This super easy main-dish salad is going to be in our weekly dinner rotation pretty much any time. This is kind of a no-recipe recipe: steam a bunch of seasonal veg, toss with a stupid-simple garlicky lemon dressing and add some shredded cooked chicken. Make it your own …
Need something warm and comforting for dinner? This easy Italian Chicken Sausage Tortellini Soup recipe, packed with veggies and low-fat chicken sausage, should do the trick.
You’ve had what I call “sad pasta salad” — that takeout deli stuff with corkscrew pasta and way too much bottled Italian dressing. This pasta salad is NOT sad pasta salad! It’s the only pasta salad recipe you need.
After a December full of cookies, Christmas pastries, Reese’s peanut butter cups and too much wine, I always feel like I need to hit the reset button, eating-wise. This Lentil Soup with Tomatoes and Greens, topped with a dollop of yogurt or sour cream, is just the ticket (h/t to 101Cookbooks.com). Ready for something healthy but not at all diet-y? Here ya go. Get my favorite lentil soup recipe over on writes4food.com!
This Spanish-style Rice Pilaf with Vegetables is warm and satisfying as a meatless main course, and works well as a side dish for grilled chicken or fish. It’s essentially a no-stir, baked risotto. One of our favorite recipes of all time. Get the recipe on writes4food.com!
I’m loving the a) fall flavors, b) varied textures and c) Halloween-ish color scheme going on with this Black Rice with Butternut Squash Fall Salad. Perfect as a side for roasted chicken, even better for lunch. Get the recipe over on writes4food.com!
We’re right in the height of summer tomato season, folks. So in the food blogging world (which is, you know, the only world that matters), it’s time for the listicle of favorite tomato recipes. So here you go: My top 15 summer tomato recipes for all that fresh, glorious, bountiful produce. Get the recipes over on writes4food.com!
Here it is: granola perfection. Toasty brown, not too sweet, with a kick of sea salt, and clumpy enough to eat out of hand. I’ve worked this recipe over and over, and now it’s Perfect Homemade Almond Granola.
Midmorning, I’ll grab a mini Lara bar to stave off the hungries, especially if I’m heading to the gym for a lunchtime workout class. I thought: Could I make these little date-nut energy bars myself? Yep, I can. They’re super easy, delicious and 82 calories each. Get the recipe over on writes4food.com!
