Lasagna for one!
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 …
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Honey roasted chick peas/Fantastic Trail Mix
The other day I made roasted chick peas for the first time and they turned out great. They were super crunchy, I added garlic salt, cumin and chili powder. Basically, you take a can of chick peas, drain it and rinse it, throw it …
Greek seasoning
Last year, at my office, we had salad club every Thursday. There was a group of about 8 of us, and when it was your turn for the week, you would bring salad and fixin’s for the group. Then you could have salad for a few months …
The Food Pyramid, demystified
I mentioned the other day about a nutrition class I am taking at a local community college and all the credible sites you can check out to get some good advice. One of those sites I mentioned, www.mypyramid.gov has opened my eyes more than …
Homemade Italian Ice
I was watching the Food TV network this weekend and Cooking for Real with Sunny Anderson came on and part of her meal was making homemade Italian Ice. I never really thought about making it from scratch, but you need only a few things: water, …
Losing weight, where do you get information can you trust??
I’m taking an Introduction to Nutrition course at my local community college and I am learning all sorts of things I didn’t know. Part of chapter one discusses that with all the information out there on what people should eat, and how to lose weight, …
Light pumpkin pie
I love when fall comes. The leaves changing, getting warmer clothes out of storage, the cool mornings, by this time of the year I am done with summer and can’t wait for fall! This started me thinking about all the foods of fall. Soups, stews, pumpkin, …
Roasted Chick-peas (garbanzo beans)
I read about a dozen different varieties of how to make them. You can used canned chick peas, or dried chick peas, where you soak them overnight. I also read many variations of how long to cook them as well as at what temperature. I …
Microwave potato chips?
I have to admit, one of my huge weaknesses are chips. Any kind of chips; Doritos, Cheetos, Frito’s, Potato chips, pretzels, etc… One of the things that has been hard for me to change is my chip habit. I actually gave up chips for lent …
Fiber One "pop tarts"
When I was at the store over the weekend, I happened to see on the shelf there was a new product for Fiber One toaster pastries. I love their cereals, so I thought, now I can have pop tarts and not feel bad about …
Fiber One “pop tarts”
When I was at the store over the weekend, I happened to see on the shelf there was a new product for Fiber One toaster pastries. I love their cereals, so I thought, now I can have pop tarts and not feel bad about …
Spicy Shrimp tacos with Tomatillo salsa
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 …
Roasted tomatillo salsa verde
These are tomatillos. The look like green tomatoes except they have these paper skins on them. This is only my second attempt at making salsa and when I tasted it, I thought it tasted like it was from a Mexican restaurant, I was so excited! …
Spaghetti Pizza
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 …
Chocolate Chip Pancakes
Chocolate chip pancakes have become a tradition in our house after spending a long weekend at the Wisconsin Dells. The boys were 2 and 4, our daughter wasn’t even born yet. We went to a restaurant called Mr. Pancake which had long lines and boasted …
Zucchini-Potato Latkes with Tzatziki sauce
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 …
Team in Training
I’m taking a break from recipes today to ask for your help. I mentioned before that for the last 3 years, my husband and I participated in Team in Training and completed the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon for two years, and that I did the Half …
Green Chicken Enchiladas
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 …
Light Eggless Omelettes
I printed out this recipe over a year ago with the intention of making them, but how many times do we copy recipes out of someone else’s cookbook, or print them off online, or copy from cooking magazines, but never make them? This happens to …
Mini quiche biscuits
These are really easy to make, even on a weekday. You can make them ahead and freeze them to heat up in the microwave at work, or make them for a brunch. The base of mine is your basic refrigerator biscuit. Each biscuit is only …
Zesty green beans
Green beans are about my favorite vegetable. Tonight I made an awesome dish with green beans that I want to share with you. 1/2 pound of fresh or frozen green beans 1/4 of a large red onion, sliced 2 cloves of garlic, sliced 1 tablespoon …
Granola balls
I saw this recipe on Whole Foods web site and I made them to include in my kids lunches this week. We all tried one and they taste awesome! 2 cups old-fashioned oats 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter 1/2 cup …
Chocolate Dream Pie – the reduced fat/calorie version
When I was driving with my daughter in the car last week, she sometimes likes to play this game where she will say, “raise your hand if you like the color pink” or “raise your hand if you like marshmallows” to which if you like …
Beer and Cheese Soup
There used to be this tiny restaurant that was open in my town that made the best cheese soup ever! You really couldn’t even call it a restaurant. It was called Scottie’s Deli and there was a counter you could stand and eat at, and …