Are you ready for Monday? I have a really busy week, so I kind of wish the weekend would have stuck around a little longer. Unfortunately, time doesn’t listen to me, and Monday is here. So how can you make Monday better? Healthy pizza, of course!
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Tag Archives: cooking light
Chicken Tikka Pizza
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Tagged chicken pizza, cooking light, healthy pizza, Indian food, indian pizza, tikka masla, tikka pizza, weeknight pizza
Black Pepper Caramel Shrimp
Weeknights are all about easy dinners around here. I am sure most of you are the same. You have a busy day at work, all you want to do is get dinner on the table for your family. Something that everyone will like, and something that is healthy, and you can feel good about giving them. This is where stir-frys come in for me. You can use whatever you have on hand, and they are ready in minutes!
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Arugula Walnut Pesto
Today we are joining together to help raise awareness for Heart Disease. Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic lost her Mom to heart disease when her mother was 47, and Kim was 15. Each year on the day her Mom passed she shares stories and photos of her Mom. This year she joined forces with Jen of Juanita’s Cocina, whose life was also touched by heart disease when her Stepfather had a heart attack. Jen’s Stepfather is alive and well more than a decade later, and for that, Jen is thankful every day. The ladies got in touch with other bloggers to ask them to share their own stories about how heart disease has touched their lives. So today we share stories and recipes from our hearts to yours, in memory and honour of Momzie, Kim’s Mom. We hope you will share your stories with us today as well.
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Posted in Dinners, Side Dishes
Tagged arugula pesto, cooking light, cooking light pesto, healthy pesto, pesto, spinach pesto, walnuts in pesto
Brown Butter Gnocchi with Veggies & Pinenuts
Brown butter is all the rage right now. I have used it a couple times in cookies (Brown Butter M&M Cookies & Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Toffee Cookies). Today though, I am giving it to you in a savory dish. A super quick, (like under 20 minutes quick) and easy dinner.
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Tagged brown butter, cooking light, Dinners, gnocchi, healthy dinners, meatfree, meatless meals, quick and easy, weeknight meals
Roasted Garlic, Chicken & Herb White Pizza #SundaySupper
The name of this pizza is kind of a mouthful, but I just didn’t want to leave anything out. This week for #SundaySupper we are going skinny! That is right, we are bringing you TONS of recipes that are all good for you! Sunithi from Sue’s Nutrition Buzz is hosting this fun event.
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Tagged #sundaysupper, chicken pizza, cooking light, healthy pizza, roasted garlic, skinny pizza, white pizza
Curried Butternut Squash Soup
This year I have been trying to work more squash into our diets. I have tried a few different kinds, and prepared them a few different ways. Some of them went over very well with my family, others not so much. Spaghetti squash was my 7 year olds favorite, hands down! But I think this soup was probably my favorite, and my husbands.
This soup is super creamy and very smooth. But there isn’t any cream in it! It has coconut milk in it, which is actually good for you. I was a little nervous, because my husband isn’t big on coconut flavor. But it works, the flavors all just blend together, and you couldn’t even tell coconut milk was in there. I think it is pretty clear that I like curry, so I was immediately drawn to this soup. It has a little heat in the background, but nothing spicy or over powering, In fact, next time I might up the curry paste, to give it more of a kick. Continue reading
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Mongolian Beef
I am big fan of Cooking Light. They always have recipes that my whole family will enjoy, and they are good for you. The November issue came and it was the best recipes of the last 25 years. So there was plenty of recipes I missed, but some that I remember seeing and wanting to try the first time around. So now I have a magazine full of post its for me to make my way through.
This was one of the firsts I tried. You all know I am a fan of stir fry, and Asian style dinners. We have a freezer full of beef, so this was an easy decision to try right away. I served mine over rice instead of the suggested rice noodles. It same together in less than 20 minutes, so it worked out great for a night we had football practice.
I have not ever had Mongolian Beef before, but now I look forward to trying it next time we order Chinese. There was lots of flavor in the sauce, the meat was tender, and it was something everyone liked. Even my 7 year old who doesn’t really like steak ate this. My husband appreciated having the leftovers for lunch the next couple days as well.
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Tagged beef stir fry, chinese take out, cooking light, healthy cooking, healthy take out, mongolian beef
Sweet & Spicy Chicken Stir Fry
I hope everyone had a wonderful Labor Day weekend, and was able to enjoy a day off yesterday. We had a relaxing weekend at home, probably our first one since we have moved. We did a little around the house, but that was it. We did manage to go shopping and buy more stuff for our house though, can’t seem to go a day without that happening 
The one bad thing about having a holiday on a Monday, means the week is shorter and busier. Stir fry’s are a great quick dinner to help get your week off right. In about 20 minutes you can have dinner on the table, and a happy family. The best thing about a stir fry is you can use whatever you have on hand, and whatever you like. The original recipe called for red bell peppers, I don’t like them, I left them out.
Cooking Light is one of my go to recipe sources, and this is another recipe that does not disappoint. It has a little heat, a little sweetness, and is a quick and easy dinner. I have some peas growing in my garden, so I know I will be making this again soon with fresh snap peas. To add more depth of flavor add in two teaspoons of sesame oil to your rice before serving. Makes it just a little extra special.
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Tagged chicken, chicken dinner, chicken stir fry, cooking light, Dinners, healthy cooking, spicy stir fry, stir fry, sweet and spicy
Lemon-Herb Potato Salad
Let me start by saying this is not your ordinary potato salad. Don’t worry Mom, I haven’t changed my ways just yet See, I can’t stand potato salad. Seriously, even the smell grosses me out! The mayo and the hard boiled eggs together with everything else makes me turn and run! In case you didn’t know, I am a very picky eater. But, when I saw this recipe in Cooking Light this month, and it didn’t have any of the usual suspects involved, I was intrigued. Lemon, I like. Olive Oil, I like. Herbs and Arugula, I like. Seemed like this would be worth a try. I wasn’t sure my husband would go for this, so I made it on a night he was eating up some leftover soup. It was too “herby” for him, which is what I suspected, but I really liked it. The arugula really stands out, so if you don’t like the strong peppery taste maybe fresh baby spinach would be a better.
This salad is great for spring with the herbs and light fresh flavor. Depending on how small you cut your potatoes this can be done from start to finish in under 20 minutes. While the potatoes are boiling, you make the dressing, and that is it. Super fast, and super easy. It would be wonderful for a pot luck or picnic, because there is no mayo you have to worry about going bad. Even the leftovers were good. I ate them like this the next day.
Nutritional Info: Recipe serves 6 (1/3 cup) Calories :75, Fat: 3.6 grams
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Posted in Side Dishes
Tagged arugula, basil, cooking light, lemon herb dressing, potatoe salad, potatoes
Chocolate-Granola Apple Wedges
In my quest to eat a little better, I have to come up with some healthy snacks! I work from home, so most of the time my meals and snacks are at home. Which is a pro and a con all at the same time! I know I need to eat more fruit and veggies, so when I saw this quick and easy snack in Cooking Light, I knew I had to try it. Plus, it seemed like a fun way to get my 6 year old to eat fruit after school!
These were super easy to make. And I could see adapting these in lots of fun different ways. I added a few sprinkles to my granola for color and fun, since I was appealing to a 6 year old. Chopped up nuts, other cereals, dried fruit, M&M’s, so many ways you could make these. I even used a little caramel for a few slices, because I had a handful of caramel baking bits in my cupboard. I made these in the middle of the day, so I drizzled a little lemon juice on the apples so they wouldn’t turn brown before my son came home from school. They were a definite hit when he got home, and will be made again!
Nutritional Info: 132 calories, 4.8 fat grams, 15 grams protein, 2.6 grams fiber
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