I LOVE Ratatouille. I consider it one of my most healthy dinners. When you get right down to it, it’s basically pasta sauce with lots of vegetables. What are those vegetables? Eggplants, Zuchini, Squash and Tomatoes – all sliced. The first time I made Ratatouille, I followed the recipe from Tasty.com – they make it Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
A friend once told me his favorite meal that his mother makes is Chicken Kiev but that it was really hard to make. This sounded like a challenge in my head. I’ve made Chicken Cordon Bleu in the past and it’s not hard (not easy, but not hard) and Chicken Kiev is another stuffed chicken Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
We’ve been trying to include more vegetarian and vegan options in our diet and I felt like a warm, ramen style soup tonight. I didn’t follow a recipe per se, but I did use this recipe from Midwest Foodie Blog as a guide. I went with the ingredients I had on hand and used store-bought, Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
Crusty medium rare steak, avocado salad and a twice baked potato that I made with my own homemade Clearman’s spread. It’s a cheesy, buttery, tangy spread from Clearman’s Northwood’s Inn restaurant in L.A. area. Sooooo good. If you’re lucky, you can find the actual spread sold in grocery stores – I have not been lucky Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
Want a fairly healthy guilty pleasure? Chili Stuffed Sweet Potato is your answer. Make your own chili or buy a canned chili – try to find the most healthful version for your tastes. Bake a sweet potato the same way you would a regular potato – you want super easy? Pierce it a few times, Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
Need an easy weeknight, healthy’ish meal? Fish Tacos is the way.Here are some options for fish depending on how easy and how healthy you want to go: Use Frozen fish sticks – good way to get kids started on fish Use Fresh or frozen un-battered white fish such as cod or tilapia Either way, it Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
Need a little inspiration? Tonight I made a Greek inspired chicken dinner with lemon garlic rice, lemon rub chicken, a Greek salad with pita bread and spicy feta hummus. You can use box rice pilaf, or basmati rice and cook per the directions. Add lemon, crushed or minced garlic cloves, some sliced cherry tomatoes and Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
Tonight’s dinner brings a wee touch of Ireland…Irish Stew, bread with Kerrygold butter and a Guinness Extra Stout. Half of that Guinness went into the stew. Now I can eat my alcohol and drink it:) ? Cheers! For reals though, this stew is cozy comfort food – made in the crock pot (or an instant Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
Tonight’s “T.V.” dinner is chicken sumac, Naan bread with spicy lebni and zaatar spices and a Mediterranean salad. I found this cool Persian Sumac marinade by Wild Garden at my local neighborhood market’s meat counter and just had to try it. It’s a pre-packaged liquid marinade, making it super easy to make this declicious meal. Click Here to Continue Reading This Article […]
