never had them, you can make them yourself! Sometimes they are called dumplings. I used to pass by the won-ton wrappers at the store all the time and wonder, what do you do with those things? I finally bought …
How good does that look? I subscribe to a ton of places where I get recipes e-mailed to me on a daily basis. This recipe came to me from my local grocery store Dominick’s in the Chicago-land area. I had posted a recipe earlier for …
Sometimes I like making a dish that just serves one, so I can eat the whole thing, not worry about measuring it after cooking, there are no leftovers, just one big meal. I made these from a recipe I saw in Fitness Magazine. I love …
This is by far the easiest and quickest dinner ever! I saw a recipe from www.menshealth.com that had very few ingredients, but that I could double to make for my family. Here’s the ingredients to serve 4 12 ounces flank steak 1 medium onion, sliced …
I love beef stew! It is so hearty and wonderful. I have a super easy recipe, which I have posted before, but this time I made it the Rachel Ray way and made it in under 30 minutes. I mentioned that my power …