15 minute meal! Baked cod with olive tapenade is one of the easiest, healthiest meals in my recipe arsenal. Plus, it’s inexpensive to make. It’s a win-win-win! 164 calories & 2 Weight Watchers SmartPoints Baked cod is one of those meals that I used to avoid because I thought it was kind of boring. That…
Greek Rice Salad Recipe with Lemon Vinaigrette
The perfect potluck salad! This easy rice salad recipe has all of the flavors of your favorite Greek salad and it comes together in just 15 minutes. 125 calories and 4 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP If we’re heading to a potluck barbecue, chances are that I’m toting along some sort of summer salad, like this…
Warm Antipasto Potato Salad Recipe {Mayo Free}
Serve up this Warm Antipasto Potato Salad recipe at your next barbecue or alongside a roast chicken for Sunday dinner. Thank you to The Little Potato Company for helping me share this recipe with you. Sometimes my idea of an acceptable dinner doesn’t jive with everyone else’s. Me: Charcuterie board, lined with salami, prosciutto, cheese,…
Grilled Radicchio with Olive Orange Tapenade
This smoky grilled radicchio is dressed up with an easy olive orange tapenade that is bursting with flavor! Thank you to California Olive Committee for helping me share this recipe with you. Years ago, friends of ours lived in Napa for a couple of years, working in the wine industry and enjoying all that the…
Antipasto Stuffed Chicken Breasts Recipe
These chicken breasts are stuffed with antipasto…cheese, artichokes and olives…and not only tasty, but easy too. Thanks to the NoshOn.It Publisher Partner Program for sponsoring this post and helping me to share this recipe with you. Every year when I was a kid, we went to our friends’ Christmas Eve party. My friend and I…
Vegetarian Pesto & Olive Pizza Roll-Ups Recipe
Surprise your family or guests with these fun vegetarian olive and pesto pizza roll-ups. They’re great for snacking! Thank you to California Ripe Olives and Kitchen PLAY for helping me to share this recipe with you. I’m convinced that I should have been born a Spaniard, for the sole purpose of being able to eat…
Easy Braised Pork Chop Recipe with Tomatoes & Olives
This easy and tasty pork chop recipe will become a staple on your weekly menu in no time. They’re healthy and packed with flavor, but cook in a flash. 325 calories and 6 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP I envy those of you who are diligent about meal planning for your families each Sunday and manage…
Mini Asparagus & Olive Tapenade Fillo Shells Recipe
If I had my choice, all cocktail parties would be sit-down affairs. Balancing a cocktail while trying to delicately nibble an hors d’oeuvres on a napkin inevitably turns into a messy handshake, a cocktail-doused dress or an hors d’oeuvres on the ground (gasp!) And there’s no such thing as the 5-second rule at cocktail parties….
Greek Grilled Lamb Chops Recipe with Tomato, Cucumber & Kalamata Olive Salad
Yes, I realize it was just a few days ago that I posted Ten Vegetarian Recipes for the Grill and then a vegetarian pasta salad (with plenty of variations) just a couple of days later. I realize I’m swaying between extremes, like a bungi-jumper standing on a precipice, trying to decide if he’s completely nuts…
Shrimp Martini Appetizer Recipe with Tomato, Olives & Jalapeno Pepper
Here we are, the day before St. Patrick’s Day and I haven’t posted a thing to celebrate the occasion. So, I’m pointing you towards the Irish Cream Cheesecake Fudge Brownies that I posted last year. I’m thinking of making another batch so that my 7-year old son can use some as bait in the leprechaun…
Chicken Pinwheel Sandwich Recipe with Roasted Red Pepper, Kalamata Olives & Herb Yogurt
“Mum, will you teach me to make that before I go to college?” asked my 10 year old son. I think it was potstickers. The frozen kind. Yes, I’m pretty sure we can master that over the next seven or eight years. A couple of days later, he was deep in thought and I asked,…
Quinoa Salad with Chickpeas, Kalamata Olives & Mint Recipe
If you loaded the amount of quinoa our family eats in one year into a small boat, that vessel would sink to the bottom of the sea faster than you could say “healthy mini grain” five times fast. Quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) is actually healthy; I didn’t just make that up. It is a complete protein…
Savory Rolls with Olives & Parsley Gremolata Recipe & My Soapbox
There are times when I am writing the story portion of my posts that I find it impossible to focus on the task at hand. This is one of those times. Of course, there will be a recipe. Savory Rolls with Olives and Parsley Gremolata, to be exact. Rolls that melt in your mouth and…
White Bean Dip with Kalamata Olives & Mint Recipe
Last week I reviewed each recipe that I made in my second year of blogging in preparation for writing Top Recipes of Year Two and a Giveaway (be sure to enter your name into the drawing for a gorgeous Shun knife). It quickly became apparent that my blog is sadly lacking in the dip and…
Crockpot Chickpea Stew Recipe with Balsamic Caramelized Onions
There are only so many workouts one can do to work off Irish Cream Cheesecake Brownies. After a couple of days of indulgence around here, it was time to break out the healthy recipes. The last time I pulled out my crockpot (slow cooker) for a vegetarian dish, I made a chickpea and tomato stew,…
Marinated Olives with Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Fennel
Yesterday was full of fist-pumping Super Bowl action, not to mention helping upon helping of Chewy Nutella Oatmeal Bars, Spicy Black Bean Dip, and Braised Country-Style Pork Ribs. The most exercise I got was changing into my elasticized sweatpants. Now, with Valentine’s Day just around the corner, I am looking for recipes that are a…
Greek Stuffed Zucchini with Rice, Kalamata Olives & Tomato Sauce Recipe
Just when you think it is safe to rifle through your vegetable garden, another massive zucchini makes its appearance. This prolific squash takes no prisoners. It is the bully of the vegetable garden, growing atop any delicate tomato or herb plant that dares to grow in its path. I am doing my best to keep…
Back to School Chicken, Olive & Herbed Cream Cheese Sandwich Cups Recipe
(Please visit my giveaway blog for a chance to win a $100 or $1000 Visa gift card.) I was that kid. You know, the one with the tuna fish or egg salad sandwiches. As many times as my friends held their noses and turned away from me, I adored those brown bag lunches. In those…
Grilled Zucchini Roll Recipe with Herbed Goat Cheese & Kalamata Olives
These grilled zucchini rolls are filled with herbed goat cheese and kalamata. Quick, easy and the tastiest vegetarian appetizer! There are times when a recipe falls into place so beautifully that you think some greater force must be at work. It is as though a translucent vision of Julia Child, adorned with wings and a…
Crispy Pancetta, Bocconcini & Olive Mint Tapenade Crostini Recipe
When my mum comes to town, shopping is bound to be on the agenda. Now, this is not frivolous shopping. Well, in my food-obsessed opinion, cruising the aisles of the local specialty market is far from being a superficial way to conduct some mother-daughter bonding. When we walked away with a bag full of international…