Heart Healthy Pasta and Pinto Beans Recipe with Avocado (Alfredo Style Sauce)
Here’s a heart healthy vegetarian recipe that tastes good. I promise. It is not what I would call low fat but the avocado is a source of monosaturated fat, (the good fat that makes blood cholesterol levels and triglycerides go down). [Read More...]
Breaded Cauliflower Recipe with Parmesan Cheese
Cauliflower is very healthy as well as being easy to cook for a side dish or low fat snack. It can be boiled, steamed, baked or eaten raw. This recipe is an adaption of my mothers Italian breaded cauliflower parmesan recipe which she fried. [Read More...]
Easy Stuffed Mushrooms and Parmesan Recipe
These are the perfect meatless appetizers for whenever you have company. I find they are loved by meat eaters as well as vegetarians who eat cheese and you can even make a vegan version using fake cheese. I like to use Daiya vegan fake Chedder shreds. There is also a mozzerella version of the Daiya vegan cheese but for this recipe the cheddar is best. They are always a big hit and seem to disapear faster than I can make them. [Read More...]
Chinese Veggie Stir Fry Recipe with Seitan
This recipe is very versatile and a healthy way to make use out of odd and end ingredients you may have on hand. You can mix and match ingredients of this Chinese style vegetarian stir fry depending on your tastes. [Read More...]
Italian Tomato Salad Recipe With Onions
This was my moms tomato salad recipe which came straight over the boat from Italy. It’s just your basic tomato salad. Very quick and easy to make. [Read More...]
Low Fat Almond Butter Rice Krispy Treats
This is a very heart healthy recipe that uses almond butter to partially substitute regular butter. One of the benefits of almond butter is that it contains monounsaturated fats which is the “good fat” that doctors are always talking about that has cholosterol lowering affects. [Read More...]
Sweet Potato Crispy Fries Recipe
Crispy sweet potato fries are the perfect snack. You can fry them or bake them. The fried version tends to come out crispier unless you use a convection oven but either way they are sooooo deliscious. [Read More...]
Creamy Baked Butternut Squash Soup with pumpkin seeds
This is a two part recipe with the squash first being baked or roasted in the oven then combined with other ingredients in the crock pot. The entire cooking time is about 7 hours which includes the hour or so of roasting. [Read More...]