Dinner

This easy shrimp fried rice is a great way to sneak in some veggies! My late husband made THE BEST fried rice.  You can check out this video of how he makes it here.  I watched this a couple times today – it made me smile.  Sadly, my fried rice is nowhere near as good as he made it, but this is still really good. ...

This cajun shrimp and grits recipe needs to go to the top of the pile of recipes to make.  So delicious! Two of my Instagram friends, Carla and Shawna put together a mini cooking club.  They picked out this Weight Watcher recipe to be the recipe that everyone makes.  It is so amazing to me how everyone has the same ingredients and instructions and each...

The secret to my vegan tomato soup recipe?  Silken Tofu! A couple weeks ago I bought silken tofu for a pancake recipe, and I never ended up making it.  My lunch out yesterday was 24 points, and I thought for sure I’d be over my healthy range for the day on WW.  Nope!  This vegan tomato soup was made mostly in my blender, and other...

These Italian Turkey Meatballs are perfect for meal prep for the week! Truth be told I used to give ground turkey the stink eye.  We never ate ground turkey growing up so it was out of my wheelhouse and one of those foods I just told myself I didn’t like.  But I love these turkey meatballs!  Side note – one of my favorite pots is...

This healthy KFC bowl recipe will soon be a family favorite! My original recipe used natural heaven mashed hearts of palm with canned mashed potatoes to make the mash for this dish.  To make this dish even easier, I simply use prepared mashed potatoes that you find in the refrigerator section of your grocery store. What are the ingredients in a KFC bowl? Mashed potatoes...

Spicy Beef Chili No one will know that there is ground turkey or tons of veggies in this spicy beef chili and only two Weight Watchers points! When I was in Atlanta at my friend Carla’s Weight Watchers meeting, a woman weighing in after her first week said “I am so sick of chicken and turkey!”  So I asked her “they why not eat some...

After a few days traveling I contemplated hitting up Burger King on my way home.  Then I remembered I had frozen cherry tomatoes and this tomato soup was ready in 30 minutes. Seriously, I don’t know why my brain goes to junk food when I don’t have a plan or travel.  I have to remember it’s not my birthday every day – ha! Can you...

This beef stew has so many vegetables in it, but since that mixture is pureed, no one will know! My Mom made the best beef stew growing up, but I remember her putting onions in the beef gravy.  You know I’ve always given onions the stink eye.  Of course I would complain about the onions and my Mom would say “you can’t even taste them!”...

This grilled standing rib roast will be the star of your next BBQ! How do you grill a standing rib roast? We fortunately had very mild weather this Christmas so I decided to grill our standing rib roast.  The roast is still on sale at Mariano’s until December 28 – only $6.77 a pound! The secret to cooking any cut of beef is to know...

Oven roasted standing rib roast is a cut of beef that is usually served on special occasions.  It’s expensive! I used to steer away from more expensive cuts of beef for the fear of screwing them up. My recipe is fool proof and will give you amazing results every time. How to Make a Standing Rib Roast in the Oven There are several methods, but...