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Real food for the family table.

Real food for the family table.
Thanks for visiting Simple Bites. If you subscribe to the blog via RSS feed or via email, you'll get helpful tips for healthy cooking and nourishing food sent straight to you, for free! When we bought an open concept house with no basement and no garage, we gave up a lot of storage space. Now everything from bike helmets to painting equipment has to be stashed somewhere under our roof, tucked out of sight. It’s helped us to frequently reassess our material possessions and keeps us in check at garage sales. Maybe we can buy it, but can we realistically store our purchase?

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My perfect oatmeal » Umami Girl This is the oatmeal recipe I wear tattooed on my, um, heart. I’m thinking it’s time to share the love. Today is National Sandwich Day. Delicious Recipes to Spice Up Your Dinner Rotation This post is in partnership with French’s Sweet Yellow Mustard and Spicy Yellow Mustard. I received compensation to write this post through the Sweet and Spicy Influencer Program. All content, photos, and opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting sponsors that allow me to create new content for Kevin & Amanda! Today I’m partnering with French’s Mustard to bring you this fabulous Honey Garlic Shrimp.

Baked Ziti Recipe - 5 Point Total photo credit: dinnercakes As a Weight Watcher, I assumed my days of regular pasta eating were behind me, but this low calorie Baked Ziti Recipe has given me a way to enjoy a much beloved Italian dish, without sacrificing too many of my Weight Watchers points. Simply by subbing out a few of the higher calorie ingredients for lower calorie versions, I was able to make this baked ziti pasta with just a 5 Point Total per serving, yet maintain it’s fabulous taste. And though this is not an official one of Weight Watchers Pasta Recipes, anyone who is looking for a lower point version of Baked Ziti with Ground Beef, will love this recipe! Directions: Preheat oven to 350°F.

My Mother's Peasant Bread: The Easiest No-Knead Bread You Will Ever Make View (More Video Tutorials Here.) When I tell you that, if forced, I had to pick one and only one recipe to share with you that this — my mother’s peasant bread — would be it, I am serious. I would almost in fact be OK ending the blog after this very post, retiring altogether from the wonderful world of food blogging, resting assured that you all had this knowledge at hand. Food & Diet Login Copyright © Condé Nast. All rights reserved. Your CA Privacy Rights. Close Chicken Fried Rice - Chinese Chicken Fried Rice Recipe Chicken fried rice is a great way to use leftovers. Like all fried rice dishes, Chicken fried rice tastes best when using leftover cooked rice. Makes 3 servings of chicken fried rice, or 4 - 6 as part of a meal. More Chinese Recipes Prep Time: 10 minutes

Low Calorie Swedish Meatballs Recipe - 5 Points Growing up, Swedish meatballs were a staple in my house. So every time I eat them, I think classic, home cooking. I adore Swedish meatballs…really, what’s not to love about moist and juicy meatballs smothered in a creamy, beefy sauce and usually served over yummy egg noodles? Spinach & Quinoa Patties in a bowl You might have heard this little tip before but we really encourage you to try it. It will make it so much easier to eat well throughout the week, also when you have no time to spare. Always, always cook twice as much quinoa, millet, buckwheat, beans and lentils as you need for a recipe and store the leftovers in separate containers in the fridge.

Cheesy Bacon Ranch Baked Potato Slices Recipe – 7 Points Lovers of cheese, bacon and ranch unite! This AMAZINGLY delicious Cheesy Bacon Ranch Baked Potato Slices Recipe is a great way to get a lot of mileage out of a potato. Rather than a typical baked potato recipe, this potato is sliced into thin rounds and topped with melted cheese, REAL bacon crumbles and served with a Chipotle Ranch Dipping Sauce. Share the whole plate with a friend and each serving is just 7 Points +. Not bad for a nice portion of deliciousness that tastes like it’s a LOT higher in Weight Watchers Points than it is. It is the perfect junk food craving satisfier!

Swedish cuisine Swedes have traditionally been very open to foreign influences, ranging from French cuisine during the 17th and 18th century, to the sushi and cafe latte of today. General features[edit] A traditional julbord, or Christmas table. History[edit] The dinnertable of Cajsa Warg (1703- 1769), a famous Swedish cookbook author. Mango Madness Smoothie Advertisement - Scroll down for Smoothie Recipe This is a delicious mango smoothie. Very tangy and sweet just like a ripe mango. You will also find an odd ingredient here, at least for a smoothie: cardamom. why add cardamom? It is a good stimulant and beneficial for those suffering from flatulence and gas (stomach cramps). Cardamom also helps in cleansing the body as it has detoxifying properties.

Peach Blueberry Pie Before you roll your eyes, and dismiss this dessert as something that’s too complicated for you… something that’s out of your skill set… something that you simply don’t have the time or energy for… please. Just give me a minute. Everyone should know how to make a pie. If you know how to make pie, you know how to make love. What do you do for a living? Double Chocolate Chip Cookies It’s better to just let it be what it is. I had every intention of making you a fancy Easter brunch cake… the kind with lemon and lavender and swirly frosting… but as I stood in my kitchen (with exactly zero lemons), and evaluated my desire to go to the store (to buy hella lemons), I thought… can’t it just be what it is? What it is, is CHOCOLATE. That’s what I want. That’s what I need. That’s what I have in abundance in my kitchen.

Classic Mac and Cheese with Minty Peas I would like to feed you this mac and cheese, by the very large spoonful, until we make eye contact for too long and it gets awkward. That’s a real thing, you know. This Classic Macaroni and Cheese recipe comes from one my very favorite new books The Mac + Cheese Cookbook! Seriously. We’re talking mac and cheese recipes, cool sides, and a peanut butter pie recipe that is just taunting me.

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