Recipes Archive

  • The one on the left is vegan; the other three have shredded Colby Jack cheese on top.

    Baked Stuffed Zucchini

    This is the time of year when certain kinds of garden vegetables abound. Around here there are always plenty of summer squash and tomatoes to be handed out to friends and family. Here is a recipe I created with some huge zucchini that my mom brought over.

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  • Cold “Mexican Risotto”

    Cold “Mexican Risotto”

    Here's what I ended up doing with my black beans and avocados the other night!

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  • Burritos

    I have black beans and avocados – help me build a recipe?

    So, I have several cans of black beans, and three avocados. These are the ingredients that I want to base tonight's dinner around. I would appreciate any and all suggestions, then I'll write out the final recipe in a post later, complete with pictures of course!

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  • Mac and cheese

    Comfort food – baked macaroni and cheese.

    Homemade macaroni and cheese is really simple to put together, and mac and cheese from a box just doesn't even begin to compare.

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  • Oven fried chicken

    Oven fried chicken

    My husband requested that I make him fried chicken for dinner. I agreed, and then when I looking at the amount of oil it would take to fry up the chicken, I decided to look for a more healthful alternative.

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  • Sweet potato fries

    Easy sweet potato fries

    They don't take much longer to make than it takes to bake frozen fries, and they are so much more nutritious - and they taste so much better, too!

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