Food

  • Zucchini Saute

     Zucchini simply sautéed in olive oil with garlic but packed with flavor.  A super easy and super fast recipe I make as a quick side dish for chicken, beef, pork or fish. It highlights the sweet, natural flavor of zucchini.

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  • Pasta with Broccoli and Turkey Sausage

    This easy pasta recipe combines fresh grape tomatoes, broccoli florets, spinach and Italian turkey sausage. It’s a great nutritious dish to serve your family that you can prepare in less time.

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  • Sweet Strawberry Nutella Crepes

    This sweet, delicate crepes are stuffed with nutella and fresh strawberries.  It is perfect for dessert, breakfast or brunch.  If you are entertaining, you can make this into a crepe bar with all different kinds of fillings like chopped bananas, raspberries,toasted coconut, nuts, sweetened cream cheese, ganache, etc….  

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  • Light Chicken Soup

    What could be better than a bowl of steaming hot soup on a cold winter day?  Chicken soup is one of my favorite comfort foods.  I like to make this soothing, light chicken soup with lots of fresh vegetables and ginger.  I like to add fresh ginger because of its medicinal attributes.  It fights cancer, […]

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  • Healthy Snack

    This season we have an abundance of mandarins.  This is one of my favorite snacks. They are a good source of vitamin C, folate, betacarotein, fiber, potassium, magnesium, vitamins B1, B2, B3, and the compounds lutein and zeaxanthin.  They have a very thin skin and are commonly seedless so it’s easy to eat them by hand. […]

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  • Easy Apple Tart

    I like to use apples from my apple tree for apple pie, muffins, tarts, spiced apple cake, crisps and smoothies.  If I don’t have a lot of time to bake I make an easy apple tart using puff pastry.  It’s great with vanilla ice cream, or drizzle it with caramel sauce or just by itself.

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  • Guacamole Dip

    This is a delicious guacamole dip for tortilla chips.  I like using avocados that are just a little soft ripe.  I find that they have more creamy flavor.  If they are too ripe they get bitter.

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  • Healthy Breakfast Oatmeal

    For breakfast I like to change things up and make it more appealing.  If you like peanut butter like me, add it to your oatmeal for added protein.  Here is one way I make my oatmeal.  Hope you like it!

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  • Ham and Potato Frittata

    I love everything Italian!  Frittata is one of the Italian dishes I love to make and it can be done with so many different ingredients.

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