How to Make a Really Tasty, Healthy Nicoise Salad
December 8, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Don’t let the name of the Niçoise salad scare you!
Yes, it’s French. No, it’s not difficult to make. No, it’s not really fattening.
Nicoise is just a combination of greens, tuna, green beans, new potatoes, tomatoes, black olives and eggs – traditionally. That’s all it means…
Okay – now that’s out of the way – let’s get cooking and create this unbelievably tasty salad you’ll make over and over again!
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Main Dish Recipe – Fish
Serve With: Creamy Herb Dressing & crusty, French bread
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Yield: Ingredients are per person – multiply if necessary
Ingredients: Per person
- 1 Tuna Steak – Per person
- 2 cups Salad Greens – Use torn Romaine, or baby salad greens like spinach, frise – whatever you like
- 4 small Red New Potatoes – Boiled until fork tender
- 4 small Read more
How to Make Healthy Creamy Herb Salad Dressing
Just because it’s creamy doesn’t mean it has to be fattening or unhealthy…
Just because it’s healthy, doesn’t mean it has to be tasteless and no fun…
I dare you to eat healthier and more deliciously – try this dressing on your next salad…You’ll be glad you did.
~ Kimberly Edwards 
Type: Sauce Recipe
Serve With: Salad,on baked potatoes or as a dip – Perfect for Niçoise Salad
Prep Time: 5 min
Yield: About 6 servings
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Plain Yogurt – I prefer Balkan style; Don’t skimp here – get higher fat, organic
- 2 tbsp Kefir – Or buttermilk; Did you know buttermilk is actually low in fat despite the name.
- Juice of 1/2 Lemon
- 1 tsp Mayonnaise – Use organic or homemade; I prefer Polish mayonnaise for taste.
- 1 tbsp Chives – Finely chopped; or green onions
- 1 tbsp Parsley – Freshly chopped
- 1 tbsp Read more
How to Make Fantastic Beef Stew
December 3, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
There’s just nothing like stew when it’s cold outside and you’re hungry!
This extra tasty classic will leave you wanting another bowl and is sure to please even picky eaters with it’s flavor, fragrance and hearty nature.
The perfect, traditional dish to learn how to make that you can build on and substitute with other meats in the future.
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Soup Recipe
Serve With: Fresh, crusty bread and barley, if desired
Prep Time: 15 min
Cook Time: 1.25 hr
Yield: 1 large stock pot full
Ingredients:
2 Beef Shanks – Or 4 Beef Brisket with bone in
2 cups Dried Field Mushrooms – Or any varieties of dried mushrooms; Measure before grinding.
1 large Onion – Diced
2 cups Carrots – Chopped
1 1/2 cups Celery – Chopped
1 Leek – Washed and finely sliced
3 cloves Garlic – Minced
2 small Sweet Potatoes – Peeled & 1″ dice
1 1/2 cups Red Read more
Eat Crustini and Win a Trip to Game Day
November 17, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of henderson bas. All opinions are 100% mine.
If you’ve never tried Bistro Crustini, then this is a great reason to do so…
…Wanna win a trip to Las Vegas for Game Day?
Stouffer’s Bistro Crustini is having a contest for you to win a trip to LV which includes: Airfare tickets for two, 5 days & 4 nights at a deluxe hotel, chauffeured limousine service, tickets to a show and $1,500 CDN spending money.
I know I do, and that’s why I’ve already entered for my chance to win that trip, since I love football! Oh yeah, don’t forget the 1 in 3 chance you get at winning a home theater system, or weekly prizes of digital cameras…
Okay, so you get one spin on the contest’s slot machine to see if you win to start with. After that, you can enter the UPCs off the boxes of the Stouffer’s Bistro Crustini you have bought and enjoyed – each one gets you a spin. You find out if you win instantly!
Where can you find these tasty treats that include 11 different flavors? In your grocer’s frozen section.
Whether you choose Philly Steak & Cheese or Meatballs & Mozzarella, you’ll have another chance to win something fabulous from Bistro Crustini.
* This contest is for Canadian residents only…
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I hope you enjoyed this Sandwich post on Cooking With Kimberly! Until next time…
Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly Edwards
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Sentationally Stuffed Peppers with Chevre
November 16, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
My mother has always made stuffed peppers since I was little, and they’re one of my favorites – a type of soul food of mine, if you will…
…This recipe is embellished or “snazzed” up from our traditional recipe, but every bit as delicious!
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Main Dish
Serve With: Sour cream or plain yogurt
Prep Time: 12 min
Cook Time: 1 hr
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients:
- 1 lb lean Ground Beef
- 3 cups cooked Rice – I like using basmati or brown made with chicken stock.
- 4 large Peppers – You may use different colors, if you like.
- 1 Onion – Diced
- 6 Mushrooms – Thinly sliced; I use shiitake.
- 1/2 roll of Chevre – Goat cheese
- 1 can whole Tomatoes – Or you can slice fresh tomatoes
- 1 clove Garlic – Finely minced
- 2 tbsp Read more
Kimberly’s Favorite Creamy Mushroom Soup
October 28, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Looking for something that tastes super indulgent, but without all those extra calories and fat? This soup is perfect to impress your tastebuds and your family! There never seems to be enough leftover becuase you’ll be left wanting more.
This delicious and creamy soup has a splash of red wine and is so indulgent, it seems sinful, but it’s actually good for you.
Kenney, my husband, actually customized this soup recipe from a similar recipe in The Maker’s Diet for me because my favorite everyday food to eat is cream of mushroom soup. This is a step up to a gourmet treat!
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Soup
Serve With: Dollop of creme fraiche or sour cream
Prep Time: 18 min
Cook Time: 20 min
Yield: 4 – 6 servings
Ingredients:
2 lbs Mushrooms – whatever varieties you desire – include enoki, shiitake, portabello, oyster, king oyster, crimini, button mushrooms, but you may also use dried mushrooms if you like.
2 cups Onions – Diced
5 cups Chicken Broth – We use reduced sodium broth or make our own.
3/4 cup Kefir
1 1/4 cup Fortified Wine – Like Port or Sherry
1/4 tsp Cayenne Pepper
1/4 tsp Read more
Kimberly’s Creamy Roasted Carrot Soup
October 21, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
When life gives you carrots, make roasted carrot soup!
I looked in my mother’s fridge after returning from my trip to Dallas, hungry for a Fall soup…Running low on ingredients, my mother did have a lot of carrots – Thus, Kimberly’s Creamy Roasted Carrot Soup emerged…
~ Kimberly Edwards
Type: Main Dish
Serve With: Dollop of sour cream or plain yogurt and chopped chives.
Prep Time: 10 min
Cook Time: 1 hr
Yield: Large stock pot full
Ingredients:
2 lbs Carrots – Cut into 1/2″ pieces
2 tbsp Olive Oil
1 large Onion – Peeled and quartered
4 stalks Celery – Sliced
4 cloves Garlic – Peeled
1 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Brown Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Ginger – Fresh, grated is best.
1 tsp Read more
Chipotle Steak Salad Bowl Rocks: Dallas Restaurant Review
October 8, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
I’ve never had a Chipotle restaurant meal that I didn’t love.
Their burritos are huge like FreeBirds, their salad bowls are my favorite, burrito bowls look amazing, etc.
They have chicken, steak, ground beef, barbacoa and I believe one other type of meat to choose from.
I always grab a salad bowl…they’re so filling even though it’s salad. They come with their signature Chipotle-Honey vinaigrette that’s superb.
* Tip: Don’t forget to ask for rice, and if you want both types of Read more
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Not Able to Order Pizza Hut Pizza?
October 8, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
My hubby and I wanted to order a pizza last night from Pizza Hut on Pleasant Run in Lancaster, Texas.
So, as we’ve recently started to do when ordering pizza, we tried to order it online with their automated system.
It told us that this particular location was not yet set up to accept internet orders.
So, we proceeded to submit our order over the phone. The guy answered and told us they were unable to accept orders over the phone because their system was down.
We were so thrown off, not to Read more
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Make It Like Mama Giveaway from Dr. Oetker’s Casa di Mama
October 8, 2009 by Kimberly · Leave a Comment
Could you really get cookin’ in your kitchen if only you had the right tools?
If that’s how you feel, you need to enter the Dr. Oetker Kitchen Makeover Contest from Dr. Oetker’s Casa di Mama and you could win a $20,000 Kitchen Makeover!
I would absolutely LOVE to win this contest because we’re buying a house that needs some fix up in the kitchen. A $20,000 makeover would make it the prettiest kitchen you’ve ever seen.
What could I do with $20,000 in our new kitchen?
Well, I’d knock out 2 walls so that it’s more open-concept and brighter. I’d put 2 larger windows on the outer wall, continue the marble floors throughout the kitchen that’s in the rest of the house, add a large island with pillars to the ceiling and add all brand new stainless steel appliances! I’d also like to fix up the pantry so it’s much more organized.
Even if you don’t win the grand prize, you still have a chance to win one of 8 Whirlpool appliances – a fridge/freezer, freestanding electric range, dishwasher or microwave…
…even if you don’t win that, 2,000 people will instantly win a Casa di Mama Pizza or a pizza cutter.
How do You Enter?
You’ll have to pick up a PIN from specially marked packages of Casa di Mama Pizza.
What’s the Catch?
This contest is only available to Canadians…sorry my fellow Americans.
Be sure to check it out if you’re interested before the contest ends January 4, 2010.
On their site, I also noticed a place to enter the “Savoury Moments” Newsletter for great tips, great savings and information on their new, exciting contests.
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I hope you enjoyed this Food Fun on Cooking With Kimberly! Until next time…
Eat Deliciously,
Kimberly Edwards
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