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How to Make Lemon Poppyseed Garlic Chicken Salad
May04

How to Make Lemon Poppyseed Garlic Chicken Salad

There are times when you’re just looking for a quick snack or meal without having to get in the kitchen to cook, especially when it becomes nice and warm outside. This is a recipe you can complete in 10 minutes without having to cook. I really enjoy making chicken salads and tuna salads with different, interesting ingredients that make them sing on your palate. Here’s a Lemon Poppyseed Garlic Chicken Salad recipe that...

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Sometimes Simple is Best When Cooking
Feb23

Sometimes Simple is Best When Cooking

It’s funny how we can all sometimes get caught up in the complexity of cooking, and the minute details that go along with it. There are times when the simple things in food are what’s best, and exactly what you’re craving…and that’s okay. This morning, for example, I had sliced bananas in milk like my mom used to make for me when I was a child. I did add some chia seeds on top just because they were out...

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One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 3
Jan31

One Month Grocery Shopping Strike: Day 3

This is Day  Three of our One Month Grocery Shopping Strike! This morning, we had scrambled eggs and turkey breakfast sausage we had in the freezer. For lunch, 2 people in the household had tuna sandwiches on my homemade bread, and I had an open-faced tuna melt with cilantro & lime, which I will share the recipe for following this post. For dinner, I am making coconut crusted baked salmon with brown rice & green...

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How to Make a Really Tasty, Healthy Nicoise Salad
Dec08

How to Make a Really Tasty, Healthy Nicoise Salad

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...

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How to Cook Salmon Cakes Made in a Bare Bones Fixer Upper Investment Property Kitchen
Sep08

How to Cook Salmon Cakes Made in a Bare Bones Fixer Upper Investment Property Kitchen

When you’re tired of those salmon or tuna sandwiches and need something a little bit different when you’re living in and repairing a fixer upper investment property, have no fear! I have an idea for you! I know, you may not have a refrigerator because the electricity may not have been upgraded yet, right? That’s often the case. That’s okay too, you won’t even need an egg for cooking...

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You’ve Never Had a Bagel?

The other day, I was actually asked what you put on a bagel, because they had never eaten one before… WOW! Are you kidding? If you’ve never had a bagel before, you’re missing out…They’re fabulous! Think…a savory donut, less cakey, and boiled, not fried, then baked… They are usually quite healthy…It’s what you put on them that usually isn’t! LOL Cut it in half to make 2...

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Web Chef Review: New York Flatbreads – Pumpernickel Everything

I’ve had a few of the flavors from New York Flatbreads before, which are numerous, like Sesame Seed… I love them. I think they’re very versatile for dips, oysters, chutneys, cheese…the possibilities are endless…LOL However, I have heard from a few people they think the flatbreads are bland…unexciting…too dry! The Pumpernickel Everything flavor will knock your socks off, even the skeptics! I...

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Can Eating Raw Oysters Pose Health Risks?
Mar22

Can Eating Raw Oysters Pose Health Risks?

If you’re considering eating raw oysters for the first time, then you’re probably wondering if they could pose a health risk. There are a few things to be aware of before you endeavor on this delicious journey. Where do oysters shop? At the mollusk! LOL That’s right…Oysters are bivalve mollusks in the animal world…Get it? The mollusk (mall-usk)? LOL All kidding aside…I am not sure who the first...

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How to Cook Kimberly’s Super Salmon Cakes
Sep07

How to Cook Kimberly’s Super Salmon Cakes

I just love salmon cakes, tuna cakes, crab cakes, lobster cakes…the list goes on and on…This is a great and quick recipe for a quick lunch, appetizer, or for the main dish at dinnertime. Enjoy! ~ Kimberly Edwards 😀 Type: Main Dish Recipe Serve With: Sour cream, chives and dill. Prep Time: 5-8 min Cook Time: 10 min Yield: 6 salmon cakes Ingredients: 2 cans salmon – You may use red or pink. 1/2 cup Panko bread crumbs...

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Enjoy The Sunset of Summer With A Healthy Barbecue Or Picnic

Summer is coming to a close…It is truly the Sunset of Summer…Don’t you want to enjoy the last bit of summer barbecuing out on your deck or picnicking in the park with family and friends? Well, I certainly do, and I intend to. If you’re anything like me, you are trying to soak up every last ray of sunshine of the summer. I am even working outside, instead of at our kitchen table. I am not a huge fan of winter,...

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