Chocolate Avocado Bread made with ripe avocados, egg whites, flour, chocolate chips and vanilla pudding is super moist and decadent. Try some for breakfast or an afternoon snack! Remember yesterday when I mentioned that I had a lot of avocado to use up? Well today I'm going to share with you what I created with the remainder of those avocados...Chocolate Avocado Bread. I have a go-to banana bread recipe that is so versatile, you can add the ingredients in just about any order and it ... Read More about Chocolate Avocado Bread
Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey Orzo Soup
This Turkey Orzo Soup is a perfect use for leftover Thanksgiving turkey. Try substituting Sunday's leftover roasted chicken too! I love that the cooler weather is approaching. It means more soup like this Turkey Orzo Soup. I will purposely buy a whole turkey or just the breast and roast it on a Sunday afternoon, knowing that I will almost always have leftovers. The recipe below calls for chicken or vegetable broth; however, I've also used homemade turkey stock made from boiling the ... Read More about Thanksgiving Leftover Turkey Orzo Soup
Buffalo Roasted Potato Wedges
Buffalo Roasted Potato Wedges made with russet potatoes and tossed with melted butter and hot sauce; then roasted until golden brown. Over the summer, one of my daughters friends contacted me for the Grilled Chicken Buffalo Pasta recipe I made a while back because she wanted to make it herself. Then it occurred to me that the easy combination could be used on a variety of things and these Buffalo Roasted Potato Wedges were born. We don't like food overly spicy, so I just added a ... Read More about Buffalo Roasted Potato Wedges
Blueberry, Pecan and Goat Cheese Quinoa Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Portobello mushrooms stuffed with blueberries, pecans, crumbled goat cheese and quinoa is a healthy weeknight meal idea that's loaded with flavor. I know. Blueberry, Pecan and Goat Cheese Quinoa Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms is a mouthful to say. But I had to find some way to describe all of the goodness stuffed in these mushroom caps. I'm usually so busy running around during the day I don't have much time to eat lunch. I'm a "grab and go" type of person. However, this also tends to get ... Read More about Blueberry, Pecan and Goat Cheese Quinoa Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms
Triple Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Triple Chocolate Zucchini Muffins made with cocoa powder, semi sweet and dark chocolate are so chocolatey. WARNING! The following recipe for Triple Chocolate Zucchini Muffins are not healthy in any way, shape or form, but they certainly taste darn good. Sometimes a girl just needs a chocolate fix. And being there are three of us under one roof, it's bound to happen from time to time. I don't usually keep sweets like cookies and candy in the house. So when the chocolate craving ... Read More about Triple Chocolate Zucchini Muffins
Portuguese Baked Beans
Portuguese Baked Beans made with Navy beans, Portuguese chourico, peppers, and garlic in a tomato-based sauce. For as long as I've been married, every family picnic with my in-laws has always included my mother in laws' Portuguese Baked Beans. Everyone loves them! I realized I had never made them myself so I finally got her recipe. I was excited to learn that she just doctored up canned beans to make this recipe. At first, I thought about doing the same thing, but then when I looked at ... Read More about Portuguese Baked Beans