Beach Eats - A Dangerous Combination of Dieting and Mascara

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Beach Eats - A Dangerous Combination of Dieting and Mascara - is written by The Diva on a Diet. The Diva is committed to living well with an eye toward health. Her blog explores all things delicious and when her tongue isn't wrapped around something chocolate-y, its firmly embedded in her cheek!

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Recent Posts Tagged With 'Italian food'

Aug 11

Quick Roasted Tomato Sauce

When life, or your brother, hands you a bushel of tomatoes: make tomato sauce ... from scratch!While slow-roasted is all the rage, sometimes there's no time for slow. Sometimes you need quick. I often need quick. Such was the case on Saturday nigh (read full article)

family, Italian food, meatless meals, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Recipes, recommendations, South Beach Phase 2, veggies

Aug 04

Left-over Magic: White Pizza Edition

Sometimes - ok, often - my fridge is a disaster; full of left-over bits of this, and unused bits of that. If I've been cooking a lot, the shelves will be a melange of monkey dishes featuring half-cups of veggies, perhaps a solo portion of meat - the (read full article)

Italian food, Leftover Magic, pizza, Quick and Easy, Recipes, recommendations, Useful tips

Jul 23

Chicken Meatballs with Ariosto Seasoning

Its no secret that we're in the midst of an extraordinarily hot summer. Record highs have been set all over the country and here in the city, we've been living in a blast furnace; each day more hot and humid than the next. I'd say that its typical (read full article)

Chicken, comfort food, Italian food, link love, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Recipes, recommendations, Spices and seasonings

May 26

Eggplant Rollatini

My word, there's an awful lot of chocolate going on here lately ... and I'm not even PMS, I swear it. Clearly, I need to step away from the coco bean and present something else before someone calls the authorities. On the menu today: eggplant rollat (read full article)

Italian food, main courses, meatless meals, Recipes, South Beach Phase 2, veggies

Mar 19

Five Minute Marinara Sauce

Now I know what you're thinking ... "Diva, you only just got back in town and already you're looking for a five minute meal?!" Yep, that's just how I roll. And, honestly, this recipe can be many things to many people - its more than just a quickie (read full article)

Italian food, main courses, meatless meals, Quick and Easy, Recipes, sauces

Jan 25

Sybarites Visit the Provinces ...

Papa Diva's mother often says: "If you're not living in New York City, you are camping out." While this may still be somewhat true, there are places in the provinces where one can dine very well indeed. The "provinces" refer to any area outside the (read full article)

dining out, family, Italian food, Papa Diva, recommendations, Restaurants

Jan 15

Meatball Smack-Down ...

If anyone's looking for me tonight, I'll be at a meatball smack-down in Brooklyn! 5 of the borough's top meatball wizards will be competing for the title of "Best Meatball in Brooklyn" and proceeds will go to benefit The Brooklyn Grange Farm project (read full article)

Italian food, out and about, wackness, Weekends

Aug 26

Lasagna Sans Pasta

I told you it was BIG; the mother of all zucchini! Good thing its one of my most favorite vegetables. While several possibilities sprang to mind: zucchini bread, zucchini parmesan, Charmian Christie's delicious looking zucchini soup, I settled on (read full article)

Italian food, main courses, meatless meals, Recipes, South Beach Phase 1, South Beach Phase 2, veggies

Jul 22

A Big Bowl of Sin

Tom Jones stood me up last night. Well, me and 2,828 other middle aged women who were supposed to see him in concert at the Beacon Theatre. I'll be honest, seeing Tom Jones wasn't exactly on my bucket list. Hell, it wasn't even on my radar screen. (read full article)

Italian food, meatless meals, not-quite-Beachy, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Recipes

Jul 13

A Little Help from My Friends ...

... my friends at G.L. Mezzetta fine foods that is! A few weeks ago, a representative of Mezzetta reached out to me and asked if I'd be interested in sampling some of their wares. I did a little research on the company and found out that they have b (read full article)

Chicken, Italian food, main courses, Quick and Easy, Recipes, recommendations, South Beach Phase 2

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