Sheet Pan Sausage with Peppers, Onions and Potatoes
Sheet-pan recipes have become popular for a good reason. You can prepare an entire meal in one fell swoop with only one pan to wash up....
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Orzo Minestrone (Summerstrone)
The end of summer is approaching. When I take the poodles outside in the early morning I feel a cool autumn breeze instead of the...
15-Minute Chicken Shawarma Bowls
As its name suggests, this is not your average American winner-winner chicken dinner, but fear not. It's from a trustworthy cooking...
Grilled Chicken with Tomatoes and Corn
Grilled chicken is a quintessential summer dinner. This recipe, from Ali Slagle of the New York Times, takes it up a notch with juicy...
Air-Fryer (or Oven-roasted) Chicken Tenders
I've tried several recipes for healthy-ish chicken fingers, trying to avoid ones cooked in lots of fat. Most recipes are roasted in a hot...
Greek Chicken Tray Bake
Tray bake (the British term for sheet pan) dinners have become very popular for several reasons: preparation is straightforward and...
Instant Pot Summer Soup
This soup knocked my socks off. OK, technically that's not true. It's summer and I'm not wearing socks. But I digress. When I saw this...
Lemon Chicken with Tomato, Olive and Feta Salad
This Mediterranean-inspired recipe hails from the Weight Watchers recipe box. It's crazy low in calories/WW Points and is a longstanding...
Santa Fe Turkey Stuffed Peppers
If you grew up in the 1950's-'60's, chances are your mom cooked from the Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook. And chances are equally good...
Sicilian Spaghetti with Tuna & Capers
At a recent Weight Watchers workshop, a member remarked that she had prepared Sicilian Spaghetti with Tuna from the latest WW cookbook,...
Vegetable Orzo Pasta Salad
Several years ago Ina Garten published a roasted vegetable and orzo pasta salad that contained tomatoes and bell peppers and was topped...
Mexican Chicken with Zucchini, Corn and Black Beans
Cinco de Mayo is just around the corner with lots of tempting, cheesy, high-fat entrees to tempt Mexican food lovers. For those of us who...
Spring Chicken Nicoise
Last evening we enjoyed our first al fresco meal of the year. This cool salad that I adapted from the Martha Stewart kitchens was an...
One-Pot Pasta Primavera with Shrimp
If you think that pasta is off limits when you’re trying to lose weight, think again. Italians eat pasta nearly every day, yet the...
Shrimp Scampi with Broccoli Orzo
In this delightful recipe adapted from Skinnytaste.com, broccoli florets are cooked together in the same pot with orzo pasta resulting in...
Turkey Chili
What was life like before the Internet? I can't remember anymore. Today, in the 21st century, I spend my days with my BFF Siri, who tells...
Eat-the-Rainbow Vegetable Soup
On a warm and sunny Spring day last year I posted a recipe for Eat-the-Rainbow Salad. Two days later it snowed. Eating cold salad while...
Butternut Squash Chipotle Chili
Last night during halftime at the Super Bowl that the KANSAS CITY CHIEFS WON, we dined on chili. Not just any chili, though. Ours was...
Lasagna Soup
If you love lasagna but don't like all the effort it takes to assemble and bake, here is your ticket to cheesy pasta nirvana: lasagna...
Baked Ziti with Veggies
If you were a fan of The Sopranos, you'll likely remember that Carmela Soprano made baked ziti for every occasion: births, funerals...
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