What’s For Dinner?

Sun: White Beans with Tomato, Basil, and Sausage over Parmesan Polenta

Mon: Open Faced Grilled Eggplant Sandwiches

Tues: Chicken Breast Stuffed with Blackened Chile Pesto over Rice Pilaf

Wed: Penne with Triple Tomato Sauce

Thurs: Pan Seared Salmon and Grilled Asparagus with Preserved Lemon Aioli

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Handmade Chinese Dumplings

These little purses of scrumptiousness are way better than the store bought frozen kind and are pretty enough to serve at your next dinner part, yet they are surprisingly easy to make!
This months Daring Cooks challenge is Chinese dumplings, aka potstickers, and is brought to you by the wonderful Jen from Use Real Butter! [...]

Turkey and White Bean Soup

I just spend an hour browsing through Foodgawker and Tastespotting. Not a good idea! All those cakes and brownies…mmmm….I want chocolate! So far, five days into my mission, I have been good about sticking to smaller portions and avoiding sugar (although I did have a piece of Ghirardelli chocolate with peanut butter yesterday).  Yesterday was [...]

My Kickin’ Turkey Burger Recipe

I am sitting here in Starbucks, with my Green Ginger Tea, completely amazed and proud of myself. I stepped on the scale this morning and it said 126.4lbs. On Monday I was 129.8lbs. That is over a three pound difference! Granted, I seriously doubt I have lost 3 pounds in four days, some of it [...]