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Menu du jour healthful eating : 16 Recipes


  • Recipe healthful shepard's pie
    healthful shepard's pie
    Personally, I love Shepard's pie. My husband doesn't care for it much so it is one of those dishes I have continually tried to perfect so I can make it more often. I tweak and adjust recipes so it is a little better than last time and in the[...]
  • Recipe Eating Well on a 4-day Ski Trip
    Eating Well on a 4-day Ski Trip
    Photo by Alvin Kwan [Stars in the photo: Whole wheat rotini, Pasta shells, Stir-fry broccoli & mushrooms, Veggie-loaded tomato sauce, and Boiled cauliflower] On the last few days of 2009, I went on a 4-day ski trip with my friends to Mt.[...]
  • Recipe nuts!
    nuts!
    My friend Anne inspired this post. In response to my Tip No. 3: Pasta blog, she shared her favorite go-to, post-work pasta dish: My favorite quick, after-work pasta: sauté green beans in garlic and olive oil, add cooked whole-wheat[...]
  • Recipe pantry raid
    pantry raid
    asparagus soup that started our easter dinner When we first moved into our new house in December, there was a very large, blank wall in our kitchen that was just screaming to be used. Our kitchen cabinets are on the old side and they're fine[...]
  • Recipe make-ahead meals
    make-ahead meals
    my boys with banana stickers on their noses In response to my 2010 goals posting, my friend Katie of Art Wall Online shared with me her food-related goal for the year: I have one food goal, which is to plan and prepare a nice[...]
  • Recipe this week's menu
    this week's menu
    I can now understand why many families end up with freezers and pantries full of pre-packaged, processed food and frequent the drive-thru for dinner: when you and your spouse both work, you have a very small window of time to make dinner,[...]
  • Recipe this week's menu
    this week's menu
    Tip No. 3 will be coming your way soon. Would love to hear from readers as to what their go-to, quick dinners are ... I may just add them to my repertoire. Okay, so Saturday was the last outdoor farmers' market of the season at the Dane County[...]
  • Recipe dinner No. 1: fish tacos
    dinner No. 1: fish tacos
    Panko-crusted American farm-raised tilapia tacos with avocado crema and a black-bean salad Fish Tacos You can pretty much use any fish you?d like for this. I love whole-wheat panko, but for some reason the crumbs are a bit more robust in[...]
  • Recipe at the market & this week's menu
    at the market & this week's menu
    I was very worried that Saturday was going to be washed out with the predicted rainy forecast, but Mother Nature timed her showers perfectly for pre- and post-farmers' market visit. Chris ran Crazy Legs, an annual 8K race in sub-8-minute-miles[...]
  • Recipe at the market and this week's menu
    at the market and this week's menu
    The Westside Farmers' Market was abuzz on Saturday. I really enjoyed its more intimate size and accessibility. I was able to do a walk-through before making any purchases to come up with my game-plan, so-to-speak. While the DCFM is impressive[...]