Gluten-Free Marbled Chocolate Banana Quick Bread makes a healthy and delicious breakfast or snack. My mom made banana bread a lot when I was growing up, mostly because we always seemed to have lots of overripe bananas. When the weather is hot, bananas seem to turn brown even faster, so I, like my mom, end up making…
Bacon Cauliflower Garlic Fried Rice Recipe {Low Carb}
Bacon Cauliflower Garlic Fried Rice is delicious served with a tangy Asian tomato ginger salad and fried egg for a healthy, low-carb breakfast. One of my best friends growing up was Filipino and I fondly remember the garlic fried rice her mom made for breakfast. I prefer savory breakfasts over sweet, so this bacon cauliflower garlic fried…
Easy Tomato Paste Pasta Sauce Recipe
Tomato Paste Pasta Sauce is a quick and easy dish that comes together in less than 15 minutes. Perfect for nights when you don’t know what to make for dinner. I’ve been making this simple pasta for more than a decade. It is made with literally three ingredients ~ extra virgin olive oil, tomato paste and garlic….
20 Healthy Overnight Oatmeal Recipes
These healthy overnight oatmeal recipes make for a quick and easy grab-and-go breakfast throughout the week. If you’re looking for a healthy start to the day, overnight oatmeal in a jar is a fun way to get off on the right foot. By mixing and matching different fruit and nut combinations, you won’t tire of…
Asian Slaw with Spicy Peanut Salad Dressing Recipe
This Asian Slaw with Spicy Peanut Salad Dressing is full of crunch and the spicy peanut dressing adds a punch. Sponsored by Silk. One of my favorite, cheap takeout meals as a graduate student was sesame noodles – which is really a peanut butter based sauce. Now that I’m watching my carbs more closely, I get my…
Gluten-Free Apple Streusel Cake With Yogurt Cream Recipe
This Gluten-Free Apple Streusel Cake is so light, you can enjoy it for breakfast or dessert. Once the weather turns cooler and Fall is in the air, I think of apples and pumpkins, especially since we live in the Northeast where the leaves are already starting to fall. This apple cake recipe from Cooking Light…
Gluten-Free Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes and The Hershey Story
Gluten-Free Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes are the ultimate breakfast treat, with rich dark chocolate flavor. Sponsored by The Hershey Company. Today, I’ve got a special treat for you ~ Gluten-Free Chocolate Oatmeal Pancakes, inspired by a recent visit to The Hershey Company. A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to immerse myself in the world…
Cajun Chicken Sausage Gumbo Stew Recipe
Today’s recipe for Cajun Chicken Sausage Gumbo Stew is full of New Orleans flavors. Add a little hot sauce if you like and serve with steamed rice and a green salad for a complete meal. Can you tell I like Cajun food? This all started eight years ago when my family went to Louisiana for…
Maple-Glazed Salmon with Walnut Oil Vinaigrette {Gluten-Free and Heart Healthy 2013}
Today is the third in a series of Heart Healthy Posts that a group of my friends and I are featuring for February as Heart Health Month. Today, I present my talented friend Carolyn from All Day I Dream About Food who blogs about low carb and gluten-free eating. Take it away Carolyn! Maple-Glazed Salmon…
Warm Artichoke and Hearts of Palm Dip
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about Food as Medicine and shared my story of how this blog began as a place to record foods I made for my friends with cancer, as well as my personal journey to help feed my family healthy, delicious and beautiful food. I also shared my dream to…
Stir-Fry Spicy Kung Pao Chicken with Walnuts Recipe
Stir-Fry Spicy Kung Pao Chicken was my husband’s favorite dish in college. I made this dish several times a week for him and his suite-mates. I’ve been on a spicy kick lately. Just last week, I made Chicken Tacos with Garlic and Chile Sauce, served with fresh jalapenos. Before serving the tacos to my kids,…
Muhammara {Roasted Red Pepper Walnut Dip} Recipe
Muhammara is a roasted red pepper walnut dip that is perfect for dipping with vegetables or served with toasted pita bread. It is also delicious served on chicken and fish, or stirred into soups as a garnish. I first made Muhammara, a Middle Eastern roasted red pepper walnut dip four years ago. Muhammara originates from Aleppo,…
Chicken In Garlic Chile Sauce Tacos Recipe
This past Monday, I wrote about my passion for cooking for people with cancer and how I had gotten discouraged by someone’s remarks when I told them I wanted to teach cooking lessons for cancer patients and caregivers. Thanks to your support, and the support of my friends, family and Rebecca Katz, I am happy…
Easy Breakfast Bruschetta with Tomato and Avocado Recipe
Don’t forget to enter the Picnic for the Planet 2012 Giveaway to celebrate Earth day – ends April 22nd. This past week, there have a lot of late nights in our family. Spring is in full gear with all the kids’ activities and we are still trying to settle into a routine (although I’m…
Gluten-Free Dark Chocolate Brownies
Oh my, can you believe these deep chocolatey brownies are gluten-free? I couldn’t, and my little guy was over the moon about these brownies. Even my skeptical boys who are not on a gluten-free diet thought these were amazing. Over the past nine months, I’ve learned to bake gluten-free and dairy-free for my little guy,…
Thai Chicken Skewers
Quick and easy weeknight dinners are a must for our family during the school year, and since we’ve been having an Indian Summer this past week, I decided to uncover the grill and throw some Thai Chicken Skewers on. My kids love anything on skewers – they’re fun to eat and quick to cook. I’ve…
Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers with Millet Black Bean Pilaf and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
These Vegetarian Stuffed Peppers are stuffed with a millet black bean pilaf and topped with a beautiful roasted red pepper carrot pesto sauce. These beautiful vegetarian stuffed peppers happen to be vegan-adaptable and gluten-free too. If you’re vegan, either leave out the cheese in roasted red pepper carrot pesto, or substitute with a simple roasted…
Roasted Red Pepper Carrot Pesto Recipe
Whole Grain Pasta with Roasted Red Pepper Carrot Pesto, Roasted Broccoli and Cherry Tomatoes A while back, I wrote a post called “Super Sauces” that included a recipe for Spinach Basil Pesto and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce. Since then, I’ve made a few other sauces that deserve to be included in this category…
Oatmeal Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
These Oatmeal Peanut Chocolate Chip Cookies healthy, and are gluten-free and vegan. Sometimes I just need an excuse to make cookies. Believe it or not, my kids actually are not huge sweet eaters (although they do love their ice cream), but they do appreciate good home baked cookies once in a while, especially chocolate chip…
Spiced Vegetarian Lentil Soup Recipe
Spiced Vegetarian Lentil Soup is a healthy and delicious vegan and vegetarian soup scented with warm spices. Today is “reveal day” for Group B of the Secret Recipe Club, created by Amanda of Amanda’s Cookin. So far, everything I’ve tried for the Secret Recipe Club has come out really well, including Baked Portobello Mushroom Fries, Anzac Cookies, and…
September 11 Remembrance – Chicken Noodle Soup For The Soul
Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup For The Soul Today as we mark the 10th anniversary of the most devastating terrorist attack in America’s history, like so many people, I am experiencing a wide range of emotions…sadness, anxiety, shock, fear, uncertainty, and hope. The images conjured up by that day, 9-11-01, will be forever engraved in the…