Kudos to Julia’s Album for its success in having the most repinned pasta recipe on Pinterest with her Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce. 2.8 million repins is positively mind-boggling . . . but so was the 1028 calorie cost per serving. I knew I had to ...
Easy Weeknight Meals
Mediterranean Cutlets for an Easy Weeknight Meal
With my 92 year-old mother in rehab following a hip fracture and surgery, my time for cooking healthy meals for my family has been in short supply this past month. Probably, not unlike your home - since each of us has a unique set of family trials, triumphs, and tribulations to get through at any ...
Easy Chick’n Creole
One of the reasons that carnivores like boneless chicken breasts is that they are versatile and can be prepared in an almost infinite variety of ways. Funny thing. That’s the very same reason that I like Gardein Chick’n Scallopini. Since tomatoes are often present in my cooking and I’d made ...
Fettuccine with Spinach Mushroom Carbonara Sauce
With December business deadlines, holiday parties, and Cyber Monday morphing into Cyber week, many of you (like me) may be short on time to make healthy meals for your family. Since Carbonara sauce uses raw eggs, I've always been worried that the eggs won't fully cook as they are being tossed ...
Fall is the Perfect Time for Butternut Squash and Sausage Risotto
Fall is the perfect time for butternut squash recipes. Although winter squashes are available year-round - guess what? They are better and more flavorful in the fall and winter months! The smaller, more elongated butternut squashes with less of a bulb at the bottom are actually sweeter, and ...
Spicy Corn and Black Bean Salad . . . the Perfect Side for Tailgating!
My son Nick called me from his new apartment in Tampa this week because he was looking for a great side dish for his very first dinner party. He originally wanted to make the stuffed poblanos that he and I made a couple of months ago. Unfortunately, he bought jalapeños instead of poblanos . . ...
Colorful Cauliflower Pasta in 30 Minutes
Since cauliflower is one of the Clean Fifteen, I'm always trying to find new ways to use it in my cooking. The one complaint that I sometimes hear is that it is rather bland looking or monochromatic when mixed with pasta or rice - or God forbid, on a white plate! Well, never fear - colorful ...
Easy Peperonata Chicken – Vegan and Gluten-Free!
Looking for a quick, easy sauce using gorgeous end-of-summer peppers and tomatoes? Don't forget about Peperonata! We had an abundance of beautiful organic sweet mini peppers from my favorite organic farmer (Daniel Price, owner of Freedom Farm in Old Fort, NC) and I wanted to find a fresh ...