Recipes

Garden Salad…Granny Charity Style

 I’ve known my man for quite some time now and I can honestly say he has only asked me to prepare a handful of dishes for him through the years.  I always say, “Honey, just let me know if there’s anything you want me to cook for you.”  And, without fail Garden Salad is always at the top of the list …

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Barramundi With Chunky Tomato Sauce

They say that people, on average cook the same ten recipes all the time.  I know, because I’m one of them…sometimes.  So the other day I said, “Shane, you’ve got to stop with the plain baked fish all the time…so, here’s my attempt at shaking things up on the fish front since we eat fish at least twice a week. My man …

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Help me...I've fallen and I can't get up!

I was living on the edge the other night when Alex and I were out to dinner before attending the “Monster Jam” show.  That’s right, you read right, I agreed to go with my man to the “Monster Jam” show.  Alex doesn’t ask a whole lot of me and so I went.  It was actually quite fun watching all the …

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Now, this is down and dirty comfort food made in the healthiest way possible.  Sometimes you just have to go there…particularly if you liked eating a lot of “hamburger helper” when you were a kid or if you still do!  This recipe is a simple and tasty and if you have an issue with gluten then use brown rice or quinoa …

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Cooked Quinoa spread out on a baking sheet to cool

My sweet man, Alex had a ”manly” get together he was attending and needed me to make him a dish to take.  We know how much men love their carbohydrates…heck, who doesn’t?  Anyway, this dish needed to travel well and stay at room temperature for several hours without spoiling.  So my Quinoa Salad with Cumin Vinaigrette was born! Again, just looking at what you have and …

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