Learn how to make Halloween hot dogs that look like mummies. Baked inside homemade gluten free, cheesy garlic bread, this recipe makes a delicious, family friendly dinner idea for fall. Try this easy, low carb recipe for your next meal. Or make them for this year’s Halloween party as a spooky and fun appetizer for the holiday. Halloween Mummy Hot Dogs Scare up some fun this October with creatively, creepy…
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How to Make Vegan Pumpkin Soup from Scratch with Coconut Milk
Learn to make a rich and creamy vegan pumpkin soup with coconut milk. This savory fall meal is delicious as a main course. Or serve it as a side dish to compliment your favorite autumn dinner recipes. Many popular pumpkin recipes tend to be sweet desserts. While I love a fresh slice of homemade pumpkin pie or a piece of pumpkin bread, I also enjoy savory pumpkin recipes. Therefore, I…
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How to Make Vegetarian Quesadillas with Beans and Cheese
These vegetarian quesadillas are inspired by a Tiktok trend, but I put my own unique spin on the recipe. This delicious guacamole quesadilla recipe with beans and cheese is perfect for weeknight dinners. You can make this Mexican inspired dish in one pan in about 20 minutes for a quick lunch or dinner. Vegetarian Quesadillas With Beans and Cheese I’ve been experimenting with new foods lately. Surprisingly, Tiktok is a…
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How to Make Cheese Tortellini Pasta Salad with Italian Dressing
Learn how to make a delicious, cheesy pasta salad to enjoy as a filling meal. This cheese tortellini pasta salad with Italian dressing makes an easy light main dish or side dish. You can prepare it ahead of time, so it’s perfect for busy weeknights. This summer tortellini salad is served cold, so it’s the perfect dish to consume after a hot day. Cheese Tortellini Pasta Salad During the summer,…
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How to Make Crispy Zucchini Fritters with Broccoli (Vegan Recipe)
This recipe for crispy zucchini fritters is perfect for breakfast, lunch or dinner. These savory vegetable fritters are vegan and low calorie. They are easy to make and freeze well, so they are perfect for meal prepping. Keep reading to discover how to make vegan zucchini fritters with chickpea flour and get tips for cooking fritters along with serving suggestions. Vegan Zucchini Fritters Each year from mid to late summer,…
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Eggplant Margherita: Low Carb Margherita Pizza Recipe
Learn how to make Margherita pizza with eggplant and basil. This low carb pizza is both vegetarian and low in calories. So it makes a healthy weeknight dinner idea for the whole family. And, since it uses sliced eggplant as the pizza base, each family member can create their own mini eggplant pizzas with their own toppings for a kid-friendly meal. Keep reading to discover how to make your own…
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Roasted Tomato Caprese Salad Recipe: Low Calorie Vegetarian Dinner
This roasted tomato Caprese salad is a twist on the classic recipe. Made with tomato, cheese, basil and avocado, this is an easy salad to make as a side dish. It’s also perfect to serve as a vegetarian lunch or dinner idea on hot summer nights. You’ll love how quick and easy this Caprese salad is to prepare, even on busy weeknights. Roasted Tomato Caprese Salad I live in the…
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How to Make Beet and Spinach Salad: Simple Clean Eating Recipe
Learn how to make a beet and spinach salad for a healthy meal or side dish. This easy clean eating recipe takes just minutes to prepare. So it’s perfect for busy weeknights for families. This healthy summer beet salad can be made with canned beetroot or roasted beets for a slightly different flavor. Beetroot and Spinach Salad I ordered a vegan spinach beet salad from a restaurant a while ago,…
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How to Make Baked Eggplant with Chili Lime Seasoning
This low-calorie recipe for baked eggplant is a delicious and healthy side dish for summer. It’s easy to make and has a unique chili lime flavor that compliments several main dishes, including chicken and fish. This nutritious recipe is high in fiber and is made without breadcrumbs. Baked Eggplant Slices It gets hot in Virginia in the summer, so I look for lighter recipes both for a main dish and…
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Zucchini Ravioli Recipe with Spinach Ricotta Filling: Low Carb Dinner Idea
Make this tasty zucchini ravioli recipe as a low carb dinner idea for your family. This vegetarian zucchini recipe uses the popular summer squash in place of pasta noodles in this delicious meal. They add extra vitamins and minerals to your diet without adding carbs from pasta. So it not only tastes great, it is also an easy way to use extra zucchini from your garden for delicious meal ideas.…
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Vegetarian Pumpkin Chili Recipe with Rice: Heart Healthy Fall Dinner Idea
The fall harvest is all about pumpkins. And what better way to enjoy pumpkin than with a seasonal vegetarian pumpkin chili recipe? This vegetarian chili with rice recipe is both healthy and nutritious. It also makes a comforting meal throughout the fall season in under 30 minutes. Fall means pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin bread, and pumpkin pie. I do enjoy sweet pumpkin foods, but I also really enjoy savory pumpkin…
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Mushroom Bacon Risotto Recipe: A Warming Winter Dinner Idea (Plus Heart Healthy Bacon Alternatives)
Need a warming winter dinner idea? This easy mushroom bacon risotto recipe is perfect for weeknight dinners with family or a weekend dinner with friends. Plus easy and healthy alternatives to using bacon if you’ve made heart health a priority! I’ve really been trying to eat healthier the past few months. My dad somehow miraculously avoid a heart attack at 72. However, he also had three heart surgeries over the…
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Cooking & Baking with Mace: The Vintage Spice You Need to Try
Have you ever used mace in a recipe? No, mace isn’t just a deterrent from assailants. It’s actually a lesser known vintage spice. Mace is closely related to nutmeg and is similar in both aroma and flavor. It is often used in teas and tinctures. And it also makes a great addition to foods and baking recipes. Keep reading to learn more about the vintage spice mace. And to discover…
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Flank Steak Tacos Recipe with Avocado Crema for Weeknight Dinners
How to make a delicious flank steak tacos recipe with avocado crema, cilantro and a chili lime rub for quick and easy weeknight dinners for taco Tuesday. (It’s also a great way to use that overabundant supply of zucchini July through August when your garden is overflowing!) Let’s Taco About Cooking I’ll admit I’m not the best cook. I learned the basics (my mom taught me to bake, not cook) during…
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White Chicken Chili Recipe
This white chicken chili recipe is pretty darn amazing. Made with a blend of various beans, fried chicken breasts and seasonings, this chicken chili is perfect for those who prefer the heat of their chili somewhere between mild and medium. My friend, Bambi, is brilliant at taking seemingly non-compatible ingredients and throwing them together to create some of the most amazing dinner dishes I’ve ever had. Since I’ve been staying…
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Best Pork Tenderloin Rub Recipe for Your Crockpot Dinner
Do you need a quick and easy recipe idea to liven up your weekday dinners? Give this best pork tenderloin rub recipe a try on your next crockpot pork loin for some fantastic flavor infusion! It’s been literally years, I believe, since I last posted an actual food recipe. However, I’ve been staying with my dear friend, Bambi, since the last week of December and I am constantly bombarded with…
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Green Salad Recipe with Avocado + Pistachios
This Green Salad Recipe with Avocado + Pistachios is simply amazing! Supercharged with good for you ingredients, this healthy green salad recipe is part of a collection of food recipes gifted to my son, Cody, from his girlfriend this past Christmas. This green salad recipe was created by two members of Cody’s girlfriend’s family, Kate and Adam Reinhard, and part of a compilation of original recipes they added to his own unique…
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Easy Homemade Pita Pizza Recipe
Ever wondered what to do with that tiny bit of leftover spaghetti sauce? Our solution was to make homemade pita pizzas! It’s inevitable. You make spaghetti and sauce and once dinner’s over it seems you’ve either made too much sauce or too much spaghetti. In our case, we still have leftover pizza sauce. So rather than have spaghetti again and have to buy another jar of sauce, Scott and I…
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DIY Easter Chicks Mashed Potatoes for Easter Dinner with the Kids
Traditionally Easter is a time that families spend together celebrating family as well as the resurrection of Christ. But that doesn’t mean Easter has to be entirely a serious occasion. You can add an interesting twist to your Easter dinner this year by crafting these DIY Easter chicks mashed potatoes with the kids! These DIY Easter chicks are actually mashed potatoes. Crazy, right?! They are both fun to make and…
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Fresh Shrimp Salad Recipe
I recently purchased an amazing pot of lettuce and field greens from Walter’s Greenhouse on the Roanoke City Market. After getting a few side salads with dinner, it was really time to pick a good portion of the more mature lettuce to eat so some more could grow back in it’s place. So Scott used our home grown container greens to make a really great fresh, shrimp salad. Following is…
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Scott’s Easy Pan Fry Rib-eye Recipe
There’s been a little bit of cooking going on in the apartment. Of course, it’s all been on Scott’s end. We made a deal. He cooks and I’ll clean. Because each of us hate to do the other but don’t mind the roles we’ve agreed to. Our first night in the new apartment Scott made some excellent Chicken Parmesan. The next night, we were in desperate need of groceries, however,…
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Seared Sashimi Tuna with Sauteed Shrimp in an Orange-Soy-Ginger Reduction Sauce Recipe
For New Year’s Eve my boyfriend cooked me up a special dish choosing from several of my favorite foods to eat: tuna, shrimp and asparagus with the fact that I love sushi niggling in the back of his head. The dinner was in truth a great experiment that we both thought turned out to be a great success. Scott, my boyfriend, calls it Seared Sashimi Tuna and Sautéed Shrimp in…
