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Warm Brown Rice and Chickpea Salad with Cherries and Goat Cheese

Leah Short — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:17:44 +0000

This Warm Brown Rice and Chickpea Salad with Cherries and Goat Cheese may sound a bit unusual, but it’s fantastic. I really wanted to make it with Rainier cherries, but I don’t think they’re quite in season yet. You could make this with any kind of cherry, but I opted for dried cherries. I can’t wait to make this again with fresh Rainiers! I made this salad twice, tweaking the recipe just a bit each time. Just small changes made it a different salad, but I loved both versions. Using a precooked pouch of brown rice makes this a cinch to get on the table. Perfect for when you’re busy and don’t want to fire up the stove, but want something homemade.

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Roasted Zucchini and Ricotta Sandwiches

Leah Short — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0000

I know you’re like me and sometimes you find a recipe in a magazine or on another blog and you can’t get it out of your mind. That’s how I felt with Roasted Zucchini and Ricotta Sandwiches. I could not stop thinking about how awesome this sandwich might taste. You see I’m a roasted veggie junkie, and my veggies of choice most times are zucchini and yellow squash. Roasting veggies brings out their flavor big time and it’s such an easy way to prepare veggies so you don’t have to babysit while they cook.

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Spaghetti with Creamy Basil Pesto

Leah Short — Thu, 22 May 2014 14:25:49 +0000

I’m continuing to eat low calorie as much as I can, but I really don’t want to miss out on some of my favorite foods like pasta and cheese! Enter Spaghetti with Creamy Basil Pesto. I had a feeling this dish would be awesome because the method reminded me of my Pasta with Mint Pesto recipe where the sauce gets thinned out with the pasta cooking water and somehow becomes creamy. It’s a simple pasta dish, but I loved the flavors from the basil pesto. One serving is huge and comes in at 360 calories.

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Stuffed Shells

Leah Short — Mon, 12 May 2014 13:06:20 +0000

A few weekends ago I was at my mom’s house and I wanted to cook something figure-friendly, but it had to be something we’d both enjoy. Sometimes low calorie versions of your favorite foods don’t quite taste as good as the original. Since my mom isn’t concerned with calories like I am, it had to taste good for her, too. We found this awesome recipe for vegetarian Stuffed Shells that was full of cheese and yummy veggies, and under 400 calories per serving. I’d say we both came out winners with this one!

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