Trying to Live Healthy and Happy
Oh I had the best best best breakfast this morning.
Baked French Toast
2 servings – Approx 390 Calories per serving (including real maple syrup)
Ingredients:
3 – 4 slices of bread
3 whole eggs (or more)
cinnamon
vanilla
One peeled & thinly sliced apple
1 tbsp real maple syrup
Cooking Instructions:
Place 3 – 4 slices (depending on size) into a square baking pan
Sprinkle [...]
Even though I consider myself a healthy clean eater, we all need comforting cheat foods.
For example, I like pizza. So, instead of getting a take out thick crust pizza from a nearby restaurant, I make pizza at home. I can satisfy my pizza craving once in awhile, and still try to stay within [...]
I have made mini meatloaves a few times, and it works out very well. I divide my meatloaf mixture into a cupcake tin and/or ramekins for easier portion control. Plus it bakes quicker!
Here is the recipe I made tonight:
Makes 7 servings
Ingredients:
1 lb 93% ground beef (it also works with ground bison or turkey if you [...]
Made some wonderfully simple baked chicken with shallots tonight. Very easy and simple.
Serves 2
Ingredients:
Two (halved) chicken breasts (approx 4 – 6 oz each)
1 Tbsp Olive Oil
Chopped/Diced Shallots (one or two bulbs) – if you don’t have shallots, onions will do
Misc Herbs and/or spices, salt and pepper
Place chopped shallots in 8 inch square baking pan
Drizzle 1 [...]
The other day, I bought a ready-made “Rustic Crust” brand thin pizza crust. I know it’s not completely homemade, but the list of ingredients were very good: Unbleached/Unbromated Wheat Flour, Water, Natural Culture, Semolina Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Sea Salt, Honey, Yeast, Organic Soy Oil, Olive Oil.
Yes, it’s white flour, but it’s pizza! [...]
Hehe. My hubbie says he hates sweet potato. I want to eat them more often so I bought both butternut squash and sweet potato. So for dinner, I cut up both and steamed until soft. I mushed them together and he wasn’t the wiser!!! Shhh, don’t tell him.
I also recently picked up a white colored [...]
I made an amazing meatless tomato sauce with pasta last night for dinner.
I usually don’t like my meatless tomato sauce, but it turned out rich and flavorful. I guess I am becoming a better home cook. LOL
Anyway, I sauted an onion in a hot pan with some olive oil and some salt, pepper, & dried [...]
We ate Coleman natural polish kielbasa tonight. It was the “red” kind of kielbasa similar to hillshire farms.
http://www.colemannatural.com/component/option,com_resource/Itemid,9/article,877/category_id,2/controller,article/
It didn’t taste as spicy as hillshire but it was pretty good. I would have it again. It’s still not food to have every night because it is loaded with sodium, but for a treat it works [...]
Disclaimer:
This is a cookbook review. It must be mentioned that I love reading cookbooks, and am inspired by recipes, but rarely follow them. Keep in mind, my opinions might be completely different from the other home cooks.
Review for the cookbook: The All-New Complete Cooking Light Cookboook: The Ultimate Guide from America’s #1 Food Magazine.
I [...]
First time cooking polenta last night. For a first time, it wasn’t great, but I learned a lot!
I over salted! eek. I tasted with a spoon midway, and it was very bland, so I added more sea salt. After adding 2 oz of Parmesan Reggiano cheese, I mixed, then instead of using a separate metal [...]
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