Some days the sun just doesn’t want to come out for you. I don’t know why. I guess it feels disagreeable on occasion, like the rest of us. Or maybe it was just feeling camera shy today. The point is, on those days you’ve just got to make the best of things. Or make banana bread. Hey, the sun will come out tomorrow, right? … [Read more...] about Low Calorie Chocolate Chip Banana Bread Recipe
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Yummy Yummy Fruit Salad Recipe
This is one of the healthiest, simplest recipes my family makes. In fact, it is so simple it seems almost silly to call it a recipe. I’ve written before that my favorite birthday dessert is angel food cake, but when my family asks what regular dish I’d like I always choose fruit salad. Since school ended, we have already made this recipe four times. It is that good. It’s … [Read more...] about Yummy Yummy Fruit Salad Recipe
Vegetarian Hamburger Soup Recipe
This is a quick, “throw it together” kind of recipe. My mom used to make hamburger soup every so often when I was a kid, and I loved it: the tomato base, the chunky vegetables in it. During one of the winters I was away at college, I had a craving for a hot, hearty kind of soup. I thought of this one, and with my mother’s help I was able to recreate it without the meat. You … [Read more...] about Vegetarian Hamburger Soup Recipe
Homemade Popovers Recipe
This is one of my dad’s favorite recipes, as popovers remind him of his childhood. Popovers are kind of like a roll or a muffin, only much lighter. They’re hollow in the middle and have a crispy outer shell. You can bake them in a popover pan, like mine (I received one for Christmas a few years ago…funny, how several of the kitchen items I’ve acquired over the years are for … [Read more...] about Homemade Popovers Recipe
Classic Minestrone (or “Imposter Minestrone”) Soup Recipe
I usually use Hungry Girl’s recipe as my go-to for minestrone, but something about this version (from the same cookbook as my sukiyaki recipe) caught my eye. Maybe it was the lack of noodles and spinach (which I’m used to seeing in minestrone recipes) and their replacement with cabbage and mushrooms (I had some in the fridge that I needed to use up). Either way, it provided my … [Read more...] about Classic Minestrone (or “Imposter Minestrone”) Soup Recipe