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There were so many fantastic recipes in this month’s Simple and Delicious (Aug/Sept) that I hardly knew where to start. In search of a quick afternoon snack (yes, snack, I’m weird), I went to this seasoned couscous from page 27. It& (read full article)
I’ve been on a kick lately of substituting Greek yogurt for sour cream. One of my favorite sides, that I usually only make for holidays, is corn casserole. It’s not what you’d call light, but it’s OMG so good. The Greek (read full article)
As one of my fridge clean out “Must Use” ingredients, I had a ball of fresh mozzarella pearls. I wasn’t really in the mood for caprese salad, which was actually what I’d bought it for before it got lost in the bowels of the (read full article)
In the freezer section, Bird’s Eye makes a teriyaki stir fry that’s actually quite tasty. It includes everything…veggies, pasta, sauce. As convenience meals go, it’s actually one of the better ones. But I still set out (read full article)
I did a big cleanout of the fridge. See, we have this awful, nano-fridge that necessitates that I squat to see what’s in it (I’m 5’4″…that means this fridge is LOW), and it had gotten so stuffed and disorganized that I (read full article)
I made stroganoff the other day and there were leftovers, but not quite enough for two. So my response was to make enough egg noodles for both of us, and whip of a saute of summer veggies to throw over mine. It was a quick, tasty use of assorted (read full article)
We liked the turkey mexi-burgers so much, I decided to try adapting it to a meatloaf. I was going to do this in the crock pot but ran out of time and popped it in the conventional oven instead. Hubby declared this one a winner, and at 268 calorie (read full article)
I never eat much in the way of interesting for breakfast during the week. I’m not a morning person, so breakfast is an autopilot affair most of the time. Scrambled eggs, toast, and tea, every day. But weekends, usually Sunday mornings, hu (read full article)
We went to a party this weekend and as I didn’t have what was required for my usual 7 layer dip, I had to come up with something else. What I arrived at was an adaptation of this recipe from Tasty Kitchen. The end results were delicious, li (read full article)
After last week’s meh Mexican spoon bread, I opted to try a jazzed up version of my mother’s Mexican cornbread. Since we were taking it to a party, I thought muffins would be best (and it fits with my obsession for mini these days). R (read full article)
I don’t know why, but I’ve been totally into mini food the last week or so. Since we usually have issues with the bun falling apart when we make meatball subs, it seemed like meatball sliders would be a great idea. And they were. Cu (read full article)
One of the best summer veggies is baby asparagus. That lovely, thin as a pencil variety, tender green and sweet. Asparagus is one of those foods I thought I hated. It turned out I just hate how my mom fixes it. She uses the canned stuff that& (read full article)
I’m not sure how I haven’t actually posted this before. It’s a classic in our household. It’s a recipe I adapted from my friend who tends to cook like Paula Deen so I’ve lightened it up by using turkey sausage, reduc (read full article)
I have no idea why I’m so into the mini versions of stuff this week I was really enamored after buying the new mini muffin pan, I guess. In any event, I had a package of sweet peppers in the fridge, plus a few from the garden that were clos (read full article)
The inspiration for this recipe hails from the April 2010 issue of Everyday With Rachael Ray (pg. 83). I offer this up as a homemade alternative to stuff like Totinos pizza roles. They’re fresh, light, easy as can be, and a WHOLE lot health (read full article)
Continuing in the theme of recipes from Simple and Delicious, this one comes from the Jan/Feb 2010 issue (pg. 47). It’s one where their test kitchen cut down the fat and calories. According to them, it makes 6 3/4 cup servings at 329 calori (read full article)
I haven’t done a Thoughtless Thursday post in a while. Frankly, I just don’t use my crock pot as much in the summer except for routine things like batch cooking beans or making chicken stock. But our grocery store overbought on baby b (read full article)
This one was on the same page of the Jan/Feb 2010 issue of Simple and Delicious as the Mexican spoon bread. Hubby immediately wanted to try it. I used 4 skinless chicken thighs instead of the cut up broiler/fryer, mainly because that’s what (read full article)
It’s not what you’d call gourmet. It’s definitely not really pretty. This is more along the lines of a classic Mom meal, ranking up there with tuna casserole and spaghetti. Easy and basic, this classic was introduced by Bisqu (read full article)
After the peach and red pepper salsa I made last week, my daily grilled cheese at lunch seemed positively naked with nothing else on it. So this week I went a bit more tropical and made up a version with mango. I have always adored mango salsa, e (read full article)
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