23 Tuesday Mar 2021
Posted in chicken & turkey, gluten free, healthy choices, international, love to cook, sauces
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coconut aminos, coconut milk, dried basil, egg, garlic, ginger, ground chicken, honey, panko bread crumbs, peanut butter, peanuts, sesame oil, turmeric
Chicken Satay Meatballs were my sister Sarah’s call. In fact Sarah had several suggestions for March Meatball Madness. Let’s just say she has a vivid imagination and extreme creativity when it comes to food and I love her for it!!!
Continue reading »27 Thursday Aug 2020
Posted in dressings & marinades, gluten free, love to cook, pasta, salads
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carrots, cilantro, pasta, peanut sauce, peanuts, purple cabbage, scallion
Would you look at the vibrant colors in this Thai Pasta Salad!
Besides the crisp fresh veggies, we found this lovely tri-colored pasta at our local Farmers Market and wanted to turn it into a nice summer salad.
Shhhhh….it’s also gluten free, no one would ever know.
09 Monday Nov 2015
Posted in chicken & turkey, gluten free, international, love to cook, low-carb, lunch bowls, seafood, Weight Watchers
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bean sprouts, carrots, cilantro, eggs, fish sauce, onion, peanut butter, peanuts, scallion, soy sauce, spaghetti squash
Pad Thai is my go-to Thai take-out dish. I love everything about it. Traditionally this is a noodle dish and who doesn’t love noodles, especially when they are stir-fried with eggs! Yum!! Today I decided to lighten it up a bit, so I substituted roasted spaghetti squash “noodles” for the classic rice noodles. Results. Two thumbs up in this house.
Continue reading »17 Monday Aug 2015
Posted in gluten free, international, love to cook, low-carb, lunch bowls, salads, vegetarian, Weight Watchers
Thai Cauliflower Rice Salad {with Spicy Peanut Sauce} is one delicious bowl full of colors, textures and flavors. Intended to be served cold or even room temperature, this salad makes a wonderful picnic dish.
Continue reading »03 Tuesday Mar 2015
Posted in healthy choices, international, love to cook, lunch bowls, salads
I don’t think I’ve told you about my 2015 Challenge. My Healthy Choices walking buddy Bethany and I signed up to walk a combined two thousand fifteen miles in 2015. That’s five point five miles per day together or two point seven five miles each. every day. for 365 days.
All that walking during our lunch hour, makes these girls hungry. I’m proposing Spicy Shrimp Thai Buddha Bowls all around.
Continue reading »19 Thursday Feb 2015
Posted in chicken & turkey, international, love to cook, soups, stews, chili
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cabbage, carrots, celery, chicken, chicken broth, ginger, jalapeno peppers, peanuts, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, soy sauce
I took a popular Chinese Take-Out dish and turned it into a healthy make at home meal. Our Kung Pao Chicken Soup is not sodium or MSG laden. Instead it’s packed with fresh aromatic ingredients and some classic Asian flavors.
Continue reading »03 Friday Jan 2014
Thai Peanut Chicken. BE WELL friends take note.
We are always looking for healthy, flavorful and most importantly…..unique lunch ideas. I think I’ve come up with a good one here, er I mean a good FIVE!! Take a look.
Continue reading »07 Monday Oct 2013
Posted in adventures in chocolate, desserts, love to cook
Chocolate Lovers Pizza.
Round 3 of Adventures in Chocolate. Week by week I’m working my way through my work family selecting someone to choose a chocolate recipe for me to make, picture, post, and deliver to them.
Continue reading »22 Thursday Aug 2013
Posted in beef, pork, lamb, healthy choices, international, love to cook, pasta
Pork. The other white meat.
I absolutely loved this Chinese Pork Tenderloin with Garlic Sauced Noodles. I’m still loving it, reheated the following day. There’s something really special to me about being able to prepare Asian food at home. As much as I LOVE Chinese restaurants, I’m not crazy about the way I feel after consuming MSG and sodium laden dishes. By making recipes at home you control the freshness and the ingredients.
Continue reading »16 Thursday May 2013
Posted in beef, pork, lamb, healthy choices, international, love to cook, salads
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Basil, beef steak, cilantro, fish sauce, ginger, lime juice, mint, peanuts, radish, scalion, soy sauce, Thai chile, Thai red curry paste
Thai Beef Salad.
What a lovely way to enjoy a good piece of beef. I know most recipes call for using lean flank steak. And while I’m sure that’s very nice on this salad, on the rare occasion that we have steak, I prefer the most tender cut I can find. And that would be a filet. Grilled to medium-rare. Sliced nice and thin. It was that thought alone that inspired this recipe post. Every bite of this Thai Beef Salad is a flavor explosion.
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