Perhaps it was a need to eat more vegetables to balance my latest intake of sweets, but one way or another I ended up with Brussel sprouts in my grocery cart this week. I have mentioned before that the only way I can get my husband to eat them is by using my…
Tag: vegetables
Stuffed Zucchini
Since I am still trying to eat a variety of vegetables daily (despite the fact that I no longer need to track my vegetable intake for my health benefits program) I decided to make a vegetable full, fall inspired dish – Stuffed Zucchini. What I love about Stuffed Zucchini (or any other vegetable for…
Individual Egg Soufflé Stacks
Changing work schedules and the start of the school year has resulted in a desire (and need) to simplify prep of weekday meals and snacks. Consequently, when I was reminded about muffin tin eggs I thought I should give a variation of the recipe a try. Since I had just found hash brown…
Spinach and Salmon Salad with Blueberry Vinaigrette
A few weeks ago on my post about popcorn I mentioned that my family had visited a specialty oil store in June. One of the other items I picked up during this trip was blueberry balsamic vinegar. What I love about flavored vinegars is that you can often make a simple, extremely flavorful vinaigrette of…
Corn Gazpacho
Gazpacho is one of my favorite summertime meals. A refreshing soup that helps you beat the heat, it is also a light dish that packs in quite a few servings of vegetables. Instead of the tomato based version I enjoyed in my youth, or the my zucchini gazpacho, I decided to make a…
Hot and Spicy Hero Salad
My latest cooking contest challenge was to use any one of the Fortune Asian noodles in a cold salad or casserole for their Blogger Recipe Challenge. I chose to go with their Hot & Spicy noodles for a cold salad creation, hoping to capitalize on the built in flavor of the sauce. After…
Fusilli Primavera with Broccoli Pesto
In April I wrote about coming up with creative ways to eat broccoli, setting a goal of discussing seven different recipes. Today I want to discuss four more ideas to bring the tally to seven. First up is my most creative twist – Fusilli Primavera with Broccoli Pesto. I subbed in steamed broccoli for…
Caponata Red Lentil Salad
Sometimes I feel the need to infuse more vegetables into my diet, and this week was one of those times. Perhaps it is the generous amount of jelly beans I have eaten, or it could just be that the jewel like color of the eggplants at the grocery store were beckoning me. Whatever…
Parmesan-Jerk Sugar Snap Peas
Do you ever get in the doldrums about your vegetable side dish for dinner? Sometimes I think we forget just how easy it can be to whip up a fast, tasty, and – yes – fresh vegetable dish. My Parmesan-Jerk Sugar Snap Peas are something I pulled together a few years ago, but…
Spinach and Goat Cheese Steel Cut Oat Risotto
I’ve mentioned before that I love when I can use a premixed spice blend as a time saving measuring in my cooking. That is one of the reasons I enjoy the Healthy Solutions Spice Blends Blogger Challenge. I get my creative cooking thinking cap on and experiment with a new spice mix, with…
Skinny Spinach and Artichoke Dip
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, many of us are thinking about what finger food to serve as we gather friends to watch the big game. An easy go-to is a spread of chips and dip, but all too often this poses a big threat to the renewed resolutions to eat…
Lucky New Year Penne Pasta
The start of the New Year brings renewed, optimistic goals in addition to wishes of good will for family and friends. As I mentioned in last year’s lentil salad post, there are some food dishes that are traditionally eaten on New Year’s Day as a symbol of good luck. One such dish is…
