Roasted Lemon Thyme Chicken and Vegetables

Growing up I was a picky child, but like any kid, I was expected to eat anything that was put in front of me.  I often didn’t care for whatever the meal was but I put on my big girl pants and ate it all up, thankful that we had food on our plates.  One…

Baked Spaghetti Squash

A few months ago I decided that I was going to take the scary leap into learning how to bake this new fandangled thing called a spaghetti squash.  It has been around for a few years and while I know that Zach doesn’t like squash, I wanted to finally give it a try.  (Post recipe…

Skinny Zuppa Toscana

The biggest downside of growing up in a very small town in the middle of nowhere for me was our selection of restaurants.  Don’t get me wrong, little towns have absolutely wonderful hole in the wall places when it comes to certain food, but those food choices tend to be geared toward one or two…

Perfect Turkey Burgers

I used to live in an apartment complex that allowed you to keep your own grill as long as it wasn’t on your patio and boy do I miss those days!  We used to have all of our friends over every Friday for “grill night” and games.  We would make all kinds of things!  Steak,…

Stuffed Chiles

Let’s talk stuffed peppers.  Stuffed bell peppers are a huge hit in the “eating healthy” community.  It serves as a dish for anything you could possibly want to put in it.  It can really be a pretty dish and it’s super healthy for you (depending on the stuffing!).  I have made stuffed bell peppers a…

Slow Cooker Turkey Chili

  Living in Phoenix usually means a warmer winter than what I’m used to experiencing.  We used to live up in Flagstaff with all that snow and one digit temperatures!  But no matter where we are, the chilly weather inspires warm dishes that really hit the spot!  This year we had an exceptionally short winter…

Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna Rolls

In my journey to get healthy and eat healthy, I decided to revamp some of my recipes and this will be the first!  I love lasagna but for two people, a whole lasagna is just too much!  So I decided to go with little serving sized rolls that are easy to portion out instead of…