Tag: summer meals

Roasted Vegetable Quinoa Bowl with Simple Tahini Dressing

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not only are there tremendous health benefits, but going meatless even once per week plays a role in reducing livestock global emissions.  Farm animals account for 14.5% of all greenhouse admissions and 1/3 of methane emissions!

Super Easy Curry Chicken Salad

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Lunch box solution, dinner fix…breakfast…why not?  Curry chicken salad.  Eat it on crackers, slap it on a sandwich, eat it solo or on an open faced toasty!! Do you love curry?  I do!  It has been on my mind since I saw my friend eating some curry chicken salad from a local deli.  After wiping… Continue reading Super Easy Curry Chicken Salad

Seaside

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The word seaside alone, awakens a sense of relaxation and conjures up thoughts of excitement, pleasure and magnificent beauty.  This place on 30A, is no exception. With beaches all along the 18.5 miles of scenic 30A,  Seaside is one of my favorite spots.  The kids are thrilled to run free in the large open grassy… Continue reading Seaside

How To Make a Healthy Salad Taste Good

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I have a pretty long list of dishes to take to social events.  I can pretty much pull a recipe from my butt (as my Mom might say growing up, but more eloquently written, repertoire) according to request.  We have a friend in town on a vacation from the Airforce.  She and her fiancé won a… Continue reading How To Make a Healthy Salad Taste Good

Farmer’s Market Finds

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I love to support local farmers.  Often, you get organic produce picked only a few days ago and you don’t have to pay the price for the USDA organic certification.  We are very loyal to Elmer.  He sets up shop less than 1/2 a mile from our house.  He is a beekeeper as well as… Continue reading Farmer’s Market Finds

Pasta Disasta!

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My spa blue KitchenAid mixer is my best friend in the kitchen.  I use to have a red one to go with my red kitchen accessories.  When I got married, I decided my new favorite color was spa blue, or light turquoise, if you will.  I decorated my new beach home almost exclusively in this… Continue reading Pasta Disasta!

You Gotta Wear an Apron When You Fry Bacon

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This quiche is outstanding!  I don’t even want to know how much fat is in this meal but, you can’t eat rabbit food every day, now can you?

Breakfast Parfaits

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Breakfast is a hard meal for me.  Not everyone will eat cereal, you know, the easy breakfast.  One kid says the sweeter the better, hardly able to contain her excitement if anything I make contains chocolate, syrup, honey or any other form of sugar.  This kid will choke down canned asparagus (triple gross) if bribed… Continue reading Breakfast Parfaits

Steaks and Shambles

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Here we were at dinner-making hour and all the kids claimed supreme boredom and couldn’t seem to entertain themselves.  I reluctantly suggested a fort. Out came all the blankets in the house, pillows and dining chairs.  Along with the craft project for Mimi’s birthday,  my house was left in shambles and the fun lasted a… Continue reading Steaks and Shambles

So, is it “mih-nuh-STRO-nee”or “mini-strohn”?

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Debatable.  That’s what I’m making for dinner.  Another one-pot-wonder.  I’m aaaaall about a complete meal in one dish when I’m making dinner for the little monsters. I want protein, which means meat or meat substitute, such as tofu, eggs, or legumes, at least 2 carbs per serving and preferably one to two vegetable servings.  Usually… Continue reading So, is it “mih-nuh-STRO-nee”or “mini-strohn”?

Pick Your Battles…

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One of the nicest things anyone did for me after I had Andrew was make my family a meal.  It is so overwhelming to bring a tiny, helpless baby home from the hospital.  I felt like I couldn’t get anything done!  It’s especially difficult when you have other little mouths to feed!! My friend, Heather,… Continue reading Pick Your Battles…

Moroccan Chicken, Roasted Curry Cauliflower & Indian Dahl

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Beans, peas and lentils contain phytosterols, isoflaones and saponins that prevent colon, breast and ovarian cancers and prevent cancer cell multiplication.  

Tuna Melts and Tortillas

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I feel like Green Chef meals are gourmet.  If I were to make this on my own, not only would I have to search all over town to find all of these ingredients

Hershey Park

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It’s looking like I picked the worst vacation to challenge myself to eat healthy.  Mike loves to travel and always does all the research before we reach our destination so, he usually has ideas about where he wants to eat according to a particular place with a signature dish or dining style, for example bistros… Continue reading Hershey Park

Going on Holiday

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I’m not British but, sometimes I like to pretend like I am, so I call vacation “holiday”, my favorite adjective is “bloody” and instead of “dig in” I say, “tuck in”. The family and I are heading to Pennsylvania.  I told myself I was going to eat as healthy as possible on this trip, as… Continue reading Going on Holiday

Recent Fare…

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We’ve eaten a few good meals since my last post.

What’s for Dinner

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I have drawn a blank on meal ideas lately or haven’t managed to muster up the motivation needed to get past a few day’s meals at a time. Plus, it’s summer and I have three meals a day to plan as well as activities for all.