Zinger04 & I picked up this book at Winners for $5 not long before we broke up. I think we'd made one of the 250 recipes w/in a week of buying it & it's sat on bookshelves, or in boxes ever since. Yesterday though, Mom popped by & we found a yummy sounding KG appropriate bean salad that I think I'm going to try. What's especially awesome about it is that ( Read more... )

This tabbouleh recipe sounds interesting. It's just so rare that I buy watermelon, I'm not sure if I'll ever get around to making it...

watermelon tabbouleh

• 1¼ c water;
• coarse salt;
• ¾ c bulgur;
• 8oz peeled & coarsely chopped watermelon;
• ⅔ c coarsely chopped flat leaf parsley;
• 2 thinly cut scallions;
• 1 tbsp + 1tsp extra virgin olive oil;
• 2 tsp lemon ( Read more... )

I made this for KG this summer & it was quite well received. Because a couple of our campmates have food restrictions, I had to replace the orzo with something non-wheat based & I thought that quinoa would work well. It did ( Read more... )

Spice things up this spring with a creamy, Latin-flavoured egg salad. Serve inside a wheat tortilla, flatbread or pair with homemade pita chips.

avocado egg salad

• 4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped;
• 2 roma tomatoes, seeded & chopped;
• ¼ c shredded Monterey Jack cheese;
• ½ small onion, minced;
• 1 small ripe avocado;
• 2 tbsp reduced-fat mayonnaise;
• 1 tbsp skim ( Read more... )

Here's another couple of magazine clipped recipes...

avocado, peach & strawberry fruit salad

• 2 tbsp honey;
• zest & juice of 2 limes;
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh mint;
• 2 small peeled & cubed avocados;
• 1 sliced peach;
• 175g hulled & quartered strawberries.

Combine honey, lime zest & juice & mint in a bowl & mix well. Add avocado chunks. Mix well to make sure ( Read more... )