Butternut Squash & Apple “Cobbler” Bake, crockpot style
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I really really wish autumn would get here and stay here already. Here in middle Tennessee, we're experiencing cold-ish nights and 80-something degree days. Ick. Because I recently started school again, I decided it was time to invest in the grand daddy of all crockpots--the programmable kind with automatic warm setting when your dish is finished. This baby even has a meat probe that will turn the appliance to warm once the meat's internal temp reaches the desired heat. AND I caught a sale at Kohl's, so it wasn't nearly as expensive as I was thinking it was going to...
If You Like Chicken Marinara or Getting Caught in the Rain…
Filed under: easy dinners, pizza, product review, vegetarian dinner, you have got to try this!
I'm thinking heavily of beachy songs today, hence my "If you like pina coladas"-inspired title. I had a revelation today that makes this whole vegetarian thing WAY better. Our cafe does a mean chicken marinara, and they had it for lunch today. The thought of the processed chicken patty turns my stomach, but the crunchy breading under the melting cheese and hot marinara really are amazing. Oh lord, I love good chicken marinara. Last night, I made french fries and burgers. Okay, I really didn't do anything to the "burgers" except cut open the frozen Morning Star Farms package and...
Gorton’s Frozen Grilled Fish
After becoming a fan of Hungry Girl's website, I began reading about all their fun new food finds. Gorton's has a whole line of grilled fish fillets that are frozen. I got the Lemon Butter Salmon at $3.99 at Publix last week. I will confess that I also picked up a less healthy breaded option, too. But back to the healthy stuff. For $3.99, you get 2 healthy doses of protein that are not plagued by high sodium content. Usually, pre-packaged and flavored food like this are FULL of sodium. These were surprisingly...
FRS: Healthy Energy Supplement
I ordered this after reading about it on Hungry Girl's Q & A. She loves it, and I just HAD to know what it is like. When I visited the site, I entered my zip code to see where it could be sold around here. I feel like we're pretty metropolitan in Nashville, even if it is still the south. When I hit enter (my mistake), there were no search results. Apparently, you have to click the little arrow in the boxy thing in which you enter your zip code. My pressing enter made...
Meatless Meatballs? Really!?
Filed under: appetizer ideas, product review, vegetarian dinner, you have got to try this!
I just discovered the most wonderful meatless invention ever: meatless meatballs. Veggie Patch frozen meatballs...with no meat!
They are GOOD and filling. I think they would even be good in an appetizer...you know the ones that Southern folks serve at parties in their crock pots? The ones you eat with toothpicks and chase around your plate with a slightly sweet sauce on them? I have no idea what those are called, but I would bet these would be good in that, too. Mix 'em with some marinara and noodles, and oh my! I had wanted to make this another...I Started Laughing Out Loud For No Reason Today
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So I've got 3 things today. Only one is food related. #1: I started laughing out loud during one of my classes today for no reason. My students were quite perplexed, as was I, because it was a serious laughing fit. Tears filled my eyes. THAT kind of laughing. And I didn't even have my extra-special Portland Brew icy coffee beverage yet. I was in one of those mid-afternoon foggy states of being, we were trying to go over their homework, and the kids were extra chatty. It just came out of nowhere. I...
The Noodle Adventures: Shirataki is a Go
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I tried the shirataki noodles last night. They are actually really good. They come already cooked inside a bag with water. You have to strain out the water and rinse them pretty well because it is a little funky. I was expecting a raucous stench because some of the sights describing shirataki talked about how most people find the liquid to be highly unsatisfying to the nostrils. It really wasn't that bad at all. I wouldn't cook with it or anything, but I have smelled worse (husband, dog, students, the occasional changing of a...
New Year’s Resolutions: Noodle Bowls
New Year's resolutions really annoy me. It's not that I think people shouldn't make them. Everyone should have a catalyst to get healthy. It's the folks who join the gym. They crowd the track, the machines, and the spin classes. I don't think it's necessarily the fact that they made the resolution...It's the fact that they will get fed up with it by March. All those folks who don't know which side of the track is for walking, overcrowd the spin classes (there was a waiting list of 10 people on Sunday, the most I've ever seen it) and don't...
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