Colorful Mango Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps

Mango Chicken Salad Wraps

Mango photos, mango-cutting tutorials…maybe it’s time for a mango recipe!  And for those of us still on the edge of winter, this recipe will add color to dreary days. Want to see how to cut a mango?  Check out this post here. Colorful Mango Chicken Lettuce Wraps 5.0 from 3 reviews Print Recipe type: Entree [...]

Cauliflower – the latest casserole companion + a recipe

Serve!

  Many moons ago, when gluten and dairy were not an issue for me, I used to love making a chili cheddar pasta dish I’d found in Cooking Light.  It was awesome – filled with noodles, milk, butter, and cheese.  But, alas, no more. As I transitioned to a whole foods way of cooking, I [...]

Roasting red peppers for a creamy spice bazaar-inspired soup

Moroccan carrot and red pepper soup

Spicy, bright, and good enough to eat every day! At least, that’s according to my husband, who likes this soup so much he’s taken it to work with him each day this week. Carrots were on sale and the snow had finally hit the mountains after several sunny weeks – soup seemed appropriate.  But what [...]

Fancy some meatloaf?

Place baking sheet in oven and cook for about 50 minutes, or until bacon is crisp and inside temperature has reached 180 degrees F. (Note, if you use beef or pork, cook to safe internal temperature for those meats instead.)

As a kid, I hated meatloaf.  I think it was the ketchup.  I had a bad experience with it and avoided it well into my 20s.  Unfortunately, it meant I never developed a taste for dishes that included it. This week, I decided to test my taste buds and pulled out an old copy of [...]

Crock Pot Pork Carnitas with Cabbage Lime Garnish

Pork carnitas and lime

Cubes of pork shoulder marinated over-night in milk and quartered oranges. A 5-gallon pot with pounds of lard and the pork chunks heated to the brink of boiling, and stirred every so often by a 3-foot, home-made wooden paddle. Pork that is extremely tender, has a slight crisp to the outside, and can easily broken [...]