This Cobb Salad recipe was adapted from NY Times recipe at https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018890-cobb-salad. It uses turkey instead of chicken and takes advantage of pre-cooked ingredients to save time in the kitchen. It’s also been cut in half to feed 2 people instead of 4-6. Photo credit NY Times Recipes.
Category: Meal
Weeknight Chicken + Avocado Lettuce Wraps
Serves: 2-4 people
Hands-on time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
I grabbed this recipe out of one of those BH&G special issues that you find at the supermarket checkout stand. It’s pretty true to the original but we are using leftover chicken instead of making it from scratch. Since the chicken is a leftover from the fridge it helps to take it out and leave it on the counter for about an hour before serving so it isn’t so cold. Sometimes I’ll even zap it in the microwave for 30 seconds before putting it on the salad. Continue reading “Weeknight Chicken + Avocado Lettuce Wraps”
Steamed Cod with Potatoes and Green Beans
Serves: 2-4 people
Hands-on time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
The title says it like it is – this easy recipe steams cod, potatoes and green beans all in the same pan at once. Simple and delicious! I kind of threw this recipe together one night when I was in a hurry, and it came out so good I could hardly believe it took only 5 ingredients and a little over 20 minutes.
Ingredients
1 lb cod or other thick flaky white fish
2 large red-skin potatoes
8 oz fresh green beans
3/4 C chicken or vegetable broth
1 sm jar marinated artichoke hearts Continue reading “Steamed Cod with Potatoes and Green Beans”
How to Automate Breakfast and Lunch
Years ago I read Dr. Oz’s book “You: On a Diet.” It’s a great book, check it out on Amazon here. One of the things I remember from that book was to automate at least one meal per day. My husband has automated his breakfast by making oatmeal with almond butter and maple syrup. I generally have a bowl of cereal (Heritage Flakes are my favorite) with 30-calorie almond milk and a half a banana, followed by a hard boiled egg. By automating this one meal, we don’t even have to think about it. Continue reading “How to Automate Breakfast and Lunch”
Easy No-Cook Oatmeal
Serves: 1
Hands-on time: 5 minutes
Total time: 1 hour
Also called “muesli” in many parts of Europe, you don’t need to soak this no-cook oatmeal overnight. A good one-hour soak in the morning will do the trick. Make it while you’re waiting for your coffee and by the time you get out of the shower it’ll be ready to go. Continue reading “Easy No-Cook Oatmeal”
Moroccan Roasted Salmon and Cauliflower
Serves: 4 people
Hands-on time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
This roasted salmon recipe came from Cooking Light magazine. The basic recipe is intact but I modified a few things to make it healthier and fixed the time (as usual) to reflect actual prep work. (Read here about why cooking always take longer than the recipe says.) Continue reading “Moroccan Roasted Salmon and Cauliflower”