Category: Recipes
ARF/5-A-Day: Steak Fajita Pockets with Avocado Salsa
Yum. My mouth is watering just looking at the photo. This kind of happened by accident. I had some pita pockets in the cupboard that needed to be used and some past prime avocados dying to be eaten. So I decided to throw in some beef strips and see what happened. Again. Yum. And best [...]
Recipe: Fajita Steak
I made these on a whim Monday, after creating a fabulous Avocado Salsa. I needed something to eat it with, after all! Fajita Steak serves 4 1 lb steak, cut into thin strips 1/3 cup lime juice garlic powder chili powder salt pepper 2 tbsp olive oil Place steak in a dish and pour lime [...]
Recipe: Avocado Salsa
While grocery shopping Friday, I snagged a great bargain – four small avocados for $0.99. They were on the last chance rack at the supermarket, and even though they were a bit past their prime, I knew I could put them to use in my kitchen. I looked around for an interesting avocado dish that [...]
Basil Mint Not Pesto Sauce
Basil Mint Not Pesto Sauce makes enough for 7-8 servings 14 basil leaves 8 mint leaves 10 baby spinach leaves 1 tomato, seeds removed and chopped 3 clove garlic, minced 1/2 cup cashews 3 tbsp Parmesan cheese 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp lemon juice 2 tbsp cold water salt and pepper to taste [...]
Weekend Herb Blogging: Mint
Last weekend I wrote about basil, a favorite herb of mine. For this weekend, my second time participating in Kalyn’s Kitchen’s Weekend Herb Blogging event, I decided to call a herb from my childhood: mint. What does mint have to do with my childhood? At my grandparent’s home in Wappingers Falls, NY, where I lived [...]
SHF 17 – Vanilla Mouse with Blueberry-Strawberry Sauce
This is my premiere Sugar High Friday entry. It’s being hosted by Spittoon Extra this month and the theme is dairy. This is a super light and airy vanilla mouse with a luscious blueberry-strawberry sauce. The mousse literally dissolves in your mouth and the sauce really compliments it. It’s a fantastic combination that I am [...]
Recipe: Vanilla Mousse with Blueberry-Strawberry Sauce
This is it: the entry that almost wasn’t. After my debacle with the zwieback, I knew I had to pull off a quick miracle to get my entry ready for my premiere Sugar High Friday. So I turned to my bookcase stuffed with cookbooks to come up with a great recipe worth of the dairy [...]
IT #1: Curried Rice and Lentil Pilaf
This recipe is adapted from one of the same name in the Weight Watchers Versatile Vegetarian cookbook. It’s got a lot of Indian flavor to it, so I decided to highlight it this week for the premiere International Tuesday post. Curried Rice and Lentil Pilaf serves 4 2 tbsp olive oil 1/2 onion, finely chopped [...]
ARF/5-A-Day Tuesdays: Tropical Fried Rice
I first made this dish one night when I was short on veggies but had some pineapple that really needed to be eaten. As it turns out, I love the sweet taste of fruit melded with the more salty flavors of the fried rice. Even my six-year-old stepson, who hates food in general, gobbled it [...]
Pasta Fresca
Well, when I saw Sweetnick’s post about Weekend Herb Blogging, which Kalyn’s Kitchen hosts, I just jumped at the chance to share what I’ve just learned about basil. You see, I’ve wanted to grow my own herbs for some time but I wasn’t sure where to start. I mean where do you put them, first [...]
