My 10-year-old baked these banana chocolate chip muffins the other day while I was running errands. It makes me happy to see her experimenting in the kitchen and she is getting pretty good. The muffins turned out great, with a hefty amount of chocolate chips (of course!). I … [Read more...]
Quick dinner from scratch — ground beef with cabbage and rice.
I wanted to share this ground beef with cabbage and rice recipe with you today. It is very simple and quick to prepare, nothing revolutionary. I like it because it is healthy, versatile and easily adaptable. I was thinking recently about how easy it is to justify eating out or … [Read more...]
Low-carb Asian beef lettuce wraps with home-made sauce
These Asian beef lettuce wraps are very popular here. They are crunchy, flavorful, very satisfying, and taste authentic. I usually make a big batch hoping to freeze leftovers for later, but that rarely happens. We gobble them up in one sitting. It helps that these lettuce wraps … [Read more...]
Celery slaw with parsley and craisins
Sometimes you just need a quick uncomplicated side dish to throw together. I needed a simple salad to serve with grilled pork tenderloin recently, but I ran out of lettuce so this celery slaw was what I made. It turned out refreshing, crunchy and mild flavored. It is also very … [Read more...]
Easy dinner from scratch: Italian sausage and tortellini with spinach
Hello! I am alive, and so is the blog, although both are not quite the same as when the last post was written. I will write about what has been going "behind the scenes" at some point: the time that I took off from blogging was filled with lots of thinking, making hard … [Read more...]
Quick dinners from scratch: Collard greens with onion and kielbasa
Have yo been following the "green" trend with your meals? If not, it's never too late to join the camp: Spring is almost here! If you look at the calendar long enough and pretend hard enough, you can almost feel it! Here is another quick dinner recipe. It is light, healthy, … [Read more...]