Pretty Healthy Sweet Potato Casserole
I love sweet potatoes, but I DON’T love super sweet, sweet potatoes. I’m not into marshmallow topping, and not a huge fan of a ton of corn syrup. In general, I try the best I can to reduce sugar in my diet (although you may doubt this by the number of dessert recipes on this [...]
Glazed Nuts (Caution: Very Addictive)
For several years I’d dabbled with various glazed nut recipes. My biggest issue was ensuring the butter/sugar/water mixture had reduced enough to ensure the nuts were not sticky and gooey. Once I discovered that I could substitute natural maple syrup for that mixture, and that reducing it was way simpler, I was sold. I’ve included [...]
Super Food Soup (with Chicken)
Those of you who know me personally, know why I haven’t been blogging in a while. This is one of the first recipes I made since our world went a little haywire. Now that I’m pretty confident in my vegetable soup-making, my target here was to make just about the healthiest soup I could conjure [...]
Full-Fat Gluttonous Gumbo (with Chicken and Andouille)
About a month ago I attempted my first gumbo. I won’t direct you to that recipe because I’m sure the owner of it truly enjoys it. Obviously I didn’t (which is why it never made it into my blog), so this time I went big! No slimming substitutions. This was a rich and authentic recipe [...]
Turkey Sloppy Joes
Football season is upon us, so I wanted to whip up something comforting, yet quick and healthy. I liked the use of all the veggies in here, and how lean it was in general. It had just the right amount of tang and a little crunch from the celery. I served it on Martin’s Potato [...]