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...
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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...
Instant Pot Chicken Vegetable Soup
My first recipe for 2023 -- chicken vegetable soup -- is made with frozen mixed vegetables, because who wants to chop vegetables on...
Tuna Noodle Casserole
I grew up Catholic in the 1950's and '60's, which meant that my family ate a lot of tuna noodle casseroles on Friday nights. My mom made...
Lemony White Bean Soup with Turkey and Greens
Thanksgiving is over and I, for one, am tired of turkey. However, it didn't stop me from making this soup from Melissa Clark of the NYT...
Air-Fried Chicken Tenders
I've tried several recipes for healthy-ish chicken fingers, trying to avoid ones cooked in lots of fat. Most recipes were roasted in a...
Chicken Avgolemono Soup
What, you may ask, is Avgolemono? It's a classic Greek sauce made by combining raw egg and lemon juice and slowly adding them to hot...
Vegetarian Taco Casserole
This veggie-filled spicy casserole was last week's recipe handout at Weight Watchers workshops. Immediately after the workshop I made a...
Tuscan Pasta With White Beans
Earlier this month I visited my best and oldest friend Michael in Lucca, Italy. ( He retired and moved there 6 years ago.) Michael showed...
Instant Pot Turkey-Vegetable Chili
This last weekend, in anticipation of the Kansas City Chiefs' first game of the season, I made chili in my Instant Pot. The recipe,...
Orzo Salad with Peppers and Feta
This weekend we're kicking off America's final summer holiday: Labor Day. In lieu of traditional mayonnaise-laden and calorie-packed...
One-Pot Pasta with Tomatoes and Spinach
You won't find an easier pasta main dish than this one. Why? Because everything cooks together in one pot. It's ready in less than 20...
Sheet Pan Chicken with Zucchini
I'm going to say right off the bat that this isn't a glamorous recipe. Chicken thighs and summer squash aren't fancy. But when roasted...
Quinoa with Black Beans
You know that quinoa has gone mainstream when you can find it at Costco. Quinoa has become very popular as a healthful, meat-free source...
Watermelon, Mint & Feta Salad
When I was a kid, we ate watermelon cut into big wedges for dessert. We had as much fun picking away the black seeds with our forks (and...
Slow-Roasted Salmon
I've cooked salmon every which way -- baked, broiled, grilled, and air-fried. Recently Champ and I had salmon at a wedding reception that...
Chickpea Salad
This recipe for chickpea salad comes from the New York Times cooking section, which referred to it as: "A lighter, easier take on classic...
Cobb Salad with Shrimp, Avocado & Bacon
Bacon and avocados used to be off-limits for those of us watching our weight due to their high fat content. Thankfully, times have...
Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes, Carrots and Asparagus
Sheet pan dinners are popular for a good reason: everything cooks together in one pan at the same time. Clean-up is a breeze. About the...
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