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Individual Breakfast Casseroles

ChefJenn — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 21:09:37 +0000

You may be familiar with the name “Toad in a Hole.” This quintessential English breakfast dish is basically a hunk of sausage buried in a rich egg custard and then baked. Did I mention the use of lots of butter or oil? Well, this healthified version uses crumbled turkey sausage instead of pork, light cheese [...]

Gnocchi with Grilled Shrimp with Fresh Tomato Sauce

ChefJenn — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:53:11 +0000

So it was a lazy Sunday afternoon when I realized that the leftover turkey I had planned for dinner had been nibbled at (substantially) and I was without a plan for dinner. Then the dreaded question struck: what’s for dinner? A moment of panic ensued and then I calmed and rationally debated with myself on [...]

Sweet & Spicy Chicken

ChefJenn — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:15:50 +0000

This is a recipe that my family has been making for years. It is a ridiculously tasty dish that also happens to be insanely nutritious and low in fat. Ok, so what’s the downside to all that? Well, it is a bit labor intensive. Like many great Asian-American meals, there is a fair bit of [...]

More Soup Heaven – Corn Chowder

ChefJenn — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:18:46 +0000

I credit my Mother-in-Law, Kay, for giving me my first taste of corn chowder about a million years ago. We were visiting in the heart of winter (long before we moved to Texas) and she served up a heaping bowl of corn chowder yumminess and I fell in love. Of course I’ve made it three [...]

Pasta with Grilled Zucchini & Chicken

ChefJenn — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:38:42 +0000

Readers of this blog will know that this household is on a quest for low fat but highly flavorful dishes that don’t require the stocking of tofu or birdseed in our pantry. I don’t want to change the kinds of foods we eat (ok, minus the cream and butter) but I do want to change [...]

Low Fat, High Flavor (Chicken Souvlaki)

ChefJenn — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:49:26 +0000

So the quest for high flavor, low fat foods is ongoing in this household. Enter an old favorite of mine: Souvlaki with Tzatziki. I first fell in love with this Greek dish when I lived in Montreal, of all places. There was this tiny skiing village north of where I lived (I actually lived about [...]

Beef & Vegetable Soup – the Healthy Way

ChefJenn — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:52:11 +0000

You know, I never fail to be stunned when I look at the nutritional labels on the back of a can of soup. I love soup and the myriad varieties, but man-o-man do I not love the sodium in them. Or the junk. I guess the quest for maximizing the mighty dollar has led food [...]

Fish…YUM!

ChefJenn — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 21:50:09 +0000

Well, I learned a long time ago not to make resolutions. I only set myself up for failure and then I make everybody around me miserable until I work through it. So, no resolutions for me.

However, if I were to make a resolution it might include trying to incorporate more healthy dishes into our family [...]

Pork, Cashew & Green Bean Stir-Fry

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:11:29 +0000

A tasty, low fat alternative to the boring stir-fry.

Cod Provencal – Low Fat, High Flavor

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 21:49:18 +0000

Doctors and nutritionists are always encouraging people to eat more heart-healthy fish, yet for many people preparing a fish recipe is daunting. Easy to overcook, fish can become dry and tasteless very quickly and the stand-by classics of pan frying or deep fat frying belie the benefits of consuming fish in the first place.

This recipe [...]