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Chicken Pesto Lasagna with Summer Veggies

Stef — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:41:57 +0000

Seemingly Odd Flavors Meld Well for this Summer Lasagna…

For some time now, I’ve been batch cooking every Sunday that I can so I can have lots of variety in my leftovers for lunch each week at work. I’ve finally decided that I’m going to do a [...]

Ricotta Gnocci – DC Challenge #1

Stef — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:00:51 +0000

Daring Cooks Inaugural Challenge…Ricotta Gnocci!

Our Adaptation: Goat Cheese Ricotta with Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

This month marked the first Daring Cook’s Challenge at the The Daring Kitchen! Yay! It was a long time waiting, but hopefully this month’s challenge [...]

Vegetarian Baked Penne

Stef — Sun, 10 May 2009 16:29:55 +0000

A Perfectly Light Summer Meal…(and Happy Mother’s Day…Lots of Love to my Momma!)

Finally…getting to post this wonderful recipe I developed before experiencing our nightmare of the past few weeks…

A few weeks ago, I was thinking that I really wanted baked ziti or [...]

Pizza Night!

Stef — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:38:27 +0000

Pizza Night Without the Guilt of Pizza Night!

Doesn’t that look great! I bet you don’t think it’s the least bit healthy, right?

Well, I’ll let you in on an little secret…it’s pretty darn healthy! I’m going to let you in on our little secret [...]

Spaghetti with Spinach and Homemade Marinara

Stef — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:40:16 +0000

Carbo-loading for a big run? This meal will do the trick!

On Friday, I was readying to run the Bayou City Classic 10k (which I unfortunately missed) and was looking for a good, healthy way to carb load without going out to our favorite Italian restaurant, George’s [...]

Veggie Chicken Sausage Lasagna

Stef — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:23:00 +0000

A New Twist to a Classic! Let’s face it…lasagna is a pain in the butt to make! This was my first time trying it, but I’ll definitely do it again with how yummy, fresh, and light it tastes compared to the ones in Italian restaurants and *gasp* frozen ones. This is another great recipe [...]

Mushroom and Green Pepper Marinara

Stef — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:23:00 +0000

Batch Cooking Sunday! Sunday’s are a great day to batch cook. Get your nice long run in, eat, and cook!

Today I’m batch cooking two recipes that are related…a homemade marinara sauce and a Veggie and Chicken Sausage Lasagna (in a forthcoming post).

I adapted a recipe from For the love of cooking, [...]