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Pineapple Banana Smoothie
One Serving
1/3 cup crushed ice
1 large rip banana
1/2 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
1/3 to 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
Blend until smooth either in a blender or with a immersion blender (I love mine).
DRINK UP!
My kiddos naturally loved drinking my breakfast smoothie. I asked them before I got started if they wanted one. I was [...]
Strawberry Smoothie
I’ve been playing with my immersion blender again and I’m having smoothie cravings. Here’s another recipe that turned out refreshing and filled my tummy. (This time, I made enough for EVERYBODY.)
1/2 cup crushed ice
1 cup orange juice
1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
6 to 8 ripe strawberries, cleaned & quartered
Blend until smooth in a drink [...]
Easy Taco Salad
Taco Salad takes very little time to throw together and it only takes a little of this, a little of that.
HERE’S ALL YOU NEED
cooked ground beef seasoned with chili powder & cumin
green leafy lettuce
can of kidney beans, drained
shredded monterey jack & cheddar cheese
medium tomato, roughly chopped
purple onion, thinly sliced
tortillas chips
salt & pepper
Catalina dressing or Thousand [...]
Roasted Shrimp, Orzo and Feta Salad
The first time I enjoyed this salad I couldn’t believe how wonderful it tasted. It’s fresh, crunchy, has lots of flavors without be overpowering anywhere (not even the shrimp) and it’s very filling. It doesn’t take much to get full.
The recipe I’m sharing here is a combination of what I have eaten from [...]
Whole Foods Market® Issues Recall on 365 Organic Everyday Value™ Popcorn, Lightly Salted
Please know that I am not the alarmist type. I get no thrill from posting information that stirs up fear or anger in folks. I can’t stand that style of crappy reporting.
So when I read the following report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. I genuinely was concerned for all my [...]
Enlist in Operation Baking Gals
I had the great pleasure of meeting and talking with Susan from Operation Baking Gals. Susan told me the story of how she asked a few of her food blogging friends to help her bake some cookies for her cousin in Iraq. Today, she’s handling over 200 bakers and 6 Host Teams that [...]
Simple Orange Cake
This Simple Orange Cake should be called EVIL ORANGE CAKE. I HIGHLY recommend you bake it, eat one slice, then RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN to your neighbor’s house and give it to them!
DO NOT KEEP IT OUT ON YOUR COUNTER! YOU’LL EAT IT!
Of course, not all in one bite, nohoho, no. [...]
Grilled Smokey Salmon
Here’s another super simple way to eat grilled Salmon.
With the thicker cuts of that Salmon I was telling you about in my last post. I wanted something less spicy that would bring out the salmon flavor. So here’s what I did.
Since I had a thicker piece to work with, I decided to cut [...]
Grilled Blackened Salmon
Grilled Blackened Salmon is super, super easy.
I know someone who knows someone else that went fishing in Alaska and caught a plenty of Salmon. The Salmon made it all the way back to my grill.
I had a good size piece, not a whole fillet, and decided to experiment out on the grill. I [...]
Simple Apple Squares
Simple Apple Squares are so moist and addictive, it’s a good thing they’re easy to make again and again.
This dessert is just the beginning of a looong list of dessert recipes that have fallen into my hands…
Mwah ha ha ha ha haaa (that’s my sinister laugh).
My neighbor loaned me a stack of OOOOOLLLLLD recipe books [...]
Man O man! These were awesome. Not too sweet. Not too buttery. I've had my share of White Chocolate Macadamia ...
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