Frozen Banana Nut Snacks

I don't know about your house, but in my house, husband and boy spend lots of time looking for snacks in the evenings and weekends. It is much easier to fight this battle with nutritious snacks on hand. I am happy to point them to these frozen treats, which are very easy to make and very tasty as well. We always have a bag in our freezer. If you make them small enough, they are bite-sized and quite handy even without toothpicks.

 

Corn Cakes II

The corn cakes we made last week were so delicious my husband wanted them for every meal. Well, that didn't happen, but I did make them again tonight with chili and he thought this second version so much more delicious that I just had to present the variation. The only reason there was a variance is that I was out of ingredients needed to make the other version exactly the same, I was in a hurry, and had a million other things going on. So, the result is this variation (tastier, more delicious) corn cakes.

White Chili

This is a great twist on a classic.

Corn Cakes

We were looking for a yummy accompaniment for chili and white chili and this goes really well!

 

Salisbury Steak

I think this is the second Salisbury steak recipe that I've posted, and in my opinion, the better tasting version. This was not a quick and easy recipe, however, but only about 5 minutes chopping and the rest involved "over-seeing" the various ingredients cooking. Finally, this takes about 3-4 pans to cook, which is not ideal, but the end result is very delicious and I would recommend as an occasional treat.

Overall, it takes about 45 minutes, which is not horrible, and it's not a lot of hands-on, but you would mostly want to be in the kitchen watching over your pans, etc.

Baked Chicken

We all have those days where we just need to get something on the table. This is one of my go to meals when I am out of time.

Lemon Chicken

I had lunch with a friend of mine, Tracy, and she mentioned that she made lemon chicken over the weekend that turned out really well. I had a bag of Meyer lemons in the refrigerator that I needed to use up and this was perfect.

Try serving this quick dish over Soba noodles, a thin noodle made from buckwheat flour. Buckwheat is actually a fruit, although often categorized as a grain. Buckwheat noodles are low in fat, and one serving contains 4% DV of fiber and 28% DV of protein.