Edmame Craisin Salad

 

You can find this basic recipe idea easily on the web, but just in case you haven't come across it before, it is yummy enough to repost here.

Chocolate Spinach Shake

We have enjoyed spinach shakes with fruit for a few years now but recently I felt the need to shake things up a little bit (haha).  My kids were wanting an ice cream shake and, as always, I was wanting to make it a little more healthful.  This is what we came up with.  They vary some depending on what we have in the fridge but we have been enjoying them for months.

perfect "french toast saturday" bread

Saturday mornings = french toast mornings in our house.  Most of the time we just use regular store-bought bread but if b.r.g.d. is lucky then I will pull a loaf of this perfectly rich whole wheat bread out of my busy Friday afternoon. 

fresh salsa

This is a wonderful quick fresh salsa recipe. The ingredients are simple enough to grow in your own garden. You can vary all of these ingredients to your own taste. Enjoy it on a home made burrito or with a bowl of corn chips. It is awesome.

strawberry caprese! (and a word... or two... on balsamic)

We have all had traditional caprese insalata (and if you haven't you should) - tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, fresh basil, olive oil and balsamic - it's awesome!  We love it!  But we saw strawberry caprese under the salad options on the menu at a nice restaurant recently and we were intrigued.  Unfortunately, we were there during one of the biggest snowstorms of the winter so they didn't have any strawberries on hand.  So, I subsequently did a little searching on the internet and got a few ideas and yeah.... oh yeah...

roasted red peppers - easy!

I wish I could claim this idea. It is brilliant. I don't know how many different instructions I have followed to make roasted red peppers and all of them were a little tricky and none of them worked all that great.