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Seafood Pasta with Spinach, Tomato and Basil
Okay, I admit defeat. I just don’t get pasta. You could take this dish without the pasta and it’s 200 calories less per serving. Add the pasta (even better for you whole wheat – not whole grain, but whole wheat -pasta), and the calories skyrocket! I guess for me, [...]
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Colorful and Crunchy Pomegranate and Spinach Salad
Doesn’t this look like a terrific salad for your holiday table? I think it looks like Christmas with all those lovely red pomegranate seeds and bright green spinach leaves!
I haven’t had pomegranate seeds since I was a kid, and my cousin got me hooked on them. We used [...]
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Becky Bergstrom, Spinach Ball Master
My daughter called raving about a recipe for spinach balls her friend Becky was making for a dinner party. (Lauren has the sweetest friends. Becky is one of them, and she loves to cook, can’t image why I like her.)
Lauren is a picky eater, so if she says these [...]
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Spinach and Mandarin Orange Salad
I love this salad! It’s always a hit with family and friends. People love the combination of fruit and cheese.
You can twist this salad up any way you please. Use sliced apple or pear instead of oranges, or toasted walnuts instead of almonds. If I make it for company, I’ll candy [...]
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Flank Steak Stuffed with Creamy Goat Cheese and Spinach
I hate the dentist! Well, I don’t really hate my dentist, I just hate what he does for a living. Believe me, I realize I’m being a big baby.
Anyway, if you haven’t guessed by now, I have to have two crowns done today, and I’m less than [...]
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Garlicky Spinach and Mushroom Pizza
Do you think you can’t have pizza when you’re trying to lose weight? Sure you can! Just make your own. It’s so easy, and you control the fat and calories.
Just pick up pizza dough at your local pizza joint, or grocery store, add all the filling veggies you like. Top it [...]
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Gingery Green Soup
This recipe from 101 Cookbooks intrigued me. Green soup? I love healthy food, but I wasn’t sure if this recipe was just too healthy to make a satisfying meal.
Surprise! Sweet potato provides the substance the soup needs, and of course, it fits my cooking with color challenge perfectly. All those healthy greens add [...]
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Chicken with Spinach and Mushrooms
Once again, Real Simple Magazine comes through for me. I signed up for their email newsletter, and I haven’t been disappointed.
Don’t you just love the colors in this meal? Meaty mushrooms, red pepper, and fresh, green spinach. Saute all this in garlic and white wine, with the bits from the pan [...]
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Caprese Salad
Summer has come to an end, but thanks to an unusually warm summer in Seattle, my basil is still growing in abundance, and I still have tomatoes continuing to ripen.
Keeping with my six ingredient cooking challenge, this salad has big flavor with just a few ingredients.
Happy cooking!
Serves 4
2 medium tomatoes, sliced into 4 slices [...]
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I loved this post on Fitness Magazine’s website . The magazine bases this list on foods that have been proven over time to improve your health and well being. I love these foods because they are common to most households, and easy to find at your local grocery store.
The article explains in simple terms the nutritional [...]
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