Dinner tonight along side some grilled salmon with lemon, yum! Bob literally scraped the baking sheet clean they were so good! Found this on a website called “The Gracious Pantry” and here’s the link: http://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-roasted-summer-squash/. Next time I’m going to try some other veggies as well such as onion slices and potato slices. 4 large … Continue reading
Found this recipe on http://www.foodnetwork.com, wanted to use the spinach that we got in the Bountiful Basket. It was really good, hearty and filling. dressing: 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons honey 3 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 1/2 cup olive oil 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper salad: 2 tablespoons canola oil 1 medium … Continue reading
We got a little over 3 pounds of red potatoes in our Bountiful Basket yesterday and Bob loves potato salad so I went online and surfed around a bit for a red potato salad recipe and found this one on http://www.allrecipes.com. I used it as a starting point and modified it a bit to lower … Continue reading
Surfed around on the internet today looking for a different way to do broccoli and found this on http://www.food.com. It was easy and delicious! 1 (14 oz) bag frozen broccoli florets or 2 heads fresh broccoli, cleaned and cut into florets 1/4 cup water 2 tablespoons olive oil (I cut it down to 1) 1 … Continue reading
As I think I’ve mentioned before, Bob and I have been trying to count calories and lose some weight and I have been missing french fries something fierce so I thought I’d give oven fries a try and they came out pretty good. I took 2 russet potatoes and sliced them into thin wedges, brushed … Continue reading
Tonight’s dinner brought to you by . . . Bountiful Baskets! The tomatoes, onions, garlic and pineapple all came from our last Bountiful Basket. You’re looking at about a 200 calorie “tortizza” right here. The tortilla is a La Tortilla Factory Smart and Delicious Low Carb High Fiber whole wheat tortilla which is 80 calories, … Continue reading
I’m back! The movie is finally over and I have until the end of April before I start the next one so I’m hoping to get in lots of cooking and baking and blogging! Bob and I are on a quest to lose some weight and get in shape (again!) so on January 30 (the … Continue reading
The recipe for these truffles is already on the blog under “Easy Oreo Truffles” but I thought I’d blog about them again for Valentine’s Day as a quick and easy treat idea if you’re in need of one. I made 2 batches of these which ended up being about 86 truffles and it only took … Continue reading
This recipe comes from the January/February 2012 issue of the Food Network Magazine. I’m eating some as I type this up and it is really good but I bet it will be even better tomorrow after it sits in the fridge for a day. It isn’t hard to make but it is time consuming so … Continue reading
Bob got me the ice cream maker attachment for my KitchenAid mixer for Christmas and I’ve been wanting to try it out so here is the first batch. It was pretty runny as it needs to be put in the freezer after mixing it in the mixer but no one wanted to wait so we … Continue reading
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