Cornmeal Crusted Tilapia

I found a very simple healthy recipe by Cooking Light using Tilapia, though this is not my favorite fish to cook with I avoid cooking it unless I’m ready to come back to it kind of fish. 😉  I didn’t do a sandwich as per recipe but rather just the fish with side of veggies and I…

Blackened Wild New Zealand Top Loin with Butternut Squash Salad

I picked up a white fish I”m not use to cooking with or maybe I have before but don’t remember.  I love it and after some internet search I found a blackened white fish recipe by Yummly that was the perfect mix of flavors, finger licking good…. a definite recipe keeper.  I also got creative with…

Salmon Nicose Salad- With Caper Vinaigrette

I had a June/July 2011 issue of Fine Cooking Magazine that I just randomly pulled off the book shelf and was most interested in making this salad under this salmon.  After not really checking if I had all the ingredients but already decided on making it that I realized I had to make some substitutions.  I didn’t have…

Shrimp, Eggplant and Tomatoes in Indian Spices

Tonights dinner is a must try!  I had a small half cut eggplant in the frig I wanted to use and got a deal on Huge Raw Shrimp for 6.99 a pound.  I did some research and found this Bringal Fry Recipe-from Serious Eats.  I read through it and found the spices to be a…

Minestrone with Gnocchi

I had my magazine propped open to the page of this tasty looking Minestrone with Gnocchi dish for probably months as it has been just waiting for me on my desk, the perfect meatless meal.  I decided with the nights getting cooler the last two days it’s a good time to start getting some soup back.  I…

Chocolate Chip Banana Bread

I thought I may have done this recipe before, feels like it anyway so I wasn’t going to post it.  Turns out not after searching my own blog for it. 😉  I have a ton of overripe bananas that I add to the freezer for smoothies for the kids every time they have a sweet…