Makes 4 servings

Dressing
1 egg
½ cup 80% less fat mayonnaise (Best Foods®)
4 anchovy fillets
1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon fresh chopped parsley
2 tablespoons water

Croutons
3 slices whole wheat bread
cooking spray

Salad
¾ cup Canadian style bacon 95% fat free
1 large green leaf lettuce
1 x 8oz punnet cherry tomatoes cut in half
1 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese [Read more...]

Makes 4 servings

Ingredients:

cooking spray
1 teaspoon crushed ginger (in jar)
1 teaspoon crushed garlic (in jar)
1lb lean beef steak cut into strips
1 cup red bell peppers sliced
1 cup small broccoli florets
1 cup snow peas
1 cup mushrooms sliced
1 cup bok choy coarsely sliced
½ cup green onions sliced
2 tablespoons white wine
1 tablespoon soy sauce (low sodium)
2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
1 dessertspoon sugar
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon granulated beef bouillon (low sodium)
¾ cup water [Read more...]

Like many families, our lives get so hectic that we barely have time to eat breakfast before we dash out of the house.

After buying a few of the frozen breakfast items, I thought I could make my own. I make a ‘batch’ of them and keep them in the fridge.

Here is the simple recipe I’d like to share with you. [Read more...]

I wanted to share something with you out of my great grandmother’s 120 year old cook book.

As I gently turned the tattered, yellowed pages looking for inspiration, something caught my eye in the “Meats” section. It was a suggestion on how to “Keep Meat From Flies”. I have copied it word for word for you:

“Put in sacks with enough straw around it so the flies cannot reach through. Three-Fourths of a yard of yard-wide muslin is the right size for the sack.

Put a little straw in the bottom, then put in the ham and lay straw in all around it; tie it tightly and hang it in a cool dark place.

Be sure the straw is all around the meat so the flies cannot deposit the eggs. (The sacking must be done early in the season before the fly appears). Muslin lets the air in and is much better than paper. Thin muslin is as good as thick, and will last for years if washed when laid away when emptied.”

Ok, that was quite the education on how they kept meat back then. My head is still spinning! We have come so far since then. I’m so glad! Aren’t you?

I’m going into the kitchen to kiss my refrigerator! I will never take it for granted again!