We enjoyed this very flavorful recipe as a side dish served with salmon; but it’s certainly nourishing enough to be served as the main dish. Other greens can be substituted for the curly mustard greens or you can use a mixture of greens.

If you choose corn tortillas, you will skip the fat that is usually in the flour tortillas. Check the ingredient list if you choose whole wheat tortillas; often ‘wheat flour’ or ‘enriched wheat flour’ is a second ingredient; so they are not really 100% whole wheat. This is a ‘loaded with vegetables’ taco – just […]

A hummus sandwich is a healthy, filling lunch that helps you to incorporate beans into your diet. Making fresh homemade hummus does cost less than most store versions; but an additional consideration is that if you make it yourself, you can control the type of oil; use real lemon instead of lemon concentrate; and not have […]

Making this style of spaghetti sauce triples the volume of vegetables. You can make it without the meat just as you and your family prefer.

Even if you’re having a ‘hurry-up’ day you can still meet your goals of moving toward a Mediterranean diet, a balanced diabetic diet, or a weight loss goal. If the veggies are in the frig and the rice or wheat berries are already cooked, you can make this in a hurry. By the way, if […]

One reason that I have never learned to make pizza is that pizza is junk food in my mind – white flour and loaded with saturated fat from cheese and maybe some sausage too. But Judy helped me take the first step in changing that mental view by sending the recipe for whole-wheat dough. I […]

  Kids love to thread kabobs; even fairly young children can help. Note: Grandpa Vic loved the flavor of these simple kabobs.

I was raised eating food with family members whose ancestors were of northern European descent; I don’t know if eggplant was very popular in their ancestors’ kitchens. I do know that I don’t ever remember being offered eggplant; therefore, I thought maybe that I didn’t like it. A trip to Tuscany in Italy, forever changed […]

The seasoning and sauce in this enhances the flavor of the chicken and vegetables. For more about oranges click here

Citrus is a great complement with fish. The ginger and the sesame seeds further enhance the great taste of this fish.    For more about oranges click here   Amazon.com Widgets