Category Archives: Pasta
Creamy Pumpkin Lasagna – Healthified!
Pumpkin recipes…’tis the season! I have a delicious recipe for Creamy Pumpkin Lasagna…healthified of course! Easy and quick, lots of vegetables (besides the pumpkin) to bump up the nutrition, gluten free brown rice noodles (you can use whole wheat noodles if you wish), there is even kale in here…great place to sneak it in! The [...]
Feeding A Crowd? Make My Braised Italian Beef & Pasta!
I made this on Saturday for a gathering of friends and family to celebrate my boyfriend’s birthday. This is one of my go-to meals when I want to serve a lot of people really well, but not slave in the kitchen all day. The beef gets so tender, the flavors are complex and amazing, but [...]
Chantrelle Mushrooms & Pasta In Chardonnay Cream Sauce with Frizzled Sage – Yes, this is easy.
So easy in fact, and so good, you may want to make this every single day. I am going to have to not keep these ingredients in my kitchen often because I’m having a hard time resisting eating the other 2/3 of the recipe I just cooked. I was out shopping today after being [...]
Chicken And Mushroom Piccata Saute – Healthified And Easy! With Gluten Free And Vegan Options
Want to impress someone? Make this. New to cooking and want an easy recipe to look like a kitchen rock star? Make this. Want to make a healthy dish to convert the health-food-apprehensive person….and say “I TOLD YOU SO!” after they gobble it up? Yes, make this. Need a go-to chicken dish for your weekly [...]
Unprocessed Mexican Inspired Spice Blend – Alternative To The Mexican Foil Packet Spices
Many of us may have these in our cupboards. Look at the ingredient list. Now throw them away. Instead, keep these ingredients on hand to add even more delicious flavor to all of your favorite Mexican dishes! For every packet use this instead: 2 tsp chili powder (whole ground chili powder, look at the ingredients. [...]
Slow Cooked Beef Provencal…Turns Into French Country Beef and Lentil Soup!
I want to show you a little bit about how Menus by Mesa de Vida works. NOT just recipes with a grocery list! Every week you get a delicious slow cooker meal that is planned for another healthy, quick prep meal later in the week! This is the plan for all of the meals. I [...]
Gluten Free Manicotti – Cooking With Fresh, Local Ingredients
Amazing. Delicious. Easy. Delicious. Fantastic. This is just delicious. I have no more words for this. This is a compilation of a few recipes I just posted. I have a game plan for you for easy meals for the next couple of days. Day 1: Make a double batch of the gluten free crepes the [...]
Rich and “Meaty” Mushroom Marinara…A Two-For-One Recipe
I try to make dishes with mushrooms often, they are so healthy. (Which ones? Read here for an answer from Dr. Weil, who I trust greatly.) My daughter – not a fan of mushrooms, well, at least not if she sees them. She loved this recipe though! I chop them up really fine so the [...]
Date Night Dilemma – How To Make A Date Night Dinner At Home Special AND Healthy!
Whether you’ve been with your love for years or just starting to get to know someone better, preparing a meal at home for someone special is a wonderful gesture. Having a meal at home allows you to have, and give, full attention to that special person as well as allowing yourselves to get a bit [...]
Healthified Baked Ziti – Gluten Free, Lower Calorie, More Vitamins And Nutrients! Easy Also!
Baked ziti is one of my families favorite dishes. The flavor of lasagna but easier! I used to make “Meaty Baked Ziti” often when I was catering large parties – it was always a hit. BUT it was full of unhealthy high fat pork sausage, white pasta and TONS of cheese. I make it lighter [...]
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