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22 May Individual cheese, fruit and nut boards

Posted at 23:28h in dinner, food memories, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, side dishes 4 Comments

This month's Recipe Redux-small plates for sunny days-took me my right back to my single days. Back then, I was working at the food mecca known as Central Market and different foods sufficed for dinner. For example, it was common for these four ingredients to be...

22 Apr Slow Cooker Mexican Style Soup

Posted at 17:17h in dinner, fitness and nutrition, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, side dishes 5 Comments

My Recipe Redux recipe this month-Slow Cooker Mexican Style Soup- was HEAVILY influenced by the one and only Ree Drummond AKA The Pioneer Woman. You see, our assignment was to figure out how to quit limpin' along for lunch...

21 Jan Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pomegranate Vinaigrette

Posted at 15:46h in dinner, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, registered dietitian, side dishes 0 Comments

Pomegranate molasses came into my world fifteen years ago when I was working as the sales manager for HEB/Central Market, an upscale retail grocery store in Texas. The Cortas brand (made in Lebanon) was a popular item, but it certainly didn't have the it has...

22 Aug Salmon Salad

Posted at 18:06h in dinner, food memories, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes 0 Comments

Meat. Veg. Starch. When I think of "Back to the Table", our Recipe Redux theme for this month, my memories take me back to our family dinner table where the six of us sat dutifully and ate a meat, a vegetable and a starch. We each...

22 Jul Tomato and Pesto Bruschetta with Burrata

Posted at 23:07h in dinner, fitness and nutrition, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, side dishes 0 Comments

Sigh. I had such great intentions for this post. I figured that there would be plenty of tomato posts with this assignment from Recipe Redux this month: Fresh from the Garden: The season of bountiful produce has arrived. Whether your produce comes from the farmers' market, a CSA share,...

16 Jul California Strawberry Field Tour & Culinary Event

Posted at 12:05h in dinner, fitness and nutrition, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, registered dietitian, side dishes 0 Comments

A strawberry from California and a strawberry from Texas walk into a bar...

22 Jun Tomato and Asparagus Quiche

Posted at 22:27h in dinner, fitness and nutrition, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes 0 Comments

I've had this quiche on my mind for weeks (ok. not true. I was rooting around in the freezer the other night for a quick dinner idea and the pie crust floated to the top of the freezer drawer). Utilizing a boat load of teardrop...

27 Mar 27 ways to make asparagus +The Vegetarian Flavor Bible

Posted at 14:05h in dinner, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, side dishes 0 Comments

Karen Page, author of THE VEGETARIAN FLAVOR BIBLE (Little, Brown: 2014) and I share a bond. Sure, we both love food, cooking, nutrition, flavor, etc. Yes, we both want people to eat more vegetables, considering the majority of American's don't get enough in their daily diets....

28 Jan Inside the Fridge welcomes Jen Haugen from Down-to-Earth Dietitian

Posted at 12:31h in children's health, dinner, fitness and nutrition, food memories, Fruits and Veggies, Inside the Fridge, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, registered dietitian, side dishes 0 Comments

I LOVE Pad Thai. The fact that Jen Haugen, RDN, LD, School Nutrition RD and Chief Blogger at Down-to-Earth Dietitian, sent me a photo and link to her Perfect Pad Thai recipe made me smile. Jen and I met a few years ago--I honestly can't...

22 Jan Sriracha Spiked Artichoke Dip and Pasta Sauce

Posted at 12:31h in dinner, fitness and nutrition, Fruits and Veggies, meal planning, quick meals, recipes, side dishes 0 Comments

I feel like I was one of the first to jump on the Sriracha (AKA Rooster Sauce) band wagon. (obviously, I wasn't, but c'mon---just let me think I was, ok?) It was 2000. I was covering the front of the house for a small, intimate upscale restaurant...