Recipe
Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
first started making these cookies before I could drive. My neighbors would get excited about these cookies. I wooed my husband in college by baking these cookies. All this was before the days of realizing that trans fats were terrible and that shortening isn’t really a product I want to use [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Tuscan Chicken Pasta
This is something that I posted on my main blog a while ago, but since we just had it for dinner again tonight, the point of my kitchen blog is to store recipes, and it tastes really good; it earned a re-posting!
This recipe came from Men’s Health magazine. My husband flagged it as one [...]
Waffling
We have been looking for a new waffle iron for some time now. Our previous one just wasn’t performing satisfactorily. Unfortunately it was a replacement for another model that also didn’t work all that well. Since we had two sub-par waffle irons, we wanted to research carefully and try to find one [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Fruity-Nutty Oatmeal (Take Two)
A while ago I made a recipe for oatmeal that contained apples, cranberries and raisins. It was tasty, but my husband wasn’t overly impressed and I thought that we could improve upon the base recipe.
Since my husband prefers steel-cut oats (or irish oats) to rolled oats, my first step was to change [...]
Salmon and Herb Penne
Tonight’s dinner was yet another recipe found in Prevention magazine. I realized that I was out of garlic when I started making this… Whoops. I tried to cheat by using garlic-infused grapeseed oil instead of the olive oil & garlic. I don’t think it was as flavorful this way as it should [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Spinach, Bacon Macaroni & Cheese
The other night we were watching Iron Chef America and the secret ingredient was spinach. Bobby Flay made a macaroni and cheese dish with spinach and bacon. My husband commented, “Why don’t we have more food with cheese and bacon in it? We should have more cheese and bacon dishes.”
So, I took [...]
Grilled Portobello Burger
The Ingredients:
4 sm portobello mushroom caps (8 oz total), stems removed
4 tsp balsamic vinegar
2 jarred roasted red pepper halves
2 Tbsp pesto
2 wedges Laughing Cow Light Swiss cheese
baby spinach (or field greens)
2 whole wheat hamburger buns or 1 whole wheat pita, split
The Instructions:
1. PREHEAT grill pan over medium heat. Grill mushrooms 8 minutes, turning halfway through [...]
Fruity-Nutty Oatmeal
The Ingredients:
1 cup water
2 1/2 cups fat-free milk, divided (I actually used light soy milk)
1 1/4 c old-fashioned rolled oats
Pinch of salt (optional)
1 medium Granny Smith apple, cored and cut into 1/4″ pieces
1/2 cup dried sweetened cranberries
1/4 cup golden raisins
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
2 teaspoons brown sugar
The Instructions:
1. Bring water and 1 1/2 cups of the [...]
Pasta with Pine Nuts, Sun-Dried Tomatoes, and Chicken
The Ingredients:
4 oz whole wheat pasta
3 oz dry-packed sun-dried tomatoes
1 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
8 oz chicken breast tenderloins, cut into bite-size pieces
1/8 tsp salt
3 cloves garlic, minced
1/4-1/2 tsp red-pepper flakes
1/4 c sliced fresh basil
1/2 c pine nuts, toasted
The Instructions:
1. PREPARE pasta per package directions without adding salt. Meanwhile, soak tomatoes in hot water 10 minutes [...]
Pita Pizza
This is hardly a recipe, it’s more of a quick and easy meal that is good for your tastebuds and your figure.
The Ingredients:
Frozen artichoke quarters
Sun-dried tomatoes (oil-packed or dry, your choice)
Marinara Sauce (I used Trader Joe’s organic marinara)
goat cheese crumbles
whole wheat pita
olive or grapeseed oil (I used roasted garlic flavored infused grapeseed oil)
The Instructions:
1. Preheat [...]
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