In our house we love to do “themed” nights… BBQ, Chinese, Italian (well thats most nights), Burgers… and of course one of my favorites Mexican!! When you think of a Mexican meal you don’t generally think of it as a light meal, but I lightened up taco night with this one- Mexican Lettuce Wraps & Spanish…
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Cauliflower Puree with Chives
Cauliflower Puree with Chives is a easy, healthy substitute for mashed potatoes. Great flavor, filling and a side dish that can be paired with any protein. I love potatoes almost as much as I love pasta but I am continuing on this weight loss journey so I’m cutting down on the carbs, certainly not cutting…
Grilled Eggplant Rollintini :: Twist on a Classic
Grilled Eggplant Rollintini. A twist on the Italian classic- its typically made with breaded and fried eggplant but I decided to lighten up this classic. Eggplant rollintini is an Italian classic, one of my favorites! Its typically made with breaded and fried eggplant but I decided to lighten up this classic. This dish is super…
Oatmeal Strawberry Banana Muffin
Oatmeal Strawberry Banana Muffin. A healthy way to start the morning. A handful of simple ingredients to make these tasty breakfast treats. Keeping with the whole making healthier choices thing I wanted to come up with a healthier breakfast muffin. I am a lover of muffins, especially corn muffins but lets be honest they aren’t…
Parsnip Mash
I was trying to think of a healthy and super simple side dish in place of a rice or potato, so I stared at the veggies at the grocery store to see what I could find. I spotted some parsnips and thought, hmmm, don’t use those very often so lets give them a go. Parsnips…
Lentil & Black Bean Burgers
For quite some time I’ve wanted to give a meatless burger a try. There really wasn’t anything appealing about the frozen varieties and really I was skeptical about the whole idea of it. That was until I saw a yummy looking pic on Pinterest of a meatless burger and thought, I need to give this…