Chicken Piccata

Chicken Piccata

I love this recipe. It's different and not too difficult to prepare. Serve over pasta with crusty bread and a some steamed broccoli and dinner is served! (and delicious!) 

Pickles!

We can go through a jar of pickles a day around here. We are slightly addicted. Store bought pickles have unsavory ingredients, unfortunately, so I went to the farmer's market and turned a whole bunch of pickles into something pretty great: 

Pickles!!!!

Crash Hot Potatoes

Made these with no herbs, and they were delicious. I could have eaten them all myself! 

Crash Hot Potatoes

Homemade Energy Bars

I made four different varieties of these today. I like them all! I freeze them so they are easier to cut (and eat.) 

Homemade Lara Bars

Raw Energy Bars

I'm cutting back on the store bought snacks I buy, for a lot of reasons, and one thing I want to make several versions of is a "granola bar." This is one I have made on and off for years, and the recipe was hard to find this time. I'll link it at the bottom, but I'm pasting the text here, just in case! 

Here’s a raw bar full of nutritious energy for snacks, lunchboxes, picnics, and even dessert!

1/4 cup sesame seeds

1/4 cup sunflower seeds

1/2 cup raisins

1/2 cup dried figs

1/2 cup peanut butter, almond butter, or tahini

Place sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, raisins, and figs in food processor with metal blade. Chop until everything is ground together. Add nut or seed butter and mix until combined. Roll mixture into balls or press into 8-inch round cake pan and cut into 1-inch squares. Keep refrigerated. Makes about 3 dozen Note: Nuts can be substituted for seeds and other dried fruit can be substituted for raisins and figs. Variation: Coconut Energy Bars: Add 1/2 cup unsweetened coconut to mixture. Add a little coconut milk if necessary to help balls hold together.

- See more at: http://www.mothering.com/articles/raw-energy-bars/#sthash.hDYv3h2j.dpuf

Pasta e Fagioli (soup)

I don't know how to say it, but I am enjoying eating it. 

I ended up with extra red beans left over from a weekend pot of chili, so I searched my favorite recipe site for a new soup with red beans. This one looked promising so I gave it a try. 

I'm glad I did.

Pasta e Fagioli  

I did make a few changes:

• I used Hormel nitrite free Canadian Bacon for the meat
• I omitted the tomato soup and used 1 can of diced tomatoes with juice 
• I also added a can of tomato sauce
• I used a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar instead of white distilled vinegar
• I used 1 cup of whole wheat elbow pasta & added it to the soup before it simmered for the hour
• I only used one 32oz box of organic chicken stock
• I added the amount of spices in recipe despite what the reviewers said

I also added a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese to the top of my bowl.

This is a keeper!

Egg Muffins

I accidentally bought the Italian-style ground turkey and used that, and I couldn't tell a difference between that and the turkey sausage!

Egg and Sausage Muffins 

• 1 pound lean ground turkey, I used 93% lean
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to taste)
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• Kosher or sea salt to taste

Read more at http://skinnyms.com/skinny-breakfast-sausage/#P6qXgP71DbBWICeG.99

• 1 pound lean ground turkey, I used 93% lean
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to taste)
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• Kosher or sea salt to taste

Read more at http://skinnyms.com/skinny-breakfast-sausage/#P6qXgP71DbBWICeG.99

• 1 pound lean ground turkey, I used 93% lean
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon dried sage
• 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more or less to taste)
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• Kosher or sea salt to taste

Read more at http://skinnyms.com/skinny-breakfast-sausage/#P6qXgP71DbBWICeG.99