You just can’t beat a healthy meal of stuffed peppers, especially when they are filled with classic Greek flavors! 226 calories and 5 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP Both my husband and I grew up eating stuffed peppers – his mum’s a classic green pepper version and my mum’s a version with sautéed mushrooms and mushroom…
Beef Kofta Dip Recipe
Flavor bomb alert! From the spiced ground beef to the hummus yogurt mixture and fresh veggies, this Beef Kofta Dip recipe will keep you dipping all day long. 146 calories and 3 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP. Thank you to Albertsons and Safeway for helping me share this recipe with you. There’s no doubt about it…
Beef Taco Quinoa Soup Recipe
Get your dose of iron and veggies in a healthy and comforting bowl of Beef Taco Quinoa Soup. Great for loading up on vitamins in the cold and flu season. Thank you to Albertsons/Safeway for helping me share this recipe with you. All summer long, I long for the cool, crisp air of fall. I…
Healthy Chili & Quinoa Stuffed Peppers Recipe
These Healthy Chili & Quinoa Stuffed Peppers are so delicious that they’re bound to become a family favorite! Make the filling ahead of time for easy prep. Thank you to Kroger for helping me to share this recipe with you. I have been waiting for this day for WEEKS! It’s finally time to kick off…
One-Pot Pot Roast Recipe with Roasted Vegetables
Bring back Sunday dinner with this one-pot pot roast recipe, complete with roasted vegetables. This recipes is surprisingly healthy and always delicious. Sunday dinner at my grandmother’s house was always comprised of four essential elements: pot roast (or standing rib roast), roasted vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and gravy. While I enjoyed the pot roast (with a…
Light(er) Steak au Poivre with Brandy Sauce
These classic steak au poivre are lightened up and beyond tasty! The Brandy sauce turns them into something memorable for any special occasion. Thank you to QSquared NYC for helping me to share this recipe with you. It may have been almost 20 years ago, but I remember that night like it was last week….
Chinese Beef & Broccoli Stir-Fry Recipe {Skinnytaste Cookbook}
This Chinese Beef and Broccoli Stir-Fry recipe from The Skinnytaste Cookbook is just what every family needs…healthy, delicious and easy. I’m not sure how to start this post – whether I should tell you about the recipe, the cookbook or the cookbook author. This is a good problem to have because they are each worthy…
Lean Grilled Hamburger Sliders Recipe with Hot Sauce Slaw
Kick up your next barbecue or your Father’s Day menu with these amazing lean hamburger sliders that are topped with a hot sauce slaw. Thanks to Cholula Hot Sauce for helping me to share this recipe with you. I knew it the first moment I saw my husband give a kid a chair ride. We…
Mini Muffin Tin Meatloaf Recipe with Barbecue Sauce & Corn
Meatloaf becomes a favorite with the kids when baked in muffin tins and slathered in barbecue sauce. This also includes directions for freezing. After taking the first bite of this mini muffin tin meatloaf recipe, my youngest son said, “I have no idea why so many of my friends hate meatloaf.” I’ll admit that I…
New Recipes: Shrimp Étouffée, Chinese Beef & Bok Choy Noodles
This past two weeks have been crazy. Between traveling to soccer tournaments for my older son’s team and working around the clock (or so it seems), my husband and I are yearning for a little downtime. But just because we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off, that doesn’t mean that we…
Grilled Marinated Tri-Tip Steak Recipe with Red Pepper Cilantro Pesto
I won’t deny it, I love autumn. When Labor Day rolls around, I go through the necessary motions, pretending that I’ll desperately miss the dog days of summer. Inside, I am busting out my Saturday Night Fever moves and doing a happy dance for the cool days and crisp air that are just around the…
Grilled Flank Steak Salad with Smoked Paprika Dressing Recipe
Maybe it’s the fireworks or the parades, but the beginning of July always feels like the start of one big summertime party. Yesterday, July 1st, was Canada Day and my family honored the day with a rousing (if not overly-dramatic and out-of-tune) rendition of “O Canada!” as we sat down at the breakfast table. Given…
Baked Pasta Shells with Beef, Sundried Tomatoes & Spinach Recipe
I had a bit of an unpleasant surprise last week. Being a food blogger means that I’m constantly thinking about new recipes and typically experiment with a wide variety of seasonal ingredients. As they teach my kids in school, I try to “eat the rainbow”. Eating a wide variety of colors, such as red, orange…
Best of…Grilling and Summer Barbecue Recipes 2011
Memorial Day is upon us and, in the United States, that means eager barbecue fanatics are scrubbing down their grills, checking their supply of spices and herbs, and wielding their tongs while donning their red-checked aprons. I can already hear the caveman grunts and the bellows for brewskies. I really need to learn to control…
Easy Asian Beef & Noodle Soup for Tasty Kitchen
Even as the seasons transition from winter to spring, soup remains a mainstay of our lunch and dinner menus. This easy Asian beef and noodle soup comes from Tasty Kitchen member Mary Helen, who blogs at Mary Makes Dinner. After a quick saute, the onions, mushrooms and baby bok choy simmer in an soy sauce…
New Year’s Recipes for Good Health
Like many of you, on January first I find myself scratching out some resolutions for the new year. These typically involve some sort of promise to eat more healthfully and exercise more vigorously, in a hope to abandon the need to suck in my stomach each time I walk by a mirror. Those resolutions are…