Have you ever tried a grated cauliflower salad? No cooking required! Plus the cauliflower can take on almost any type of dressing and mix-ins. It’s perhaps the bane of the humble cauliflower’s existence that it rarely tops anyone’s list of favorite vegetables. Corn, tomato, carrots. For me, mushrooms. Those are the favored children of the…
Shrimp Puttanesca Rice Bowl Recipe with Capers & Tomatoes
This classic Italian puttanesca sauce is simmered with shrimp & ladled over rice for an easy, healthy meal. Whenever my husband’s birthday or Father’s Day rolls around, it’s sure to be a Mexican/southwestern fiesta at our house. For this birthday, that meant Rick Bayless’ Smoky Peanut Mole with Pork Tenderloin. The weekend also involved our…
Grilled Zucchini Roll Recipe with Goat Cheese, Roasted Peppers & Capers
Grilled Zucchini Roll Recipe with Goat Cheese, Roasted Peppers & Capers is an easy and flavorful vegetarian appetizer. “No solicitors and no zucchini!” This is the sign that I need to plaster across my front door. You see, zucchini season isn’t far away and it’s only a matter of time before some mystery neighbor leaves…
Low-Fat Salmon Salad Sandwich Recipe with Capers
This low-fat salmon salad sandwich recipe with capers is a quick and easy lunch option that will help you stick to your healthy eating goals. This low-fat salmon salad sandwich recipe with capers is a quick and easy lunch option that will help you stick to your healthy eating goals. When I wrote about My…
Whole Grain Penne Recipe with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce, Cauliflower & Capers {Giveaway}
When you’re trying to shed some pounds (more on my story coming very soon), you have to make each meal count. More bang for your calorie buck, I say. For me, that meant increasing my fiber intake at each meal. Since both my husband and I are runners, we regularly work pasta meals into…
Potato Salad Recipe with Rosemary & Capers Dressing
As I showed a couple of weeks ago, the raised vegetable beds that my husband built are filled to capacity with fresh vegetables and herbs. The rosemary plant is in a “no holds barred” battle, duking it out with the basil and tomato plants for sunlight. We are impartial judges and are doing our best…
Braised Leeks with Red Pepper Cream Cheese Sauce & Capers Recipe
This is a compensated review by BlogHer and Kraft. When cream cheese is mentioned, one of three things comes to mind – slathered bagels, cheesecake or frosting. Quite honestly, I rarely use cream cheese for anything else. Of course, that is a rather narrow-minded view, as many people use cream cheese in dishes such as…
Baked Eggs with Summer Vegetables & Capers Recipe
Well, I successfully dodged the Carl’s Jr. bullet. My husband was heading out for a well-deserved boys’ night with some of his buddies while I stayed at home with the two smaller boys. I decided to treat them to a kid’s meal from Carl’s Jr. (we had coupons – what can I say?) and I…