Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries and Almonds

Wild Rice Salad with Cranberries and Almonds

Wild rice salad is a great power packed lunch. It is gluten free and you can add whatever ingredients you have on hand to jazz it up. I saw one recipe that called for seedless green grapes and toasted pecans instead of almonds. Really you 

Raisin Cinnamon Oatmeal Bread in the Bread Machine

Raisin Cinnamon Oatmeal Bread in the Bread Machine

Raisin oatmeal bread with peanut butter is a quick and nutritious way to start your morning (unless of course you are allergic to peanuts).  I have an ancient bread machine I got on points back and I haul it out every once in a while 

Dahlia Bakery Coconut Pastry Cream with Graham Cracker and Almond Crust

Dahlia Bakery Coconut Pastry Cream with Graham Cracker and Almond Crust

I had left over coconut milk from something or other that I needed to use up so I tried out the coconut pastry cream recipe from the Triple Coconut Cream Pie recipe in Tom Douglas’ Dahlia Bakery Cookbook. I cheated a bit…didn’t have any vanilla 

Vegetarian Lasagne with Zucchini and Kale (aka La, La, La, Lasagne)

Vegetarian Lasagne with Zucchini and Kale (aka La, La, La, Lasagne)

With or without meat, lasagne is a healthy and filling meal. Add in layers of vegetables and it packs a tasty and nutritious punch. Ingredients: 2 medium zucchini (halved and cut in 1/4″ slices) 6 sheets of Duso’s fresh lasagne pasta noodles (or lasagna noodles 

Quinoa and Spinach Salad with Chickpeas and Lentils

Quinoa and Spinach Salad with Chickpeas and Lentils

The Lost + Found Cafe makes a delicious quinoa and spinach salad and this is my attempt to replicate it at home. Ingredients: 1 bunch baby spinach washed and spun 1 c. quinoa cooked and cooled* 1 can chickpeas rinsed and drained 1 can lentils 

Homemade Nutella and Homemade Peanut Butter

Homemade Nutella and Homemade Peanut Butter

Nutella (aka chocolate hazlenut spread) is a big hit at my house. We all love it but I don’t love some of the ingredients so I went looking for a homemade alternative. I ended up settling on a combination of Elsie + Emma’s A Beautiful 

Crepes aka Mummu’s Finnish Skinny Pancakes

Crepes aka Mummu’s Finnish Skinny Pancakes

My Mom makes excellent crepes. Light, crispy edges and just a hit of cinnamon. Warning: the “skinny” has nothing to do with calories because they need butter to make them tender. Don’t use margarine…please just don’t. The secret to these delicious crepes is a smooth 

Warm Steak Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette

Warm Steak Salad with Red Wine Vinaigrette

My son the carnivore is heading off to boarding school on Tuesday so I thought this warm steak salad would be a good way to feed him a steak and get some extra veggies into him…also since my daughter “the mostly vegetarian” had already eaten 

Linda’s Famous Granny Smith Apple Sauce

Linda’s Famous Granny Smith Apple Sauce

This recipe comes courtesy of my friend and fellow dance Mom Linda. Our daughters had a very successful year dancing together this past season and aside from some great dance memories, we got Linda to share her apple sauce recipe which my daughter insists is 

Roasted New Potatoes with Rosemary and Garlic

Roasted New Potatoes with Rosemary and Garlic

This is a super easy recipe for roasted new potatoes. If they are out of season just cube larger potatoes into 1/2″ chunks. Ingredients: 1 lb of new potatoes (President’s Choice often has small 1 – 1.5 lb bags of red or yellow new potatoes)