Diet Specific
Recipes for those looking for Gluten Free, Vegetarian, and Low-Carb options, as well as recipes that are generally considered Healthy Choices.
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Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes {Share the Love}
Had a wonderful girls lunch out at the Cheesecake Factory this past week. If you’ve ever been you know their menu is HUGE and everything sounds interesting and delicious. At our request, our server gave us a run down of her favorites from each category. She named Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes as one of her all time favorite appetizers, which was quickly seconded by the most experienced Cheesecake Factory veteran at the table. That was easy! Bring 5 forks please. Today I will use this recipe to try and lure my kid off the lake and into my kitchen.
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Salsa Verde
The star ingredient in Salsa Verde is the tomatillo. Similar in appearance to a small green tomato (once their paper-like husk is removed), however with a quite different flavor. The tomatillo has a mild, almost citrus like flavor. They are great to cook with since they don’t need to be peeled or seeded. Salsa Verde is as prominent in Mexican cooking as tomato sauce is to Italian cuisine.
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Sage-Pecan Pesto Encrusted Turkey Tenderloin
When I first made Sage-Pecan Pesto Encrusted Turkey Tenderloin and posted a picture in my What’s for Dinner album, I got immediate requests for the recipe. I love pesto. It’s so versatile and easy going. Never complains when you substitute sage for basil, pecans for pine nuts, aged cheddar for Parmesan. And turkey tenderloin is the perfect delivery vehicle (pork tenderloin would be delish too). So good and so moist!
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Green Bean Casserole {Deconstructed}
Finding these gorgeous Haricot Verts at the Farmers’ Market warranted a special recipe. Something just as fresh with flavor as they are. Hmm…green beans, first thing that came to mind is Green Bean Casserole. Not envisioning the from a can variety but instead a bed of creamy mushroom & thyme sauce, topped with these vibrant green beans, sprinkled with crispy onions and shaved Parmesan cheese. Now that could be amazing.
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The Farmers’ Market {How I hate to see you go}
Just a couple blocks from my office sits our local farmers’ market. I’ve shared with you in a number of posts the wonderful bounty that my home and my work family has come to enjoy. This week as I approached the parking lot the view was quite different. What generally is a row of 12 – 15 vendors, was but one lonely pickup truck with a small table in front. How can this be? Is summer literally drying up and taking all the tomatoes and summer squash and cucumbers with it?
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Mexican Green Bean & Potato Salad
If you can kick up a basic Roast Chicken recipe simply by changing the seasonings, why can’t you kick up your favorite potato salad the same way? Okay, that was a rhetorical question since clearly I have already done that, thus this post. However, every time one of those little light bulbs go off I feel the need to share.
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Bodacious Roast Chicken {Mexican Style}
We, like most families, go through “What’s for Dinner” ruts from time to time. Last week frankly was a bit of a challenge. Thank goodness our Ahi Tuna Salad with the amazing Creamy Avocado Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette came through at the end. And it’s funny because that salad never really knew where it was headed until the very last minute. Besides the dressing, the other ingredient that stood out was the baked tortilla shell. And so we decided that Taco Salads were in our near future. To be exact, we agreed Roast Chicken {Mexican Style} on Tuesday and Chicken Taco Salads on Wednesday. Looks like it’s going to be a good week!!
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Pizza with Cauliflower Crust
As a newbie to the food blogging world I’m not at all surprised at how much I learn every time I sit down to my laptop and read. I have a stack of scrap paper by my computer where I jot down notes, recipe ideas, and sites I want to revisit. I guess you could say it’s my kitchen table Pinterest board. Over the weekend I made the most amazing discovery… Cauliflower Pizza Crust.
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Salmon Steaks with Curried Fennel-Wine Sauce
One of my favorite birthday gifts this year (Aerosmith tickets aside) was Food & Wine’s 2012 annual cookbook. This Salmon Steak with Curried Fennel-Wine Sauce recipe is straight off those pages and this is our 3rd time enjoying this dish. It’s simply amazing.
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Miso Soup with Poached Egg {Share the Love}
What started one day as a “What’s for Dinner?” conversation at the office turned into a mission to make homemade Miso Soup and ultimately an ingredient split. And so that evening I did my usual research: scan the Internet for the most striking Miso Soup images first, read multiple recipes second.
