posts tagged "grain free dinner"
Vegetarian Pad Thai
Posted on June 24, 2009
This Pad Thai is one of my family’s favorite dishes. Add a heap of grilled chicken or sea food and you have a delicious high protein meal. I purchase my noodles at the Asian market in town and haven’t seen them online. If you are looking for noodles, you’ll need to check out the Asian
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Chinese Chicken Salad
Posted on June 22, 2009
We’ve been eating quite a lot of salad lately, and being the protein addict that I am, I’m constantly looking for new ways to make it into a full dinner. I was first introduced to Chinese Chicken Salad years ago, by my dear friend Helen. We’ve been friends now for close to 30 years and
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Cobb Salad
Posted on April 29, 2009
With a few edits to the classic Cobb, this tasty traditional salad becomes nutritious high protein fare packed with healthy veggies. This Cobb Salad is a great make ahead dish. Prepare individual ingredients earlier in the day or the night before and then assemble the salad just before serving. Traditionally, blue cheese is one of
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Roasted Chicken with Olives and Prunes
Posted on April 3, 2009
Are you spending too much time on the computer? That’s a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. After reading this article in The Atlantic and finding out about this new site that calculates the amount of time spent on twitter, I’ve really been pondering this matter. I haven’t been pondering it too much
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Turkey Bean Chili
Posted on March 20, 2009
If you look on the upper right hand side of my site you will find a photo –and link– to my forthcoming book, . You can pre-order order it by clicking on the book cover image in the sidebar to the right, which takes you over to amazon.com. I have been working on the book
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Chipotle Lime Salmon
Posted on March 6, 2009
With baseball back in the picture and our afternoons filled with practices I find myself looking for quick entrees that offer a lot of protein without a lot of work. This Chipotle Lime Salmon is one of those. My husband loved it, pronouncing it blog-worthy after his first bite.
Agave Lime Chicken
Posted on January 30, 2009
The other night while I was tucking in my super snuggly 10 year old into bed, we discussed possibilities for the next night’s dinner. “Fennel” he suggested, “I really like it because it’s sweet and also very healthy!” “What would you like for our protein dish?” I asked. “What about that roasted chicken I made
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Salmon with Mushrooms and Red Pepper Sauce
Posted on December 9, 2008
Mushrooms are one of my favorite foods. I bought some recently on a trip to the store, though I had no idea what would become of them. The next day I took out one of my favorite cookbooks, A Cook’s Book of Mushrooms and began to flip through the pages. I found a great recipe,
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Chicken with Cherries and Kale
Posted on December 2, 2008
For those of you that have been asking about classes, I will be teaching at the Culinary School of the Rockies on January 26, 2009. In this class titled, “The Art of Gluten-Free Baking,” we will learn how to make classic desserts the gluten-free way. Fun and easy dishes will include chocolate chip cookies, double
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Turkey Chili
Posted on December 1, 2008
Leftover turkey? I opened the fridge this morning and noticed I still had a pile of cooked bird from Thanksgiving. While I am more than happy to have a surplus of food during these times, I must admit, I was perplexed as to what to do with it. Turkey chili of course. Here’s a recipe
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Tuscan White Bean Salad
Posted on July 22, 2008
It has been so hot here –Sunday was a scorching 104 degrees. Because of the toasty weather, I’ve been looking for quick, cool ways to get hits of protein. Really, all I want to eat is fruit and lemon slushes these days. However, this white bean concoction has been a winner for the family during
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Mustard Lime Chicken
Posted on July 15, 2008
It’s too darn hot here to turn on the oven; the high today is supposed to get up to 100°. The solution? Fire up the grill and throw on some chicken breasts ever so briefly. The mustard lime chicken pictured above is a tangy hit of protein on a hot summer’s day. I hope it
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Mango Chicken
Posted on June 24, 2008
My favorite thing about the picture above? The cilantro on the Mango Chicken and in the glass cup is from my garden. Now, that’s something to get pumped about considering I barely have a yard. And what little yard I do have is taken over by a trampoline for the boys. We live close to
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Salmon with Cucumber Chile Relish
Posted on April 29, 2008
The salmon series continues, as does my love affair with Cook’s Illustrated. The recipe below is another one that I have adapted from this fantastic magazine. On the comments front, my cup overfloweth. I am so happy with the participation, support and community that is developing on this site. Recently, one of my favorite readers,
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Chipotle Orange Chicken
Posted on April 13, 2008
As some of you know, I write an op-ed column for The Daily Camera, covering political, economic and environmental issues. As we face increasing food prices and shortages worldwide, food becomes a more important aspect of such aforementioned matters. This week, my column was called, The Politics of High Fructose Corn Syrup. In it, I
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Chili Chicken
Posted on March 25, 2008
I have discovered a great new website, myfeasts.com. I found it through tastespotting.com, my all time favorite site. If you ever find yourself in a “dinner quandary,” I highly recommend a visit to tastespotting; the photos are gorgeous and provide much meal planning inspiration! Alas, I digress, this post is about myfeasts.blogspot.com. The site is
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Cod Piccata
Posted on March 22, 2008
That troubling question, “what’s for dinner?” troubles no more! Of late I’m feeling quite confident about answering this question, having built up a decent repertoire of main dishes for the family. Here’s a list of entrées that are getting us through the dinner hour with ease: I can see that the seafood department needs a
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Fish Sticks
Posted on February 26, 2008
For some reason, I can’t get out of my winter funk. We’ve had a few beautiful sunny days, yet I still feel as though I need to go into a small cave and hibernate. I feel such a stunting of my creativity during these dark days (we’ve had a lot more dreary ones than sunny)
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Chicken Piccata
Posted on February 22, 2008
It’s been almost a week since I last posted something here. It seems my entire family has gone into retrograde and I have been nursing everyone back to health for the last month –including myself. The nasty flu that blew through Colorado had me down for ten days straight. I haven’t had one that bad
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Shrimp Cakes
Posted on February 16, 2008
After preparing a plethora of Valentine’s sweets, I once again have post-holiday “dessert burnout” syndrome. Thus, I now find myself constantly craving protein –for breakfast, lunch, dinner and even snacks. I will be eating a lot of these tasty little seafood patties in this new phase of protein craze. Hence I am delighted to share
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