Side Dishes

Southwest Stoplight Quinoa Salad Recipe

May 7, 2012

After my success with Camilla’s lemony lentil and quinoa salad recipe last week, I was excited to try my hand at another quinoa salad recipe. (What can I say, except I’m a creature of habit, who likes to repeat what’s working for me.) This one is a quinoa variation for Stoplight Salad featured in the [...]

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Skinny Mashed Sweet Potatoes with Pumpkin Pie Spice and Chimayo Chile Powder

March 16, 2012

Mashed sweet potatoes with pumpkin pie spice, chile powder and a little orange juice. Sweet, spicy and delicious. They are my attempt to recreate the delicious mashed sweet potatoes that came on my husband’s plate when out for dinner this week. I chose the restaurant – which specializes in Southwestern flavors – because I wanted [...]

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Sweet Potatoes, and Onions – 2 Points+

January 29, 2012

This dish proves that good food can be simple and delicious. Chopped brussels sprouts, carrots, sweet potatoes, carrots, and onions drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper and roasted until tender. That’s all there is to it. If you have never roasted vegetables or don’t do it often, I encourage you to make [...]

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Healthy Collard Greens Recipes with Weight Watchers PointsPlus Values

January 2, 2012

Here’s the recipe I used yesterday for the collard greens to accompany the vegetarian southern style black-eyed peas and light & healthy cornbread we had for supper. As I mentioned yesterday, it’s a Southern tradition to have collard greens and black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day as a way of insuring wealth and good fortune in the coming [...]

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New Year’s Slow Cooker Southern Style Vegetarian Black-Eyed Peas – 4 Points+

January 1, 2012

Is it a tradition for you to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day? It’s not for me. Probably because I didn’t grow up in the South. But January 1, 2012 marks the beginning of a new tradition. According to southern tradition, eating black-eyed peas on January 1st, brings good luck in the coming year. [...]

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Cottage Cheese Recipes

September 4, 2010

I have been a cottage cheese fan since the 1970s. It is so much more than “diet food.” In addition to being nutritious, with about 15 grams of protein in a half cup serving, it can be enjoyed in so many ways – on its own, with fruit or salad, on toast. In addition to [...]

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Tomatoes, Basil & Brown Rice

July 29, 2010

When I saw this recipe for tomatoes, basil and brown rice in the Barefoot Contessa Family Style: Easy Ideas and Recipes That Make Everyone Feel Like Family I knew I wanted to try it. It’s the perfect salad to make during the summer, when tomatoes are at their flavorful best. If you are on the [...]

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Old Fashioned Potato Salad Recipe

July 24, 2009

Potato salad is a summertime classic. I can’t imagine a picnic or backyard barbecue without a big bowl of potato salad – the classic creamy kind. Of course there are many different potato salad recipes available and they all have their merits. But this is the one I grew up eating. It’s an old-fashioned potato [...]

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Corn Salad Recipe

August 14, 2008

This simple corn salad is a wonderful way to take advantage of the delicious fresh corn flooding the markets during the summer months. The corn looked so fresh and delicious when I shopped Sunday morning I ended up buying way more than I needed and have been looking for ways to use it ever since. [...]