Recipes

Greek Salad with Italian Salad Dressing!

The other night, I didn’t have greek salad dressing, or even olives, but I did have cucumbers, tomatoes, and feta cheese! We had picked up Kraft’s Golden Italian Salad dressing, and I thought… why not? Turns out to have worked well. I decorated the top of my salad with pansies from the garden. Notably, the blue flower is not edible, but made for a pretty affect. This is a simple salad with a salad dressing that only added 60 extra calories to it. It was fresh and tasty!

Thai Basil Beef with Cashews!

I originally discovered this amazing thai Basil Beef Recipe from Kelly’s Blog, Chef Savvy: www.chef savvy.com I made some tweaks to it, as I really don’t like green onions, but I do love mushrooms, and cashews in my Thai Food. My 3 year old also loves mushrooms and cashews. It was a winning combination. I also played around with the sauce amounts and found it to work well, as it reduced down. I hope you enjoy it!

Apple Crumble with Maple Syrup!

This is one tasty Gluten-Free Apple Crumble with Coconut Oil & Maple Syrup. I love cooking with healthier sugar alternatives, and when I can add Maple Syrup into a dessert recipe, I will. This healthier Apple Crumble has less sugar than some other recipes, and it is so tasty. I use a lot of Cinnamon, but it works! Once this is cooked, add a scoop or two of Balkan Style thick Plain Yogurt to compliment this dish.

Gluten-Free Coconut Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!

These low sugar cookies are loaded with goodness! You’ll be getting energy from the oats, and fine unsweetened Shredded Coconut. There is only 1/2 a cup of sugar in these cookies and I used Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips. You can substitute the sugar for Coconut Sugar or Cane sugar to make these even a healthier treat! I love the chocolate and roasted coconut taste of these… Yum! My toddler had a lot of fun making them with me and & eating them too.