I'm always looking for funky chili recipes. Don't get me wrong, I like a good standard chili. But chili can be downright interesting. I've made it with peanut butter and cinnamon. Squash is another ingredient I like to use in chili. It provides a sweetness that tastes amazing. When I found this recipe from Cookie [...]
If you want to know what recipe I repeat most often, it's lentils, rice and cheese. This recipe never lets me down. It's easy to make, hits your macros and is VERY filling for a low calorie count. I make this when I am not feeling creative, or in this case, not able to eat [...]
One thing that I don't do with my cooking, if you haven't noticed already, is cook with pasta. There are two reasons: I am gluten-free and the calories aren't worth it. Pasta, either gluten-free or not is about 200 calories per cup. No nutritional value. Luckily, Tony and I don't crave pasta at all. That's [...]
It looks like I won't be up to full strength for a while. The setback I am experiencing will take a month or more to heal. It's pretty discouraging since I now face a very low level of activity for an extended period. I don't want to gain weight while I'm resting. I know my [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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