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Let's be honest. There is too much unhealthy food that is brought to barbecues and get togethers. I'm not saying this to insult anybody or to put down your Grandma or Aunt Sally's famous recipes. I'm guilty as charged myself. I will admit I've made plenty of unhealthy dishes and have bought the already made side salads in a tub, but I think everybody wo
Sorry about the delay on this post. We usually make corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's Day, but this year we decided to switch it up. The first time we had this dish was at a fabulous Irish restaurant in Las Vegas when we were there for our honeymoon. Bangers and mash is not only an Irish dish, but it's a British dish as well. It's simple and has great flavor.Altered recipe from A
I heard about this recipe from a friend of mine. She's made this multiple times. So I decided to try it myself.Is it healthy? Yeh....no not really, but sometimes a person needs to splurge a bit. They sure were yummy though. They also don't look very pretty because they REALLY puffed up when I baked them. I think I put too much batter in the layers. I really don't see that as much of an issue thoug
So I don't watch Rachel Ray very often, but I happened to catch this recipe on one of her past shows and thought I'd try it. It wasn't bad. I even ate it cold like a salad. It was refreshing and it had pretty good flavor. It's not something that I'm going to crave by any means, but I'd eat it again.?Recipe from Food Network Rachel RayIngredients1 1/2 cups long grain white rice (I used lo
Whose mom didn't make tuna noodle for supper when you were a kid. Well this isn't your mother's tuna noodle casserole that's for sure. Ryan and I like to try recipes that put a healthier twist on old time favorite comfort foods. This was okay, but I think we could do better. I did like the fact that it wasn't caked with creamed soup, but there was just something about it that needed a bit mor
There's not a whole lot to say about this one. This was an easy weeknight meal to make. In a way it could have used a little more "oomph" when it comes to spice. It was a nice, light dinner though, and we're big fans of the fresh herbs and veggies.From: simplyrecipes.comIngredientsOlive oil 1 cup chopped yellow onion, including some chopped greens from scallions or green onions1 bel
I have one word for you....simple. That's what I think of when I think of this recipe. Some of Ryan's coworkers wanted cookies again. I didn't have time to do anything extravagant that night so I whipped these up so nobody would be disappointed. They had the taste and response that chocolate chip cookies would have except they were more the consistency of a chocolate chip bar. They devoured them s
A while back a friend of mine was talking about how she got a pizza burger at a local restaurant. It was a blast from the past hearing her describe it. I haven't had one of those cheese filled patties in forever! So I decided to make pizza burgers a few nights later. These were a bit different though. Talk about a MONSTER burger!!! This was definitely a meal and a half. My brother in law came over
I thought these would be the perfect thing to post for Valentines Day!!!!! They are definitely a hit. We made these during Christmas and got a lot of compliments on them. Ryan even took them in for a cookie exchange at his work.Keep in mind neither of us are Italian, but cookies are cookies. What I think make these cookies so yummy is the refreshing taste of lemon. Be sure to immediately put the s
This our Harbowl (Super Bowl) snack. It's perfect for enjoying game day. It took about a half hour to make and it's definitely enough to please a crowd! Recipe from TasteofHome.comIngredients1 can (16 ounces) refried beans1 can (4 ounces) chopped green chilies, drained1-1/2 teaspoons chili powder, divided2 teaspoons ground cumin, divided2 ripe avocados, peeled and pitted1/2 cup finely c
We were going to run errands, but of course before we even stepped foot into the grocery store we had to eat something or we would buy the whole store. This recipe was good, but it didn't have as much flavor as I had hoped. It was very easy to make. It was also very crumbly so not all the pizza bites stayed together in a little ball. The marinara dipping sauce helped with the flavor.I like t
Yum! Dinner in a matter of minutes. It even had great flavor. It wasn't a boring tuna fish sandwich at all. I liked the fact that with it being open faced that it saved a bit on the calories with only one piece of bread. Tuna is also good for you. It's high in protein, and vitamin B. It's a great source of iron and potassium as well. So that makes this recipe a winner!!Recipe from Eating WellIngre
This recipe was so awesome and easy! It's a great meatless weeknight meal when you don't have a lot of time. It also doesn't hurt that it has healthy ingredients in it like whole-wheat tortillas, avocado, and black beans. I came home one night from the gym and this was the meal I sat down to. Perfect post workout eats. We've had it multiple times since then and it's yummy every time!If y
For those of you that frequent this site you know my battle with making soup. Not just soup, but really good soup. I try and make it healthy and it ends up not turning out right. This one is different. It was so yummy I can't even tell you. I would definitely make this again, and if I had to take a dish to pass I would take a big batch of this instead of something like chili. You would think that
This was really good. I didn't even use fresh spinach. I used frozen and thawed it out in the microwave, then squeezed it in the strainer to get all the water out. We just wanted to have a light lunch so we had this to snack on a Saturday afternoon.Also good for an appetizer if you're having a few friends over.Recipe from The Garden GrazerIngredientsSpinach, a couple large handfuls of fresh(I thaw
Some of the funnest things in life are the simplest. This recipe would be in that category. It's something that's really easy and perfect for a weeknight. Its also fun for kids and easily amused adults like myself because you get to make your own pizza and pick your own toppings. I also made this once with cooked crumbled up Italian sausage. It turned out delicious.I never would've thought about m
Some of Ryan's coworkers have a sweet tooth so I decided to whip up some cookies for them as a treat. Well let me rephrase that...I threw all the ingredients in my kitchen aid mixer and flipped the switch so the mixer would whip them up for me. I definitely had satisfied customers because he returned with an empty Tupperware container and a request for more cookies. Delicious!!!Recipe from The Red
Perfect timing. I used this recipe when I was busy making homemade waffles at the same time. No worries about burning eggs or waffles so it was a big help to make the eggs the easy way. This would also be good to make while you're getting ready for school or work in the morning. Sometimes it's difficult to get breakfast in so this would make it much easier. Just pop them in the microwave. Easy!!!I
Winner winner chicken dinner!! Hmm...or tea...whatever.We have a winner of the Tazo Tea gift set!!! Congratulations Susan Christy from Kansas!!!! We would like to thank all of you for following us and letting us share our kitchen creations with you. May you all have a healthy, happy, and hearty new year. Stay tuned for more fun recipes and stories from our home to yours.
I hope everybody is having a great holiday season!!!! It seems like a whirlwind from Thanksgiving to New Years. In honor of the spirit of the season we've decided to do our first giveaway!!!!We just wanted to do something fun to thank you all for following us these past few years. We have a lot of fun with our site, and we absolutely love the emails and contact we've had with our readers.Anybody t
I'm really not impressed with this crockpot meal. It was dry, and the flavor wasn't great. It wasn't completely terrible, because I really love olives and sun dried tomatoes. It was extremely salty tasting and it just seemed to need something else. Recipe from About.comIngredients3oz package of sun-dried tomatoes (not oil packed)4 boneless chicken breast
This is one of the many freezer meals that I'm trying. As you can see by the two fishes, it didn't turn out as well as we'd hoped. It just wasn't a good flavor that we enjoyed. It was however easy to prepare after a busy work day if that's what you're looking for.If you do make this recipe be sure to slice the steaks down the middle to make sure they're cooked. When we sliced them open one was ver
When I think of comfort food scalloped potatoes come to mind. I think everybody has a place in their stomach for this dish. :-)I don't like using canned soup, but I will make an exception at times. I try and find the soup with the least amount of sodium. About 300mg or less. Sometimes that's difficult to find, but I use that number as a guideline which is better than what some have
I don't know if you're aware of this, but a lot of canned pumpkin that you buy in the store is actually made of squash and not pumpkin. I hope you're not extremely disappointed, because I was kind of pumped about it. It makes my butternut squash even more versatile than I thought. I like to have butternut squash in my freezer. So I freeze the puree in 2 and 3 cup containers. It was perfect for thi
This is a pretty standard recipe that most people are familiar with. It's simple and it's an excellent comfort food. I had made an apple juice ham earlier in the week, and I wanted to make different dishes with the leftovers. I didn't soak the beans overnight or anything because then you can't cook it as long if you do. I needed the soup to cook all day while I was at work without the wo
I knew we were going to be working on a canning recipe and our wine one Sunday day and I decided that it would be a good idea to throw something easy in the crock pot that morning. I did just that, and in between our batches of pulling jars of salsa out of the hot water bath we ate these delectable drummies. They were falling off the bone, and the perfect lunch.Recipe from the Crockin GirlsIn
This recipe was fabulous. I would definitely make this again. Not only did it have really good flavor, but I also liked the fact that we were getting in more than our daily servings of vegetables. This was the perfect recipe for a chilly weeknight. I just threw everything in the crockpot and voila, dinner was served when we got home from work. It was excellent warmed up for lunches the next d
I know what you're thinking....and I'm not promoting the Cabbage Soup Diet. I was with one of my friends who eats tons of this soup this time of the year. I was talking to her on the phone while I was grocery shopping one day and I knew I had a cabbage to use at home already. So it only seemed right to make this since it's so easy and good for you.When Ryan walked in he asked,"What's in the pot?".
Soooo easy, and it really keeps the ham moist and sweet. I made this on a Monday so that I could incorporate ham into some soups and casseroles throughout the rest of week. It was actually pretty economical, and yummy.Ingredients1 64 ounce bottle of apple juice1 - 5 or 6 lb ham (or whatever size you can fit in your crockpot)DirectionsPut ham in crockpot. You may have to try and cut it in
This is a great muffin recipe. I've been wanting to make muffins or something similar for breakfast for quite some time and just never did it. I especially love that these muffins are moist and jam packed full of blueberries. Not much more to say, except that these went quick. So ENJOY...if you can get one before everybody else does!!!Recipe from All RecipesIngredients1/2 cup white sugar
We were having a spontaneous food day at work. So with it being on such short notice I thought...okay...do I want to be a part of the chip and salsa group? Yeh...no. Ryan suggested an apple braid recipe that he saw on Pinterest. I checked it out and thought it was a fabulous idea. It was actually SUPER easy to make. It was also a HUGE hit with my co-workers. This is one of those recipes that looks
With the weather getting colder I've been doing lots of baking recently. Well..not that much, but lots for me I guess you could say.Anyhow, I've been seeing a lot of easy baking recipes that require a box of yellow cake mix. I know it sounds stupid, but I can't bring myself to by a box of cake mix. So, I looked up how to make the mix myself. It's not very difficult. It also makes me feel
Have you ever went to a restaurant, tried something new and thought "I should make that!"? That happened to Ryan this week. He went to the deli near his work that he can ride his bike to for lunch, with every intention of getting his faves (Sicilian Sub and Greek pasta salad.) When he got there, the guy ahead of him ordered the Antipasto salad, and he thought "what the hell, try
OMG!!! This was amazing!!! You'll never want to cook a roast the same way again. It's got wonderful flavor. We even had some visitors stop by and they were picking the meat out of the crockpot to try it. I took the fact that they grabbed a bowl to take an even bigger "sample" as a compliment. :-)I can't take all the credit though. My crockpot really did the hard part. Another weeknight meal that w
So my Mom had given us some apples that she bought from one of her local orchards. I immediately went to work. I've got bags of peeled and sliced apples in my freezer right now, but I thought it was a shame to not make something yummy with some of them right away. It smelled as good as it tasted. Against our better judgement Ryan and I ate the whole 8x8 pan while watching football that
This had all of our favorite things in it, and it was easy to make. Some recipes aren't all that great and have very little flavor when there aren't a lot of ingredients....this isn't one of them. It was awesome and flavorful!!! We made it with a side of roasted broccoli. Recipe altered from Skinny TasteIngredients2 boneless skinless chicken breastsSalt and pepper to tasteBasil Pesto (can be
Easy and delicious is what I have to say about this recipe. It was a great weeknight meal to make for watching Monday night football. Plus, it didn't take long to prepare so that's always helpful if you're a busy bee. We took the leftovers to work for lunch the next day and it was good warmed up too!!!Recipe altered from Healthy DeliciousIngredients30 Tortilla chips1 Tbsp chili oil or olive oil an
I'm always looking for good smoothie recipes that don't ask for sugar to be added other then the natural sugar from the fruit. I found another one with great flavor. This one is also really good if you don't care for yogurt and still want a smoothie.Not only is it worthy of five fishes, but its five year old approved too. My niece gave it two thumbs up!!!! It doesn't get any easier than this.Recip
I was in the mood for something refreshing for breakfast so I decided to make my own smoothie. I tried searching for a healthy smoothie recipe, but that was a bust. Most of the recipes have "add sugar" in the ingredients and I didn't want that. What's the point of adding sugar to ruin it, fruit already has enough sugar. If you want a smoothie with sugar you can get a nasty one full of sugar from a
We were looking for a side salad that we could make ahead of time to take camping that would go well with turkey dogs, burgers or whatever we decided to make. We also needed a salad that would travel well and last the entire weekend in a cooler. This salad was packed with healthy ingredients and didn't turn to mush in the old igloo cooler (like a lettuce or pasta salad may.)
?I like having quick dinners to make when we're feeling a bit lazy or if we're running late. This was perfect!!! We got home and Ryan grilled some chicken breasts while I prepared the other ingredients. Obviously you can see that it's super easy to assemble. It might even be fun for kiddos so they can take part in making supper. The ingredients are pretty basic, and it's the same so
For those of you who aren't familiar with Rocco DiSpirito, check him out. I'm really enjoying his cookbook "Now Eat This". This recipe was quick, easy, and delicious!!!! This was the perfect game day meal. We were surprised at how much flavor these simple quesadillas had. They were awesome. We would totally make them again.One tip though....definitely use the plate idea to flip them. I actually ha
We are so excited here at Fisch Foods!!!! Grocery shopping and making meal plans just got easier for our readers. Now, you can create your own grocery list using our recipes and the "Feastie" gadget on our website. To get started click the "recipes" button that looks like a pear on the Fisch Foods homepage. Then sign up for a free Feastie account. You can search through hundred
Let me start off by saying that I really had high hopes for this recipe. I got it in an email the other morning and said, "Self, we have all of these ingredients right now. What the heck." So I threw (really more like gently placed) it in the oven, and continued on with my housework.I even used dried out French Baguette bread with the hope that it wouldn't get mushy, but it didn't work. This
So..I continuously keep buying avocados to make guacamole and I never end up making it. It's almost a sickness when I go to the store, because I have the best of intentions...I swear. Plus, I don't know what the issue was. It's not a difficult thing to make, and avocados are so good for you. They're a "super food" for cryin' outside!!! Maybe I've got a "guacphobia" I don't know.Well...one nig
This was an odd one.....Ry made this recipe one afternoon and then as he set my plate down said,"Here, we've got to get rid of some of this zucchini." I immediately said,"NO!!! More zucchini?"I was surprised.....this was REALLY good. With the sauce and spices it really made it seem as though we were eating a meatball sub or something instead of a veggie version. It w
This recipe was so good. We used our mini loaf pans to make this. It made it easy to give a cute little sample to friends. The best part about it is that we have a freezer full of shredded zucchini that we froze in 2 cup portions. It make it easy to thaw it out and drop it right in to our Kitchenaid mixer with the other ingredients whenever we want to make it.Recipe from allrecipes.
We like asparagus a lot. In fact, we're thinking about expanding our little asparagus garden next year just to make sure we have enough of a crop so that we can freeze it and make it last through the winter.? This was just another way to enjoy this wonderful vegetable.Recipe from Food NetworkIngredients1 pound asparagus3 tablespoons olive oil2 cloves garlic, finely minced1 teaspoon grated lem
I wish I could brag about this one, but I just can't. I was hoping that this would be a hit and we could have this be a staple in our lunches. I thought I'd be clever and make this salad to knock Ryan's socks off. Unfortunately it barely even untied his shoes (bad joke..it's all I could come up with).Back to the drawing board. This isn't awful, but we won't be making it again without altering the
?On our way home from work one day Ryan mentioned that his sweet tooth was flaring up. So I decided to give this recipe a whirl. I gave it 4 fishes. Not only was it was yummy but he had two servings. We ate this warm just like this, but I'm sure it would be awesome on ice cream. ?Recipe from Cooking LightIngredients2 cups dried cranberries (I only had 1 cup of dried cranberries left so I
