Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
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 …
I wasn’t sure what to make for dinner last night, so I looked in my freezer, looked in my pantry to see what I had. I didn’t have enough meat to feed a family of 5, but I did have some Italian sausage and some …
I wasn’t sure what to make for dinner last night, so I looked in my freezer, looked in my pantry to see what I had. I didn’t have enough meat to feed a family of 5, but I did have some Italian sausage and some …
So yesterday I was talking about how I wanted to buy more foods that were locally grown because so much food is shipped so far just to get to your grocery store. Isn’t it funny that once you learn about something for the first time, …
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 …
Merry Christmas everyone! We have lots of snow in the Chicago-land area. My kids had a great time playing outside in the snow! Nice snowman! That’s Claire, Happy Santa came to our house!Mark’s ripping into the wrapping paper!Paul’s just about to find out Santa brought …
I have been making these for Christmas for about the last 8 years or so. One day, I was at Walmart, stocking up on flour, sugar, etc… for baking cookies, and I happened upon a huge hunk of chocolate called Almond Bark. Its chocolate for …
I mentioned yesterday that I am in full baking cookie mode for the next week, as I make cookies for the kids teachers, crossing guard, Daisy troop leader, music teachers, etc… Did you ever watch that show, Cooking Thin on the Food TV network? I don’t think they have it …
For some reason I have always been afraid to make bread. I am afraid of the yeast, how do I know if the water is warm enough, did it rise enough, etc… I once bought yeast, and literally moved it with be through 3 …
I have posted roasted edamame, and I love adding edamame in salads and soups, or making a dip out of it. This is something you can make either as a side dish or a healthy meal. I also found this from Shape Magazine from 2005. …
There are some things I make that only I will try, and this was for sure one of them! Maybe if I didn’t say anything about it being made from black beans, my family would try them, but I don’t mind making things only …
I brought this for lunch today, and because I like it so much, it will be my lunch for the next two days too! I found this recipe from Fitness Magazine. I assembled it at work and put it in the toaster oven. I think if …
This recipe was inspired by a recipe on www.veganyumyum.com. You can certainly make these pancakes Vegan, but since I didn’t have quite all the ingredients she used, I substitutued the soy milk for skim milk and used regular all purpose flour instead of using the spelt …
If you ever get a chance to go to P.F. Chang’s China Bistro, get the Asian Lettuce Wraps! They are phenomenal. The architecture firm I work at does the architecture/interior design for all the P.F. Chang’s around the country, and I’ve gotten to go there …
I’ve had a super busy day so far. My daughter and I ran errands this morning, got home, made lunch, dropped her off at a birthday party. While she is there, the rest of the family is getting ready to go to a family party …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
There are two magazines I get in the mail each month that makes me feel like its Christmas. The first one is Cooking Light magazine, and the second one is Bon Appetit. I usually don’t make a lot of things from Bon Appetit because they …
I got my love of cooking from my Dad. When I was in grade school my Dad went back to school to become a chef. Weekends were spent tasting my Dad’s “homework”. Crepes suzette, pastries with all fabulous kinds of fillings like cherry or …
I made these muffins this morning before work. It only took a few minutes to put the batter together, and you don’t need a lot of ingredients, and the oven does most of the work! 3 bananas, mashed 1 cup sugar 3 tb. butter, melted …