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Eggplant Rollatini Who knew that I liked eggplant?  I’ve given it the stink eye for so long, but this eggplant rollatini is delicious. This is not a new dish.  I simply swapped cottage cheese for the ricotta because that’s what I had on hand.  Feel free to substitute ricotta if you like! Do you have to peel the skin on eggplants before cooking? Yes and...

Chickpea Salad Is this a chickpea salad?  Or is it a chickpea spread?  Whatever you call it, it’s delicious! Eating veggies has always been my downfall.  Not going to lie, but I think because my parents overcooked veggies growing up (my mom still loves her fresh green beans boiled for 45 minutes) I never ate them growing up.  In fact, the only vegetables I ate...

Creamy Shrimp Pasta What to cook for dinner when it’s out outside?  This creamy shrimp pasta is the perfect dish because it’s ready in about 10 minutes, and tastes so light. The reason this takes hardly any time at all is using fresh pasta.  Fresh pasta typically cooks in about 3-4 minutes and is such a time saver.  If you live in the NW suburbs...

Summer Breakfast Casserole Growing up, I don’t have any recollection of my Mom making a breakfast casserole, so I am not sure where I got my love affair from.  This summer breakfast casserole is perfect for meal prep and a great way to use up farmers market zucchini. Ingredients for Summer Breakfast Casserole whipped cream cheese – for some reason whipped cream cheese is less...

Skinny Pizza Dough Blueberry Danish One of the things I love about skinny pizza dough is that it is so versatile.  These skinny pizza dough blueberry danishes are the perfect sweet treat for breakfast. In case you are new here, I do have two cookbooks!  The first one is Skinny Pizza Dough – a collection of recipes using the dough for all sorts of things,...

Lentil Smash Burger Tacos Have you ever watched an Instagram or YouTube video recipe and immediately want to make it?  That’s what happened when I saw these lentil smash burger tacos from Tapped In Wellness on IG. While you know I love my beef, these lentil smash burger tacos will be on heavy rotation this summer.  Quick, easy, and if you have a blackstone these...

Blender Tomato Soup Tomato soup is hands down my favorite soup.   My late husband however, couldn’t stand it.  It was probably because he told me he had a date that told him she was preparing him an Italian dinner. My husband walked into the kitchen, and was horrified when he saw her warm up a can of Campbell’s tomato soup and used that as the...

Spinach and Goat Cheese Quiche With Mother’s Day being yesterday, I had every intention of making this spinach and goat cheese quiche for my Mom to take home to enjoy for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Sadly, her refrigerator died. She did enjoy a slice while she was here and the first thing she said after she finished eating was “I want that recipe!”   Ingredients...

Buffalo Shrimp Buffalo Shrimp was my late husband’s favorite dish at Hooter’s.  Which was weird because he didn’t particularly like spicy food!  My version tastes just as delicious, but only 4 WW points per serving.  Winning! Ingredients Needed to Make Buffalo Shrimp frozen shrimp – unless you live in an area that you can get fresh shrimp, it’s always more economical to buy frozen shrimp...

Sourdough Cinnamon Rolls To say that I am in my sourdough era is an understatement.  Next up on my list of things to make were sourdough cinnamon rolls.  I’ve never had much luck in the past, but these turned out amazing! What sourdough starter do you use? The sourdough starter I use is from Clever Carrot.  You can find that here.  In all my recipes...