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Summer Salad with Strawberries and Feta
By Gerry
You can either combine the ingredients in a plastic storage container and gently shake the container to combine and...
- Salad Greens
- Crumbled feta Cheese
- thinly sliced red onions
- sliced strawberries
- Candied Pecans or walnuts
- Grilled chicken breasts (optional)
- Crumbled bacon
- Honey red wine vinaigrette to taste
Grilled Chicken Kabobs with Thai Peanut Sauce
By Gerry
Quick-cooking chicken kabobs take on the flavor of Thailand thanks to a pleasing peanut sauce
- Sauce
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper sauce
- Kabobs
- 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts (2 lb), each cut lengthwise into 4 strips
- 1 large red bell pepper, cut into 24 pieces
- Cooking spray
Broccoli Chicken Brown Rice Salad
By Gerry
With orange juice in the dressing and dried cranberries, this salad pairs child-friendly flavors with parent-pleasi...
- 2 cups cooked brown rice
- 1 cup small broccoli florets, cooked tender crisp
- 1 cooked chicken breast, cut into small chunks
- 1/4 cup dried cranberries, coarsely chopped
- 1/4 cup canola oil2 Tbsp.
- orange juice
- Salt and ground black pepper to taste
Squash 'n' Chicken Stew
By Gerry
This stew is colorful, full-flavored and family-friendly
- 2 pounds boneless skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 can (28 ounces) stewed tomatoes, cut up
- 3 cups cubed butternut squash
- 2 medium green peppers, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 small onion, sliced and separated into rings
- 1 cup water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- Hot cooked couscous, optional
White Chocolate Chip Oat Cookies with Dried Cranberries and Slivered Almonds
By Gerry
These cookies have some great ingredients that work well together
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup dried sweetened cranberries
- 3/4 cup slivered almonds
- 1/2 cup oats
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
Berry Poppy Seed Salad
By Gerry
The Berry Poppyseed Salad was inspired by my favorite Panera salad
- 1 Large container Salad Leaves (romaine is good)chopped
- 1 pint of blueberries
- half pound chopped strawberries
- one can pineapple tidbits, drained
- 1 cup pecan halves
- 1 jar poppyseed dressing
Oatmeal 2 Go
By Gerry
The great thing about these bars is that they taste just like oatmeal – like if you could pick up a bowl of oatme...
- 1 medium apple, peeled + diced small
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1 tablespoon melted butter or canola oil
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup almond meal
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats
- 1 egg
- 1 cup lowfat or nonfat milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- cooking spray
Crunchy Chicken
By Gerry
So good! Serve with a green veggie, and potatoes!
- 4 large chicken breast halves (to feed a family of 4, 5 if you include the baby1!)
- 2 tbsp melted margarine or butter
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tbsp minced green onion
- 1/2 tsp salt
- ground black pepper
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 cups crushed corn flakes
- 1/2 tsp paprika
Sweet Potato & Lentil Stew
By Gerry
1. In a heavy stockpot or dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
- 2 tablespoon fresh ginger, grated
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 32 oz low sodium chicken stock
- 2 large sweet potatoes, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 14oz can chopped tomatoes with juices
- 1 cup brown lentils
- fresh ground pepper to taste
BBQ Chicken Pizza Soup
By Gerry
So, think BBQ Chicken Pizza in soup form
- 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 Tablespoons fresh minced garlic
- 11 oz can southwestern style corn, drained (green giant)
- 2 12 oz cans Swanson’s Chicken, drained
- 1 1/2 Cups Chicken Broth
- 1/2 Cup BBQ Sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh cracked black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Lawry’s Garlic Salt
- 1/2 Cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped