Cashew shrimp is always a favorite takeout meal, but it’s super simple (and healthier!) to make at home. Cook up a batch and serve as lettuce wraps for a light meal or appetizers. 169 calories and 3 Weight Watchers SP Cashew Shrimp Lettuce Wraps Cashew shrimp lettuce wraps have all of the flavor of your…
Cantaloupe Goat Cheese Salad with Lime Mint Dressing
One of the best salads I’ve eaten in a long time! This sweet and savory Cantaloupe Goat Cheese Salad is topped off with a lime mint dressing. 174 calories and 3 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP Cantaloupe Goat Cheese Salad with Lime Mint Dressing Perhaps it seems silly to get so excited over a salad, but…
Turmeric Rice with Cashews & Dried Cherries
Kick up your side dish game with this Turmeric Rice recipe, complete with crunchy cashews and sweet-tart cherries. You can’t beat guests who show up on your doorstep with a full dinner in hand! Last week when my parents came for a visit from Canada, they unloaded dish upon dish of scrumptious food from the…
Spicy Blueberry Jicama Salad Recipe with Cashews
This jicama salad recipe is perfectly sweet, crunchy, spicy and refreshing, with the addition of blueberries, cashews and a spicy, tangy vinaigrette. 84 calories and 2 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP The first time I made a jicama salad recipe, the jicama was a footnote to the rest of the salad, namely spinach, persimmons, avocado and…
Creamer Potatoes with Red Pepper Cashew Pesto
Creamer potatoes get all dressed up with an easy, knock-your-socks-off red pepper and cashew pesto. It’s the perfect side dish for any occasion! Thank you to The Little Potato Company for helping me to share this recipe with you. You know you’ve hit the recipe jackpot when one son abandons his soccer ball juggling marathon,…
Light Maple Cashew Baked Apples
Bring on the healthy desserts to keep things in balance for the holiday season! Cashew, maple and oat-stuffed baked apples are a popular fall recipe. It’s time to put the pantry on lockdown. There is Halloween candy in the house! (Cue horror movie scream.) We bought the big Costco bag, full of many of my…
Farro Salad Recipe with Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Spinach & Cashews
This robust whole grain salad incorporates slightly chewy farro with fresh spinach, sun-dried tomatoes, cashews and a light lemon dressing. “Farro?! What’s that?” inquired my boys. I know, I know. First it was quinoa, then it was barley, and now I’m pushing this new whole grain on them. Well, it’s not actually new. In fact,…
Asian Slaw with Cashews, Pear & Ginger Dressing Recipe
I’m not kidding when I say that I could eat this salad all day long. Not only is it dressed with a vinaigrette made of some of my favorite flavors, ginger and sesame, but it is healthy and refreshing, which is a nice contrast to some of the heavier stews and soups that are passing…