Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
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 …
To me, its not quite the holidays unless there is egg nog involved! My whole family loves it. One of the most favorite things we make with egg nog is egg nog milkshakes. Just take about 1/2 cup egg nog, 1/2 cup low fat …
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 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 …
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 …
This recipe is for my brother (www.backtothefridge.com) who loves peanut butter more than anyone I know. He can keep a jar at his desk and eat spoonful after spoonful and never get tired of it! I got this recipe from a Shape Magazine back in …
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 …
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 …
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 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 …
I hope everyone had a great day yesterday! My first Thanksgiving meal went perfectly! I didn’t overcook the bird, my mashed potatoes turned out great, my husband made an awesome stuffing, and we had a great time! Now, what to do with the leftovers! I …
I am in the process of making my first Thanksgiving Dinner today! So far, so good. Every year since I have gotten married, either my family goes to my Mom’s house and she cooks, or we go to my husbands side of the family. This …
When I got home from work last night, I made a totally deluxe dinner of a huge stir fry with lots of veggies and homemade won-tons which my sister had made the other day which inspired me. It took me like 1 1/2 hours to …
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 …
Its been a while since I made muffins, so I thought this would be a great way to start out the week. I love pumpkin and especially around Thanksgiving, its such a great thing to add to so many holiday dishes. I am going to …
Thanks to my brother Charlie (www.backtothefridge.com) who posted on Megan’s site today (www.megansmunchies.blogspot.com) he made a recipe our Dad made growing up (Pumpkin chocolate chip bread) and used a new tool to figure out the calories that I never used before. It’s a recipe analysis where you can put …
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 …