Light food recipes :

Curried Split Pea Soup

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Peas are one of my favorite vegetables. Probably because I grew up on mushy peas (an Irish delicacy). When in season fresh peas are a delight but in winter months dried split peas come in handy. They’re not only convenient since they[...]

Turkey Quinoa Meatloaf

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January is kind of an odd month. It's cold and snowy leaving you to long for some hot comfort food but at the same time the guilt begins to creep in from eating those that extra holiday cookie s[...]

Lighter Peanut Butter Pie

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Happy pi day all! Okay, so I don't care about math but I do love pie! I remember in High School pi day was exciting because there was always pie involved somehow. I remember sophomore year my[...]

Roasted Eggplant Parmesan

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I’m half Italian, and my mom makes the best eggplant.  Here’s a vegan, healthy, and points friendly version of the Italian favorite.  I modified this recipe from one in Prevention Magazine. Slice  2 to 3 eggplants and place[...]

Salad Days Are Here Again?

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Salad Days Are Here Again? I?ve had a great time these last few months. I mean, I really love the Holidays. So many of my favorite foods ? in such quantities ? with ample time to take it all in. And January, well, it?s heavy football[...]

Lightened Up Favorites: Chili

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How's everyone doing with their resolutions? I'm working on resisting the pound cake in my freezer. and I committed to doing a February 5k this morning.  Progress. To help us all stay on track (myself included), I made[...]

Pasta with garlic and olive oil

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Hi, this is the seventh post about the art of Italian cooking. Yesterday we wrote the recipe of one of the simplest way to toss Italian pasta, simply with extra virgin olive oil and Parmesan cheese. Today we want to write about the most famous[...]

Lightened Up Favorites: Fish & Chips

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This month of light recipes has been good to me.  I've been losing at Weight Watchers for the past three weeks and I'm crossing my fingers for tomorrow, too.  I'm just about 9 pounds away from my goal weight (wedding weight), which[...]

Lightened Up Favorites: Mac & Cheese

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  I've been feeling a little confused today.  I never thought I'd see snow in my yard when I moved to Georgia, but the good Lord has proved me wrong!  This recipe is perfect for a snow day like today- warm and comforting, but[...]

Sticky lemon and chilli chicken noodles

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Lemon and chilli chicken noodles I wasn’t planning on shooting our evening meal but due to a slight form of miscommunication it turned out I had to eat alone as Tom was going to his grandma first. She had a bit of a nasty accident[...]