Healthy Meals for Busy Lives!
I love this pasta with eggplant dish. Over the years I have grown to love eggplant and this is one dish that I absolutely enjoy! Pasta, sauce and eggplant…how can you go wrong? Using my Tomato Sauce recipe as the base, the only other ingredients …
This sauce is my base for a lot of my recipes. I use this for bolognese, chili, pasta alla norma just to name a few. It is quite simple and you can just add to some pasta, top with some Parmigiano-Reggiano or Ricotta Salata and …
This recipe is very flavorful, delicious and my go to recipe for my summer BBQs with friends and family. I marinate the chicken the night before the BBQ, skewer them with red peppers and red onions the morning of, and then thrown them on the …
This is not a typical meal for us, but I made these roasted Cornish Hens for dinner and totally loved it, so I thought I would share. I marinated the hens overnight so they would absorb all the great flavors in the marinade and then …
These potatoes are delicious and my go to quick recipe. I make these a bit differently when I am making them ahead of time (i.e. typically for Thanksgiving I make mashed potatoes the day before – I will share that recipe at some point). For …
I make these black beans using canned beans but you can also make them with the dried beans. Just soak overnight and boil until soft, then follow the instructions here. I love to make beans from scratch but for some reason I never plan ahead …
One of my favorite weeknight meals. It takes about 20 minutes to prep all the components and 20 minutes to cook the chicken! Quick, simple and delicious. This recipe is a bit spicy because I use adobo sauce to marinate the chicken. I use a …
This is awesome on spicy tacos and can also just be used as a snack or pickled side! Ingredients: 1/2 half ripe mango (peeled and thinly sliced) 1 red onion (thinly sliced) Juice of 1/2 lime Handful of cilantro chopped Salt and pepper to taste …
My favorite taco sauce!!!! Yum Ingredients: 2 tbsp Greek yogurt Juice of 1/2 lime 1/4 tsp oregano 1/4 tsp paprika 1 tbsp jalapeno (finely diced) – optional Instructions: Squeeze lime juice into a bowl. Whisk in the Greek yogurt until smooth. Add spices and salt …