Every home cook needs an easy bolognese sauce recipe on hand for quick weeknight dinners. This healthy version uses ground turkey & chicken sausage, and is packed with flavor! 129 calories and 3 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP Bolognese sauce with spaghetti was my birthday dinner request every single year, from about ages 4 to 12….
Roasted Pepper Feta Yogurt Sauce
This Roasted Pepper Feta Yogurt Sauce is fantastic for drizzling on chicken and shrimp, or using as a dip for veggies. It takes less than 5 minutes to make! 34 calories and 1 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP Like any good food processor or blender sauce, this feta yogurt sauce is endlessly versatile (keep reading below…
Italian Turkey Meatball Recipe in Tomato Sauce
Meatballs are always a crowd pleaser. The ones in this Italian Turkey Meatball recipe happily wallow in a pan of homemade tomato sauce. 336 calories and 5 Weight Watchers Freestyle SP When my husband and I lived in New York City years ago, we regularly hit various Italian restaurants around the city, from the authentic…
Baked Eggplant with Meat Sauce
This healthy baked eggplant recipe, with a wonderfully spiced meat sauce, will make anyone fall in love with this healthy veggie. It took me a long (!) time to appreciate eggplant dishes, and I’m probably not alone in that. It doesn’t tend to rank high on most kids’ “favorite veggies” lists. As a kid, my…
Chili Lime Shrimp Recipe with Cilantro Yogurt Sauce
Chili Lime Shrimp is a fantastic way to spice up the appetizer table at your next cocktail or holiday party! Dip them into the savory cilantro yogurt sauce. What cocktail and holiday parties should be about – catching up with friends, getting in the holiday spirit and, well, cocktails. What they definitely shouldn’t be about…
Grilled Lamb Chops Recipe with Tart Cherry Sauce
These grilled lamb chops are topped with a beautiful tart cherry sauce. Whip them up in no time for easy summertime entertaining. Thank you to The Cherry Marketing Institute for helping me to share this recipe with you. Summer entertaining is meant to be effortless. Even the adults should have time to run through sprinklers…
Easy Cranberry, Apple & Pomegranate Sauce Recipe
“Wow” your Thanksgiving guests with this delicious Cranberry, Apple and Pomegranate Sauce that can be made in less than 20 minutes. I learned many years ago that the easiest way to impress your guests at Thanksgiving is by making your own cranberry sauce. “Really?! You made this? Was it hard?” are the questions that inevitably…
Whole Wheat Gnocchi with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
In this easy vegetarian recipe, whole wheat gnocchi is bathed in a healthy roasted red pepper sauce. There is something magical about the simplicity of a sauce made almost entirely of vegetables. Clean, pure, tasting of nothing but the actual vegetable. While tomato sauce often gets top billing in the sauce world, particularly when you’re…
Baked Salmon Meatballs with Creamy Avocado Sauce
Seriously, these baked salmon meatballs may be some of the best things you’ve eaten in awhile. They’re made even better with a dollop of creamy avocado sauce on top. Thanks to California Avocado for helping me to share this recipe with you. It felt like we covered all of the seasons on spring break last…
Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Almond Butter Sauce Recipe
This powerhouse sweet potato side dish recipe is packed with vitamins and kicked up with a savory almond butter sauce. There’s a whole lot of healthy eating going on in our house. Well, besides the darn Girl Scout cookies (curse those coconut-y Samoas!) We’re always pretty healthy around here, but Steve is in ultra-focus mode,…
Pork Chops with Dijon Maple Sauce Recipe
This one pot meal comes together in 15 minutes and is easy on the wallet. Healthy pork Chops are drizzled with an easy Dijon maple sauce. Quick, cheap and family-friendly…that’s my love language when it comes to weeknight meals. For no really good reason, pork chops were absent from our dinner table for years. But…
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….
Dried Cherry & Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Fresh cranberry sauce is a must-have at any Thanksgiving feast. This one is made with plump dried cherries and orange juice in less than 20 minutes. Every year at Thanksgiving, my kids eat the cranberry sauce by the spoonful. Actually, it’s a battle between the cranberries and the Family Crockpot Applesauce…which will be consumed the…
Boozy Cranberry Sauce Recipe with Port Wine & Cloves
This fresh cranberry sauce, with port wine and cloves, adds a grown-up touch to your Thanksgiving feast. Let the Thanksgiving planning begin! Last week I kicked off the holiday cooking with Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Blue Cheese Breadcrumbs. But as we all know, the sweet potatoes are just the tip of the iceberg. There’s the…
Roasted Butternut Squash & Balsamic Sauce Recipe for Pasta (& More)
This healthy, creamy (but cream-less) vegetarian sauce is fantastic on pasta. You could also use it as a sauce to accompany pork or chicken. It makes me gleefully giddy to open the fridge and find a fresh, healthy pasta sauce just waiting to be tossed with some penne or fettuccine and some fresh veggies. This…
Roasted Eggplant Recipe with Almond Butter Coconut Sauce
When you’re a kid and your parents mention eggplant, they might as well say, “We’re having fried cockroaches with beetle blood sauce for dinner.” Actually, some kids might find that more appealing than the dreaded eggplant. So, when my kids ran inside, clutching three white eggplants (though you can use any type of eggplant for…
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 Mushrooms with Smoked Paprika & Chive Dipping Sauce Recipe
When I posed a question on my Facebook page yesterday, the responses I received shocked the heck out of me. My question was, “I’m planning to do plenty of grilling this summer. What type of recipes would you like to see? Chicken, vegetarian, beef, appetizers…?” Of the 17 people who responded, 12 requested vegetarian or…
Crown Roast of Pork with Vegetable Paella & Romesco Sauce Recipe
The holidays are in full swing and this is the time of year to pull out all the stops. As parties with family and friends start to fill the calendar, we are all looking for dishes that will feed a crowd and maybe even provide leftovers for a lunch or dinner the next day, such…
Crockpot Apple & Cranberry Sauce with Orange & Crystallized Ginger Recipe
The barrage of holiday recipes has started. For my Canadian and other non-American readers, I urge you to think of these recipes not just for American Thanksgiving, but for the whole holiday season. In fact, our family tradition is to eat turkey at Christmas dinner, complete with mashed potatoes, stuffing, green beans, sweet potatoes and…