Feb 26
One of my favorite guest bloggers, Joy, sent me this recipe that she tried out this week. She even experimented with guests. Kudos to joy for being a brave hostess and then living to tell.
All you need are some ripe bananas (not mushy ripe, but definitely spotty) and a food processor. Chop them up into smaller pieces and then freeze. When you’re ready for your sweet-treat, toss them in your food processor.
They may look a little chunky, but scrape the sides, push them down, blend some more and they will smooth out nicely. It tastes great on it’s own or with a drizzle of chocolate sauce.
You can also try mixing in some Nutella, cinnamon-sugar, or peanut butter. Have fun!
Tagged with: Guest Blogger • healthy • recipe
Feb 19
Note: It’s always a great honor for me to be selected as a guest blogger. Check out my post on Coupongeek.net. Thank you Jaycie for letting me rant to all your readers about freezer meal cooking and killing plants.
From the second I turned on the “Baby Songs” DVD for my two toddler daughters – ages 18 months and 2 ½ at the time – I knew I had exactly 28 minutes to whip up a good meal. No, I wasn’t trying to impress Rachael Ray. Rather, I knew I had a small window of time before the clock figuratively struck midnight and I would again struggle to juggle cooking with one baby on my hip and the other one at my feet crying.
So, when I heard about the concept of freezer-meal cooking I couldn’t wait to test out this ingeniously efficient cooking method in my own kitchen. I made out my menu plan. I carefully crafted my shopping list and tied on my apron. Part way through the process, I decided I was a genius and I declared myself Best Homemaker Ever. Here I was preparing a month’s worth of meals so I could have more time to spend with my children, all while saving money on my food budget.
Later, when one of my many prepared freezer meals for the month thawed, so did my 15 minutes of fame. I lifted open the carefully wrapped tinfoil expecting to find delicious homemade chicken pot pie; instead I discovered a soupy, gray-colored mess.
To read the rest of my post click HERE.
Tagged with: cheap • chili • fast • healthy • recipe
Jan 15
Salads aren’t just for summer.
If you’re goal this year, like most people, was to eat better and get into shape, then check out these easy and cheap recipe for a green salad. I didn’t have a wooden bowl, so I rolled my garlic around a regular plastic bowl and then left a few, small pieces of garlic behind to mimic the potency of the original recipe.
While the original salad was created by Melissa, the previous winner of The Next Food Network Star, I added a few nuts and sliced apples to give my version a little more flavor and crunch. It was perfection. Even my kids asked for seconds.
Café Green Salad from the kitchen of Melissa d’Arabian
Recipe courtesy Melissa d’Arabian
Ingredients
• 1 garlic clove, sliced in 1/2
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• Small splash soy sauce
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
Directions
3 cups mixed greens, the darker the better (not iceberg)
Rub the inside of a large wooden bowl with the garlic clove and then either discard it or save it for another use. Put the mustard in the bowl and whisk in the balsamic vinegar and soy sauce (a French secret!) vigorously for about 10 seconds to get a creamy consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Drizzle in the olive oil as slowly as possible with 1 hand while whisking as quickly as possible with the other hand to emulsify. Lay the salad greens on top of the dressing and toss just before serving.
Tagged with: eating healthy • recipe • salad
Jan 01
Feeling like you ate too many goodies over the holidays? Trying to get back on the wagon? You’re not alone.
Summer isn’t the only time of year to dive into a salad. Here’s a fun and easy recipe that’s a perfect blend of citrus and nuts that makes you think of winter but gets your body ready for summer.
Ingredients
• 1 (10 ounce) package baby greens
• 1/4 cup chopped red onion
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup crumbled blue cheese
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 1 apple – peeled, cored and sliced
• 1 avocado – peeled, pitted and diced
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• 4 mandarin oranges, juiced
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt to taste
Directions
1. In a large bowl, toss together the baby greens, red onion, walnuts, blue cheese, and lemon zest. Mix in the apple and avocado just before serving.
2. In a container with a lid, mix the mandarin orange juice, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, olive oil, and salt. Drizzle over the salad as desired.
Recipe from Allrecipes.com
Tagged with: healthy • recipe • salad
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