recipes: RECIPE: Tastefully Tuesday - Avocado Quinoa Salad
- 09/26/23 01:24 PM
RECIPE: Tastefully Tuesday - Avocado Quinoa Salad
Looking for something to have with a fabulously marinated steak for dinner tonight, I decided upon this delicious and healthy Avocado Quinoa Salad. It's simple, nutritious and, the best part, you can whip it up in no time!
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup quinoa, cooked 2 - 3 ripe avocados, diced 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cucumber, diced 1/4 cup red onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped Juice of 1 lemon 2 tbsp olive oil Salt and pepper to taste (as with most recipes, I use smoked pepper - it definitely adds a great dimension … (22 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: Yellow Tomato Salsa - Mojito Style
- 09/17/23 01:08 PM
RECIPE: Yellow Tomato Salsa - Mojito StyleMakes 6 servings
This is a great healthy appetizer to serve while watching your favorite college or pro football games this weekend! It’s easy to prepare and despite being healthy, is delicious!!
While salsa is more commonly served with chips, I am a huge fan of mini rice cakes topped with this salsa. Rice cakes come in several flavors that pair so well with this salsa, including buffalo chicken and buttermilk ranch.
If you’re turning up your nose at rice cakes, try them again. Today’s are not your mother’s rice cakes!! Anyway, on to the recipe!
SALSA INGREDIENTS:
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recipes: Shrimp Scampi with Spaghetti Squash
- 09/10/23 09:02 PM
Shrimp Scampi with Spaghetti SquashMakes 4 servings
This is a great healthy recipe that tastes like it’s not! ENJOY!
INGREDIENTS:
• 6 cups cooked spaghetti squash
• 12 oz. large shrimp, peeled and deveined (about 20 shrimp)
• 2 tsp. olive oil
• 2 Tbsp. butter
• ¼ tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. pepper (I think smoked pepper adds a nice flavor to this dish)
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp. lemon zest
• 2 Tbsp. white balsamic vinegar
• 1 tsp. Dijon mustard
• ¼ tsp. red pepper flakes
• ¼ cup plain low-fat Greek yogurt
• 2 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
INSTRUCTIONS:
To make the spaghetti squash, preheat oven to … (20 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: Buffalo Chicken Ranch Dip
- 08/20/23 02:10 PM
RECIPE: Buffalo Chicken Ranch DipAs many of you know, I've been on a pursuit to optimal health - as far as what I'm eating goes! I'm still a self-professed coffeeholic and I do love my martinis and red wine. So, I have to balance that out with good food.
Lately, several of my girlfriends are doing the same thing and we often exchange the best of the best recipes. I'm one who ALWAYS has to tweak them though - whatever the dish, it always seems that there's a spice missing! The past couple of months, we've been experimenting with using fat-free Greek … (10 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: MawMaw's Squash Casserole
- 08/12/23 08:33 PM
RECIPE: MawMaw's Squash CasseroleYesterday, after fighting hard and finding out our clients won in a bidding war, I decided to do a little cooking! I turned some divine fresh squash & zucchini into MawMaw’s squash casserole - what any good Southern girl does with fresh squash, right?!
#SouthernCookingIsTheBest #FreshOutOfTheGarden
Here’s the recipe...
INGREDIENTS & DIRECTIONS:
6 squash, cubed and boiled for 10 minutes. Drain and add: 1 egg ½ stick of margarine (or the equivalent in olive oil) ½ cup chopped red onion 1 can cream of mushroom soup (the single most used ingredient in any good southern casserole!!) 1 cup shredded cheese … (9 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: Maryland 🦀 Crabcake Cauliflower Pizza
- 08/10/23 07:25 PM
Maryland 🦀 Crabcake Cauliflower PizzaRay Henson inspired me to share another 'easy' but, fun healthy recipe with my AR family - thank you, Ray!
We love our cauliflower pizza crusts (which, if you're pressed for time, you can actually purchase pre-made crusts in the store - and they are almost as good as homemade). We do try to do something with them with every gathering we have at the lake. I've enjoyed watching many visitors sample a dish/appetizer made with cauliflower crust who fall in love but, after finding out it's made of cauliflower, readily admit they may have a newfound taste … (23 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: Wedge Salad 🥓 🍅
- 08/06/23 09:04 PM
RECIPE: Wedge Salad 🥓 🍅
🥓 🍅 Wedge Salad — one of my favorite salads - YUM! First of all, the photo is a rendering of a previous wedge that I created - NOT with the blenderized dressing - instead with the blue cheese crumbles. I think you're going to like this one - also using cottage cheese.
BLUE CHEESE DRESSING RECIPE:
6.4 oz. 2 % cottage cheese (4/5 leaner) 4 Tablespoons low fat Blue cheese crumbles or 3 Tablespoon regular Blue cheese crumbles Put in blender until smooth and creamy.
* NOTE: You may need to add a little water to thin out … (7 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE - Cottage Cheese Guacamole
- 08/06/23 08:38 PM
RECIPE - Cottage Cheese Guacamole
I'm still on my mission to eat as healthy as I can and have discovered that lake living can put the kibosh on healthy eating quite often! Friends and family bring 'cook-out' style food and sides, as well as LOTS of chips and dips! While they are all fabulous, most are not the healthiest.
Naturally a big fan of cottage cheese, one of my girlfriends recommended making some of these fabulous dips with blenderized cottage cheese in lieu of sour cream and cream cheese. "No one will ever know the difference," she assured me! So, I've tried several; … (5 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: Mexican Black Beans
- 07/22/23 10:04 PM
RECIPE: Mexican Black Beans
I had a lake party to go to this evening and the food theme was Mexican, requested by the one celebrating his birthday! There were about 30 people in attendance and we all brought a dish. One of my most requested dishes is my Mexican Black Beans, so I gladly made a large pot of these for the party.
These are my go-to side dish for Taco Tuesday or when I make any Latino dish. They are always a big hit and are SO easy to make! If I am cooking them in the winter time or a day … (14 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: Chicken Verde Casserole 🌿🧀🍗
- 07/16/23 05:28 PM
RECIPE: Chicken Verde Casserole 🌿🧀🍗 Serves 4
We are SO loving this recipe this summer and think you will too! It's healthy, easy to prepare and a fabulous dish to serve on Taco Tuesdays!
Ingredients:4 cups (14 oz) fresh cauliflower florets
8 tbsp low-fat cream cheese, softened
16.5 oz cooked chicken, shredded
½ C salsa verde
½ tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 C shredded sharp reduced-fat cheddar or pepper jack cheese
3 oz low-fat plain Greek yogurt
1 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions:1. Place cauliflower in a microwave safe container and cook for 10-12 minutes or until fork tender. Add the cream cheese and microwave for another 30 seconds. … (14 comments)
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recipes: Molasses Baked Beans
- 07/09/23 12:14 PM
Molasses Baked Beans
We love hosting our client appreciation parties throughout the year, segmenting our clients - sometimes based on geographic location, others based on particular interests (golfers, skiers, those who attended the same colleges, etc.). We are preparing for an upcoming event and I thought I would share one of the dishes I am preparing for the day. This dish is perfect for pre-prepping for large parties. It was one of my favorite dishes my MawMaw made for large family gatherings - it just hits the 'comfort' spot!
Serves 16
INGREDIENTS:
2 red onions, diced
12 slices of bacon, cut up into bite sized pieces … (6 comments)
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recipes: RECIPE: Crab Meat Topped Avocado Toast
- 07/05/23 06:22 AM
RECIPE: Crab Meat Topped Avocado Toast
We have a restaurant here in Charlotte (several locations now) called First Watch. It’s a great place to meet clients or to have a nice brunch date with hubby - the food is exceptional, as is the service. Last quarter, one of their specials was avocado toast with crab meat and I ordered it every time I visited First Watch.
Last week I discovered they have a new ‘third quarter’ menu and it does not include the crab-topped avocado toast! So, I decided to make it myself. I found the perfect bread, made my guacamole (I … (13 comments)
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recipes: Recipe - Blueberry Cottage Bowl
- 06/04/23 01:29 PM
Recipe - Blueberry Cottage BowlYes, I'm going out on a limb here, knowing that ½ of the population doesn't like cottage cheese...BUT, you can substitute yogurt if you don't like it!
I've been trying to be consistent watching my weight for the past year. Two of the biggest points that I learned when doing the previous diet I was on, was eating 5-6 times a day and drinking at least 90 oz of water helped me tremendously. Prior to that diet, I would go all day without eating, only having dinner with Ray - that was it. When you do that, your … (20 comments)
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recipes: Healthy Eating - Greek Luncheon Salad
- 06/01/23 04:27 PM
Healthy Eating - Greek Luncheon SaladI was, thankfully, blessed my entire life with being able to maintain my weight 'below' my desired weight. With athletics and a familial history of high metabolism, I soared through life with no worries about weight at all. Well...until I hit 50 and something changed - likely my metabolism and the number of hours I spent behind my keyboard/computer and not in the gym or playing tennis!
About a year ago, I decided I was tired of 'fighting' the weight gain and decided to sign up on a plan that my friends who were in the medical … (16 comments)
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recipes: Somewhat Healthy Jalapeño Poppers
- 05/21/23 10:04 PM
Somewhat Healthy Jalapeño PoppersWe are huge jalapeño pepper fans in our house, using them for creative libations, appetizers and even in our healthy meatloaf recipe. Everything is tasty with a little pepper flavoring!
In the summer, we make a lot of jalapeño poppers as we grow a ton of them in our garden. Jalapeños are super easy to grow and the plants bloom and produce very quickly. Of course, we still anxiously await the mid-summer harvest!
Here's a relatively healthy jalapeño popper recipe that we use as the 'main course' and not simply as our normal appetizer poppers.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20-25 … (6 comments)
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recipes: Loaded Cauliflower and Buffalo Chicken Casserole
- 11/12/22 09:09 PM
Loaded Cauliflower and Buffalo Chicken CasseroleAs we continue our journey to a healthier lifestyle, I am converting old recipes to healthy ones and this was what was going to be for dinner tonight. Hubby wasn't feeling well so, I prepped everything and will cook it tomorrow evening! It's an easy recipe and tastes AMAZING - and it's actually healthy!
This recipe makes 6 servings.
Ingredients:
2 lbs boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cut into ½ inch cubes 8 cups cauliflower florets 2 TBSP olive oil 1 tsp salt 2 tsp ground pepper 2 tsp paprika (smoked) 1 TBSP garlic powder 4 TBSP hot sauce … (5 comments)
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recipes: BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP
- 11/06/22 10:20 PM
BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP
Today was the best day for a pot of soup. It was rainy and just plain icky outside! I love trying new recipes and, thanks to one of my clients who had my husband and I over to dinner, serving this soup, I fell in love with butternut squash. I had cooked it in other recipes in the past but, never made soup with it.
Trying to stick to a healthier lifestyle, I have found myself tweaking many recipes and this one, I finally ‘perfected’ - at least to our liking!
Ingredients - Roasting the Squash:
6 ½ cups butternut squash (2 #) … (10 comments)
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recipes: Remoulade Sauce (Great with Crab Cakes)
- 10/23/22 01:17 PM
Remoulade Sauce (Great with Crab Cakes)Again, on the healthy journey, trying new ways to eat delicious food but, without the calories. Recently, I’ve been in search of a low calorie sauce for seafood as I am tired of using crushed tomatoes with spices or smashed avocado as a dipping sauce! So, I have been substituting Greek Yogurt for sour cream and mayonnaise a lot lately - and with great success. This may just be my favorite remoulade - even better than the butter/fat-filled sauce.
INGREDIENTS:
1 cup Greek yogurt 2T dijon mustard 2 t your favorite cajun seasoning 1 t smoked paprika … (15 comments)
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recipes: Healthy Crab Cakes
- 10/23/22 12:41 PM
Healthy Crab CakesAs I continue my health journey, I am thoroughly enjoying my time in the kitchen, experimenting with favorite old recipes, in an attempt to make them healthy. So far, this is one of our favorites. Hey, if it gets Ray's stamp of approval, your guests/family will love it too!
Makes 3 Servings
Ingredients:
- 14 oz. crabmeat
- 3 eggs (I use egg beaters)
- 1 TBSP parsley
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 2 tsps lemon juice
- 1 1⁄2 TBSP almond flour
- 3⁄4 tsps old bay or your preference of Maryland-style crab seasoning
- 1 TBSP light mayonnaise
- 1⁄2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsps olive oil … (8 comments)
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recipes: Buffalo Chicken Pizza (On Cauliflower Crust)
- 10/09/22 12:47 PM
Buffalo Chicken Pizza (on cauliflower crust)Before you mutter, "Ewwww!" let me assure you that my incredibly picky-eater husband loves this dish! We both agree that there is no cauliflower taste but, the health benefits are certainly worth taking the short amount of time to make this crust.
We have also found the CauliPower frozen cauliflower crusts to be excellent as well - healthy and quick & easy. *NOTE: The 'lean, green, condiment & healthy fat' notations are for those following the same health plan that Ray and I are currently following.
Without further ado, here's the recipe...
Ingredients:
Crust:
1/4 cup egg beaters (1/8 Lean) … (9 comments)
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