How I Make One Meal Last for Four: Homestyle Fajitas
When you hear the sizzling griddle approach your table in the restaurant, it’s almost impossible to stop your mouth from watering. It means your delicious plate of fajitas – tender grilled meat, carmelized onions, fresh salsa – is but a few minutes away. But lately, I’ve taken to making fajitas at home on the weekends, […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Thai Noodle Bowl
Listen up, people. I made the best dinner tonight. Like, fo realz. I know it doesn’t look like much; it wasn’t a dinner I was expecting to be out-of-this-world good, either. But it was SO DELICIOUS. I’m still using up the leftovers from the crock pot roast. I madeon Monday. Yesterday, I used the beef […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start Off 2015: Modified Bahn Mi
For the 14th recipe in our 15 Healthy Dinners, we combine ol’ fashioned American crock-pot wisdom with traditional Vietnamese Bahn Mi for a match made in spicy heaven. But Whitney, you say – white bread! Pork instead of fish or poultry! Mayonnaise! How can you include a bahn mi in your list of “healthy” dinners?! […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Baked Steelhead Trout with Chimichurri Sauce
We’re officially almost finished – recipe #13 in the 15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015. We eat fish about once a week, and this week the fishmonger had a nice sale on Steelhead Trout. Generally speaking, I prefer Rainbow Trout over Steelhead Trout, but the fishmonger just advised me to treat it more like salmon, and […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Baked Potato Bar
I’ve talked before about how the hubby isn’t always a big fan of my attempts at “healthier cooking”. So I’m always on the look out for easy ways to customize a dinner for each of our dietary preferences without having to cook two different things. One of the easiest ways I’ve found to do this is […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: A duo for healthy burgers!
One of the most annoying things about being a single person or DINK (double income, no kids) is that you can never simply make burgers for dinner one night; you have to make a week’s worth of burgers, simply in order to use up the 8-pack of hamburger buns. So, today’s healthy dinner post is […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Red Curry Shrimp & Long Grain Rice
Starting our second week of healthy dinners for 2015 is an old favorite made more health conscious: red curry. With just a few simple substitutions, this flavorful dish can easily be under 400 calories a serving, with low net carb as well. Ingredients: 1/2 lb of large white shrimp (should be about 15 or so; […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Ground Pork Lettuce Wraps
Ready for another 400-calories-or-less, tasty, filling dinner? Dinner #5 in our 15 Healthy Dinners series is ground pork lettuce wraps and the husband actually occasionally requests this meal on his own accord! Ingredients: 1 lb ground pork 1 head butter lettuce or romaine lettuce 1/4 cub hoisin sauce 2 tbsp soy sauce 2 green onion, […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Southwestern Stuffed Portabella
Seeing as how the hubby wasn’t a huge fan of yesterday’s zoodles, I figured I’d make him something a little more hearty for tonight’s 15 Healthy Dinners meal. So today, I served up Southwestern Stuffed Portabellas – mushrooms stuffed with beans, rice, and mexican flavors. These tasty little numbers aren’t the most photogenic meal I’ve […]
Read More15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015: Oodles of Zoodles
Dinner #3 in my “15 Healthy Dinners to Start 2015” series is all about zoodles: noodles made from zucchinis. To make them, you need a “zoodler” like shown above – you can get them for under $10 on Amazon. Making zoodles is pretty simple – you put a zucchini per person through the zoodler, then boil for […]
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