Spring Chicken Salad

I had a craving for chicken salad last night…so that was dinner! This was very quick to pull together, I made it about an hour before and let it meld the flavors.
I used candied walnuts from Trader Joe’s that had a little bit of spice added as well. For the onion, feel free to take [...]

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Spicy Sesame Roasted Garbanzo Beans

Last week I did a batch of roasted garbanzo beans that were perfect added cold to our dinner salad so I decided I needed a new version for tonight’s Asian inspired salad.
Spicy Sesame Roasted Garbanzo Beans
Ingredients:
1 15-ounce can garbanzo beans
2 tsp sesame oil
1 tsp lower sodium soy sauce
1/4 tsp dried ground ginger
1/8 tsp red pepper [...]

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Artichoke and Chicken Quiche

Kirk was talking about quiche this past weekend and I realized something – I had never made one. I have eaten many of them but I guess I always ranked making one as ‘too fussy’ or something. Not sure why either!
So today I started poking around for ideas and checking out how to make one. [...]

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Food Find: Better ‘n Peanut Butter

I was in Trader Joe’s this morning and finally decided after passing by this peanut butter for years to try it. With our aggressive working out at the gym I have been cutting corners on calories and fat whenever I can. So I decided to gamble a couple dollars on a jar of Better ‘n [...]

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Salmon Cakes

A good 4 or so years ago I got the basis of this recipe from a forum member – so long ago I don’t remember who shared it. It worked well though and was easily changed to personal taste. This was my version of the final recipe we came up with. They are great with [...]

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A Take On Pasta Puttanesca

I had a long session with my trainer today and was just bone tired when I got back from the gym. I didn’t want to think very hard about what to make for dinner so my mind was wandering to a book I had picked up recently: Pasta Every Way For Every Day. I saw [...]

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Balsamic Beans with Pasta

No photo tonight, sorry about that! This was an idea I had that turned out well. It is a vegetarian dish and will fill you up nicely.
Balsamic Beans with Pasta
Ingredients:
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 yellow onion, peeled and diced
1 tsp dried or fresh Rosemary
1 tsp diced dried garlic or 4 fresh cloves, diced
1/8 tsp [...]

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Double Orange Chicken Rice Bowl

We had stuff to do after dinner and I was tired after a long workout in the gym this afternoon so I got thinking what could I make fast.  A rice bowl sounded perfect
Double Orange Chicken Rice Bowl
Ingredients:
1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast
1/2 cup low fat sesame ginger salad dressing
1/4 fresh squeezed orange [...]

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