I was inspired to try modifying a paella dish recently. I was flipping through my Better Homes and Gardens recipe e-mail and came across their Pork and Butternut Squash Paella. I thought, I love pork and butternut squash and both are healthy to begin with. But I also wanted to challenge myself to use something [...]
Looking through my pile of recipes, this one caught my attention. What's not to love about a soup with beef, brown rice and mushrooms? The original recipe from Very Well uses some high sodium ingredients like canned mushrooms and reduced sodium beef broth. Yep, reduced sodium beef broth is still too much sodium for a [...]
Since I did a stew after Thanksgiving with the turkey carcass, I thought I would give you another option for the dark meat you saved from the deconstructed turkey. I found a slow cooker recipe that I could make work for my dark meat turkey. Braising is the best way to cook the dark meat [...]
I love sloppy joes. Who doesn't? I remember my Mom making these for us all the time when we were kids. They weren't all that healthy either. Greasy ground beef and cheese with a sugary thick tomato sauce. It was good. I loved it, but these days eating like that has gone the way of [...]
Bigos is a Polish hunter's stew. It contains bacon, pork, and polish sausage. All things that taste good, but could raise your sodium for the day through the roof. I love Polish food. With Hamtramk about an hour from here, we know good authentic Polish food. This recipe is one that needs to preserve the [...]
STOP! Put down the credit card and pen! Don't get a gym membership! A lot of people this time of year buy gym memberships as part of a new years resolution. I GUARANTEE you're wasting your money. Gym owners love people who sign up for the gym and only use their membership for the month [...]
There are lots of dishes around the world that represent prosperity for the coming new year. One of my favorites is Hoppin' John. If you're from the southern US, you know this dish very well. I know southern dishes aren't known for being healthy, but that doesn't mean there aren't a few healthy gems in [...]
Check out my strong thoughts regarding New Years resolutions. (hint: forget about them)
I tried this out a couple of years ago just for fun and came out with the most awesome tasting turkey you'll ever eat. No, I'm not kidding. Do you ever feel like a perfectly cooked turkey is out of reach? Not so with this method. I'm sure you have tried every method on the [...]
I decided to go Mexican style with this recipe. Chicken thighs smothered in a peanut-based sauce. YUM!!! It had a lot of flavor and punch from the ancho chili and using thighs over boneless, skinless chicken breasts. However, it lacked the vitamins we needed make this a more well-rounded meal. Here is the original recipe [...]
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