Lemon Oregano Chicken

What a great easy weeknight meal that is also pretty healthy. Found on Proceed with Caution, found thru Cooking Light, I was able to quickly throw this meal together among our million errands tonight. I liked the lighter flavors and put atop rice or pasta this is a complete meal.
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
4 (6-ounce) skinless, boneless chicken breast [...]

Fish tacos with avocado cream

Just like Proceed with caution, I am always on the hunt for great tasting fish tacos. The recipes I have posted have been good, ones we have made again, but nothing wows me like the ones we had in Hawaii. Then I found this recipe. I originally tried it because I had an avocado to [...]

Herbed Pork Chops

I was dying to use my new Calphalon Grill pan I had recently bought at my heaven….Williams-Sonoma. So I grabbed out some pork chops and was hoping the grill pan would live up to its raves…well IT DID. The chops grilled up great and they grilled up quick. Not greasy, not rubbery, just like being [...]

Salmon with orange glaze

Another hit from Cooking Light. I was able to use my new grill pan and this came together nicely and very quickly. It was healthy, easy, and delicious!
ENJOY!

Ingredients:
1/4  cup  orange marmalade
2  tablespoons  low-sodium soy sauce
2  garlic cloves, minced
1  (1 1/2-pound) salmon fillet
1/4  teaspoon  salt
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400°. (I used my grill pan and heated it [...]

Lime soaked cumin-crusted skirt steak

My best friend was here to visit us and I wanted to make a great dinner for her. Recently, Joelen of Joelen’s Culinary Adventures had a Chilean Dinner party and all the recipes sounded delicious. I decided to make the skirt steak with the Chilean rice. OH MY GOODNESS the steak was FANTASTIC. I was [...]

LA Burgers

Another burger hit to kick off our weekend! These burgers were full of all kinds of healthy ingredients and were super flavorful! I found this recipe on Food Network site from Bobby Flay. I am also submitting this to Joelen’s Burger Bunday weekly burger round-up!! Burgers dont have to be boring..Have fun dressing them up!

ENJOY!

Ingredients: [...]

Classic American Cheeseburger

Ahhh our love of burgers continues. For the 4th we grilled up great black Angus burgers! What is great about a classic burger is everyone can top theirs and make it to their liking which is exactly what we did. I offered our guest several different topping choices and we all enjoyed our amazing burgers!
I [...]

Italian Grilled Burgers

I love grilling, especially delicious burgers. Nothing is better than a grilled burger and a cold beer on a hot summer day. Well today I had some extra lean ground turkey breast on hand and wanted to jazz it up a bit. So I came up with the Italian Grilled Burger…can be used with gr. [...]

Tequila Lime Grilled Chicken

A perfect summer meal. We were having friends from MI over to visit and have dinner and I thought this would be the perfect dish to serve. I served it with cabbage and herb orange slaw, iced cold watermelon and Spanish rice. I found this recipe on Annie’s Eats a recipe from Ina Garten. Check [...]

Spicy scallion and brie burgers

I love the magazine Food and Wine. They have such great tips, advice, recipes and menus. This months edition is better than the past few months have been. I loved ALMOST EVERY SINGLE RECIPE IN IT!! It is filled with great menus and recipes for summer time foods with great recipes from up [...]