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Taco Recipes – Add Some Spice to Your Cinco de Mayo Celebration
These taco recipes are perfect for an easy weekday meal and the obvious choice for a Cinco de Mayo celebration. Tacos are a popular Mexican recipe. Who can resist the traditional hard taco shell filled with ground beef and your favorite toppings? It is one of my favorites and my family’s too. Here are a […]
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Searching the Web for Best Healthy Recipes
New Year is a time for resolutions, and one of them is often finding more healthy recipes. Still managing to stick to my resolve to eat in a more healthy way for the New Year. How about you? Are you still feeling motivated, or have the resolutions gone bye bye? Here are some more of […]
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The Best of The Gardening Cook in 2013
January is always a time of reflection for me. I look back over the previous year – see what worked and what didn’t and make plans for the new year. Often the plans have to do with my weight. Alas, I always seem to have a new year’s resolution aimed at something to do with […]
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Slimmed Down Roasted Root Vegetables
These roasted root vegetable bring out the sweetness of any vegetable choice. Use them as a side dish or as part of a salad. Printable Recipe – Slimmed Down Roasted Root Vegetables When my daughter is visiting, we often go to a local restaurant in Raleigh called Lily’s Pizza. The restaurant is located in Five […]
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Copycat Recipe: Roasted Vegetables and Chicken Salad
This hearty salad is a copy cat recipe of one of my favorite café meals: Lily’s roasted vegetable and chicken salad. Copycat Recipe: Lily’s Roasted Vegetables and Chicken Salad ( with Vegan and Vegetarian adaptations.) Ah…Lily’s Pizza. One of my daughter and my favorite restaurants in Raleigh. Lilly’s is located in Historic Five Points in […]
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Roasted Butternut Squash Recipe
This recipe for roasted butternut squash is just delicious. It combines the richness and sweetness of butternut squash with a wonderful Moroccan spice mix, for a taste sensation. My garden had a huge harvest of butternut pumpkin this year. I particularly like growing this type of squash because it is known to be a variety […]
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Vegan Peanut Butter Walnut Fudge
This vegan peanut butter fudge is made by using a few easy substitutes. It is easy to make and tastes very much like my normal peanut butter fudge recipe. We just had meatless Monday at our house and a Thai peanut stir fry was the star attraction. All of us are in the mood for […]
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Kebab Recipes – Beef Chicken Shrimp Veggies
Feed your holiday guests with one of these kebab Recipes Kebab are the perfect party food. We often think of them as barbeque fare, but if you put these combos on short bamboo skewers, they make the perfect appetizers. Why not try one of these flavor combinations for your festive holiday party? There is a […]
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This Colorful Sauteed Swiss Chard Brightens up Dinner Time
This recipe for colorful sauteed Swiss chard is brimming with the flavor of garlic, onions and Chardonnay wine for an easy and refreshing side dish. Swiss chard has a taste that is quite similar to spinach or beet greens, with stems that are slightly sweet and taste almost like bok choy. It is a wonderful addition […]
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My Favorite Recipes for Guacamole Salads
Great Guacamole Salads It is hard to beat an avocado to get your daily dose of heart healthy fats. These are some of my favorite recipes for Guacamole Salads. They will please everyone from true die hard vegetarians and vegans to the most meat loving friend or family member. Click the links below the pictures […]
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Healthy Cookie Dough Bars
Today’s featured recipe comes from Angela at Untrained Housewife. Angela says she is happy to provide seconds because these cookie dough bars are very healthy and inexpensive too at only 40c a bar! What a great breakfast on the go! Cookie Dough Bars that are actually Healthy The recipe has just five ingredients dark chocolate, […]
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Roasted Root Vegetables with Rosemary and Garlic
This recipe for roasted root vegetables is easy and delicious. They are very easy to prepare and make a great side dish for any protein choice. Printable Recipe – Roasted Root Vegetables with Rosemary and Garlic. I love roasting most of our vegetables. The slow cooking process reduces the vegetables natural flavors. I made a […]
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Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with Basil
This recipe for tomato and mozzarella salad with basil will take just a few minutes to prepare but will delight your guests. Printable Recipe: Tomato and Mozzarella Salad with Basil Assemble your ingredients: Fresh tomatoes, fresh mozzarella cheese, olive oil, basil, kosher salt and black pepper. Slice the tomatoes and the cheese. Alternate the tomato […]
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Thai Vegetable Rice – Asian Inspired Side Dish Recipe
This recipe for Thai Vegetable Rice makes a great dish for oriental inspired main courses. It has a nice mix of veggies and the chopped peanuts over the top give it the distinct Thai flavor. The recipe is fast and easy to do. You can use either white rice or brown rice if you want […]
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Roasted Okra With Garam Marsala Recipe – No Slime!
This roasted okra recipe has an exotic blend of spices to give the dish an international flavor. Okra is a southern staple and there are many ways of cooking it. Stewing and pickling is often seen, but roasted okra is another great way. Roasting the okra brings out the natural flavor but results in a […]
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Vegan Eggplant Parmesan Casserole – Baked Healthy Option
This vegan eggplant Parmesan casserole recipe will allow you to have one of your favorite Italian recipes and stay on your meal plan. I have a delicious recipe for baked eggplant Parmesan recipe but it is neither vegan nor vegetarian. My daughter is a vegan, so I adapt many recipes for her dietary needs. She […]
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Stuffed Portobello Mushroom with Kale and Quinoa
Mmmm mmmm – one of my favorite dishes – a stuffed portobello mushroom recipe. It’s a great side dish and a staple of vegetarian diets. This recipe features another healthy vegetarian staple – kale and a gluten free grain substitute – quinoa. I also used sliced shallots, red peppers, and parsley for this recipe. Stuffed […]
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Roasted Rosemary and Olive Oil Carrots
These roasted rosemary carrots have a lovely sweet flavor. They will be a nice addition to your Thanksgiving menu. They make a great side dish for your favorite protein and I also love to add roasted carrots to salads for a warm autumn lunch choice. Roasting any vegetable brings out its lovely sweetness and these […]
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Home made Giardiniera Mix
This recipe for home made giardiniera mix is sure to become a favorite. The recipe features crisp, zesty pickled vegetables with garlic and chili peppers in cider vinegar. Giardiniera makes a lovely side dish to accompany sandwiches and wraps. It’s great to add to tacos and works beautifully on an antipasto platter. Home made Giardiniera […]
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Roasted Red Baby Potatoes with Fresh Herbs
These roasted red baby potatoes have a great blend of fresh herbs for perfect seasoning. Roasted potatoes are so yummy and go well with just about any main course protein. The roasting process gives the potatoes a nice outside crispiness and a warm and tasty center. I have fresh herbs growing in my garden year […]
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Pestiños – Traditional Spanish Cookies with a Wine and Cinnamon Flavor
These Pestiños pastries are flavored with citrus, wine and cinnamon. If you are looking for something special to take to a cookie swap, this recipe will delight the party guests with their delicate texture. Pestiños are a Spanish cookie from Andalusia and other regions of Southern Spain. They are often served at Christmas time, but […]
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Black bean Salsa with Corn and Tomatoes
This black bean salsa is a nice change from the regular bottled salsa and is much more hearty. We have tacos and burritos a lot at my house. Most of the time, we use traditional toppings and sides. Today I decided to make a special salsa to go along with the tacos. They pair together […]
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Roasted Potatoes with Spices and Lemon
These roasted potatoes with lemon are cooked in the oven, not deep fried, to make them tasty and healthier at the same time. Roasting any vegetable brings out their natural sweetness. I love roasted potatoes. There is nothing like biting into a crispy outer skin and then having a creamy center surprise. Roasted Potatoes with […]
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Vegan Tropical Salad with Cilantro Lime Vinaigrette
This vegan tropical salad combines a mix of fresh greens, and veggies with pineapple and a tangy cilantro lime vinaigrette. Since I am following a vegan diet, I used Gardein chicken strips, but normal chicken breasts would work just fine if you are a meat eater. These chicken strips are very tasty and come in […]
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Thai Peanut Stir Fry With Brown Rice – Vegan Recipe for Meatless Monday
This Thai Peanut Stir Fry has a boatload of veggies to add lots of flavor and nutrition to your dinner meal. Team this vegan stir fry with brown rice, flavored with cumin, spring onions and raisins and you will tempt even the most meat loving family member. Be sure to make extra rice. The left […]
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Date Bars with Maple Syrup – Hearty Sweet Treat
These date bars are a recipe that she often made when I was a little girl. I love recipes that take me back to my childhood. This is even more important to me now that my mother has passed away Anything that reminds me of her is a precious recipe. This recipe is a tried […]