Whether you’re looking to serve an enticing burger and fries, barbecue pulled pork or chicken with slaw, or a simple low fat chicken sausage, we’ve got a recipe that will work for your gathering.  First off, we’re sharing 6 fabulous main dish recipes and throughout the week sensational sides and several summertime delectable desserts.  Here’s [...]

No need to wait until Thanksgiving to enjoy some of the delectable flavors. Try our grilled turkey, sweet potato and green bean dinner this week. It’s so much easier to make and much healthier than a typical holiday dinner.

Are you looking for a simple yet tasty vegetable side dish? This one might just become a favorite. I first tasted a similar recipe at a place in the LA area called Koo Koo Roo. It’s a casual chicken restaurant offering the most amazing skinless chicken and many wonderful, healthy side dishes, like this one.  [...]

Huevos Rancheros is a classic Mexican dish consisting of fried eggs covered with salsa, beans and cheese all served on a fried tortilla.  It’s a menu favorite at diners, sit-down restaurants and fast food joints throughout the western states.  What makes ours skinny is using egg whites scrambled instead of fried, a small amount of [...]

This time of year many people are canning and preserving summer’s fresh flavors. It can take some work and if you’re like us, most of you won’t want to be bothered, right? Happily you can make a jar of this amazing homey preserves very easily and quickly. The common fruit/sugar ratio in preserves is 50% [...]

We’ve taken two very popular dishes, a BLT and Chicken Caesar Salad and combined them into one terrific salad. You’ll love how quickly it comes together because we’re using store bought cooked chicken, a light bottled dressing and Milton’s Multi-Grain Baked Snack Crackers, for the croutons. Our main course salad has all the incredible taste [...]

Look on the menu of most fast food burger joints and you’ll see some kind of breakfast sandwich. You might even order one from time to time.  But, if you’re trying to eat healthy, something like a McDonald’s Sausage Biscuit With Egg has a whopping 510 calories and 33 grams of fat! Luckily most of [...]

Ratatouille is a simple and healthy vegetable dish usually loaded with succulent Mediterranean vegetables. We love how many ways to serve this glorious vegetable dish. Once roasted, you can scramble with eggs, stuff a baked potato or serve as a tasty side to chicken, beef, pork or fish. The possibilities are endless. We’ve made ours [...]

You’re going to love these titillating legs.  Think spices of hot wings, fried chicken and barbecue chicken all into one!  I’ve made them skinny by removing all the skin before coating and frying in a small amount of olive oil.  These chicken legs are prepared in three steps.  First, coating the chicken in a well [...]

No other fruit says summer like the seductively sweet, subtly crunchy, thirst quenching watermelon. Domestic ones are at their best right now.  Watermelon varieties range from giant 35-pounders to cantaloupe size. Their flesh can be red, pink, yellow or creamy white. They can be oblong or round, clothed in rind that’s solid, striped or speckled. [...]