Living green and eating well on a budget
Roast one medium sweet potato in the oven for 30 minutes or in the microwave for 8 minutes. Look at that beautiful orange flesh! In a large bowl, combine turkey, panko bread crumbs, flesh from the sweet potato, and an egg. Mix together until well combined, but don’t over mix. Add ground sage and stir [Read On]
Our family grills at least once a week 52 weeks a year. I have been trying to make healthier choiceswhen it comes to grilling, but I don’t want to sacrifice flavor. Turkey burgers are a great leanoption, but you have to have the right combination of flavors and you have togrill them right in order [Read On]
Nothing goes together better than football and chili! But, life can get boring if you make the same old chili, and your diet can be blown if you eat the wrong chili. I came up with this “healthy” recipe so that I could eat as much as I wanted. This recipe turned out great and [Read On]
Have a lot of squash in the garden this summer and don’t know what to do with it? Try this great new recipe!! This recipe serves 4. I only made two (one for dinner and one for lunch the next day and froze the additional filling to use in the future). It is made healthier [Read On]
I wanted to make a big pot of chili to eat while watching the Pro Bowl this past weekend. Nothing goes together better than football and chili, and it has been COLD here! I wanted to make sure to make it *healthy* so that I could eat as much as I wanted. This recipe turned [Read On]
I saw this recipe on Rachael Ray years ago. We have been making it ever since!! Hubs calls it homemade Hamburger Helper (I don’t think he knows it is turkey-evil laugh!). I have reduced the fat some and added a little heat. This is a winter favorite in our house!! 1/2 pound elbow macaroni 1/2 T [Read On]
I love lasagna, but I hate ricotta cheese (not sure why, just do). Believe it or not, we still have a bunch of zucchini and eggplant coming out of the garden, so I created this recipe to use some of them. I like veggie lasagna, but I like meat lasagna too. I decided, why not [Read On]
I have lots of great vegetables in my garden and am trying to find new ways to use them. When hubs said he wanted spaghetti for dinner last night I knew that I could use up some of my garden veggies! If you are trying to hide veggies from children or a husband who doesn’t like to [Read On]
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had a great day with wonderful food. Below are the recipes for the dishes served this year at the Larson house! *We also had mashed potatoes, gravy, and green beans but I don’t think they really have a “recipe” Balsamic Glazed Brussel Sprouts 2 slices bacon cut [Read On]
I finally made time today to harvest and use some of the tomatoes from my garden. There are still a ton of tomatoes left to harvest, but at least a made a dent (as small as it might be). I canned salsa a few weeks ago, but was unimpressed with the recipe. I used one [Read On]
