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After work today, my Mom was nice enough to pick me up to run some errands since my car is in the shop. And she was even nicer by giving me a pork tenderloin that she had defrosted earlier in the day! She lives alone, …

This is a dish I make quite frequently, but tonight I made a few changes that turned out way better than I expected. Usually I begin to make the cheese sauce by making a roux. I add a tablespoon of butter, 1/4 cup of flour …

This recipe comes from fitness.com. They have a bunch of dinners that come in at 500 calories and this is one of them. The only thing I did differently was add more veggies. I added shredded carrot, edamame, and sugar snap peas. Shrimp Fried Brown …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

There is this tiny restaurant by my office called the Grape Leaves Restaurant.  It has all of about 8 tables, plastic tablecloths, not fancy at all, but they have really good homemade tasting food.  My two friends always ordered the falafel’s when they went and when I …

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 …

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 …

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 …