Ingredients Rotini pasta 2 cups cooked turkey, cubed 1/2 c cottage cheese 1 jar Spicy Arrabiatta pasta sauce 1 1/2 c spinach 1/2 c parmesan cheese Cook pasta as directed. In a separate pot, combine turkey, cottage cheese, arrabiatta sauce, and spinach. Heat sauce until bubbling and reduce heat to low until noodles […]
Turkey and Lentils
If you are fortunate enough to have turkey leftover from Thanksgiving, this is a great recipe to use some of those leftovers. Of course, you may also use chicken as a substitute. The lightness of the lentils and flavors of curry bring a pleasant change to a rich and heavy winter diet. Ingredients 1 cup […]
Simple Delicious Peach Cobbler
This is a deliciously easy dessert to impress your guests. The cake mix absorbs the peach syrup to make a gooey filling that is crispy on top. Ingredients 3 – 29oz cans yellow peaches in heavy syrup 2 boxes yellow cake mix 1cup (2 sticks) butter, chilled Cinnamon Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Pour […]
Potluck Chili
Cooking for a crowd- Buffet style When cooking for a crowd, it is best to play it safe and error on the side of low salt and spice (hotness). You never know which of your guests may have health issues or heat aversions; salt and hot sauces can easily be added later by the guests themselves. […]
Roast Turkey Bagel Sandwich
Ingredients Bagel (flavored optional) 2 T cream cheese (flavored optional) 3 oz. roasted turkey lettuce Lightly toast the bagel. Spread cream cheese on both halves of the bagel. Layer turkey on top of the cream cheese and the lettuce on top of the turkey. Close the sandwich and enjoy. Flavor options: pumpkin bagel with […]
Food Journal – January
January 1: New Year’s Day Brunch: 3 Ham and Cheese Crescent Rolls Lunch: Polar Bear Plunge Party (potluck) – chili, meatballs, pull pork slider, olive and cream cheese penguins, crackers with dip, polar bear cake pop, sugar cookie, and tangerine sparkler Dinner: Macaroni and cheese with pull pork and a meatball Exercise: 3 […]
Vegetable Stuffing
This is a lighter and less fancy version of Thanksgiving stuffing: simply vegetables and bread cubes. Because there is significantly less butter, this recipe is healthier than the original. Ingredients 1 box Mrs. Cubbison’s stuffing 1/2 onion finely chopped 1 carrot finely chopped 2 celery stalks chopped 1 T butter 2-3 cups chicken broth […]
Creamed Spinach
This is the recipe I usually make for Thanksgiving. It is lighter because I omit the cheese, but it still delivers on flavor. Spinach is the first vegetable I was able to get Rich to eat. Ingredients 10 oz. Package frozen cut leaf spinach, thawed 1- can cream of celery 6 green onions chopped […]
Tangerine Juice Drinks
Tangerine Juice I acquired two bags of Cuties tangerines for Christmas. Although I like tangerines, this is too many to eat before they go bad, so I decided to juice them. One whole bag made just 2 cups of fresh squeezed tangerine juice. The juice was thick, delicious, and sweet. Although it was tempting to […]
Spreadable Cream Cheese Cracker and Vegg...
This is a super easy recipe for a great spreadable cracker topping. The sour cream softens the cheese just enough to make the dip scoop-able, but not too much to make it runny. The spread can be shaped into a ball or dome and won’t break the crack as you dip it. Ingredients 12 […]