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#Tomatolove: Sundried Tomato Ranch Dressing
After making Melissa’s Sundried Tomato Vinaigrette, I still had a few sundried tomatoes left and I thought perhaps I should try throwing them in some ranch dressing too? Yep, it works. Tastes mighty...
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Hummus Havarti Harvest Pizza
I woke up early this morning. There is a chill in the air. It is cool enough to open the windows and to sit on the patio and have a cup of tea. The fresh air smells so wonderful after the stale air...
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Dilly Bacon & Roasted Sweet Pepper Dip
A creamy low-fat dip infused with smoky bacon, roasted sweet peppers, garlic and dill. I’ve been playing with those colorful sweet mini peppers again … they are so delightful! This time I made a dip....
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Spanakopita Dip {Spinach & Feta with Dill}
A dip with all the flavors of one of my very favorite Greek foods: Spanakopita. Flavorful and low in calories, this dip is wonderful on toasted bread (especially a nice crusty bread like Ciabatta!) …...
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Smoked Turkey Sandwich with Spanakopita Cream
The weather did a total turnaround this week and went straight from winter (it froze again last Saturday night) to summer (92 degrees on Tuesday). My daughter and I were SOOoooo hot so I bought some...
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Crispy Breaded Asparagus Spears
with Creamy Lemon Sriracha Dipping Sauce {gluten-free option … low in fat and calories} Slightly adapted from my dear foodie friend Ann at The Fountain Avenue Kitchen I have had my eye on this recipe...
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Salmon & Asparagus Salad Sandwich
Instead of tuna salad sandwiches, try using salmon for a change! It just tastes better. To make these sandwiches even healthier, I used Greek yogurt in place of most of the mayo. It works beautifully....
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Delightfully Dilly Egg Salad Sandwiches
Adapted from a beautiful recipe by my sweet friend Melissa at ChinDeep. It’s an egg salad sandwich that’s full of flavor instead of fat. What a concept, right? Greek yogurt comes into play to add...
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Tomato Asiago Garden Salad
with Chive Flowers and a Fresh Herb Cucumber Asiago Dressing The last time I was at my parents’ place, we were having fish for dinner (using my dad’s newest awesome way to make baked fish) and we...
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Shrimp, Asiago & Asparagus Risotto with Fresh Dill
Rich and creamy risotto with tender shrimp and asparagus, the sharpness of Asiago cheese, and a bit of fresh dill and chives to add flavor. Risotto is one of those gourmet meals that is really not...
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Herbed Bacon Sundried Tomato Cheese Spread
Fresh herbs, smoky bacon taste, and sundried tomatoes make for a cheese spread that’s bursting with flavor. I wrote this while I was on vacation in Winnipeg with my daughter … This was one of those...
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Crisp & Spicy Pickled Green Beans
I’ll be the first to admit: I’m not an expert at pickles. My parents, on the other hand, have many many years of experience making pickles and when I got the sudden urge to pickle Mom’s green beans,...
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Marvelous Make-ahead Loaded Potato Casserole
I think ever since I discovered twice-baked potatoes as a young teen, I was in love with them. For many years I made them, scooped out the potato from the shell, mashed it up, added cheese, bacon,...
View ArticleHam, Cheese & Chive Crescent Pinwheels
Perfect picnic food … they are like little portable sandwiches you can take with you anywhere. Great for dipping in soup, or you could serve them as an appetizer. The best part, in my mind, is that no...
View ArticleMixed Herb Pesto
The harvest has not even begun and still, I’m readying myself for the end of summer. I’ve seen the “back to school” signs in the store that always signify the end is near … why do they do that to us?...
View ArticleSausage & Pepper Potato Swirl Hash
It was a quiet Sunday morning. The teenagers were asleep, it was just me and the cats. I wanted something good for breakfast, but just couldn’t quite settle on what to have. So I piddled around the...
View ArticleSuper Simple Lactose Free Ranch Dressing
One day at work a friend of mine messaged me, asking if I had a lactose-free recipe for ranch dressing. She has a great love for ranch dressing, but lately has developed a lactose intolerance and she...
View ArticleSriracha Ranch Yogurt Dressing
I adore a good salad, especially a salad that has lots of flavor. One day when I was out to dinner with my kids, I spotted a “modern taco salad” on the menu, made with shredded pork and served with...
View ArticleBacon Goat Cheese Heirloom Tomato Galette
I have been working on this recipe for a while … the cheese mixture I had down on the first try. It was the crust I struggled with. First I tried it with a phyllo pastry crust, but the crust was too...
View ArticleDilled German Potato Dumplings {Kartoffelklösse}
Adapted from Quick German Recipes I’m declaring this week to be Octoberfest on my blog because I have a (small) plethora of German recipes to share with you this week. I hope I can find time to blog...
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