10 Refreshing Summer Desserts (That Just Happen to Be Low-Calorie): BA Daily: bonappetit.com.
With all this hot weather, here are a few cool summer treats that are also low calorie. There are several different ice pops and fruit desserts listed in this blog entry from Bon Appetit. I think I am going to give a couple of them a try. You should check it out and do the same!
7 Tips for Feeding Picky Kids | Healthy Eats – Food Network Healthy Living Blog.
I have a lot friends with young children and this is a problem I hear a lot. We went through this with Sean, but now at 11 he is more willing to at least try new things. This article gives some tips and guidance to try and help you along with feeding your kids. Check it out!
22 Quick, No-Cook Recipes | RealSimple.com.
Since it’s another sticky, humid day here in New York, it was fortunate that I came across this article from Real Simple that shows 22 recipes that require no cooking so you can get a tasty meal and not heat up the entire house. Check it out!
8 Great Steaks To Cook For Dad | Food Republic.
IF you’re looking to make some steaks this weekend for Father’s Day, here’s some great recipes from Food Republic, a website from chef Marcus Samuelsson. These recipes are perfect for the grill this weekend and the site always has some good recipes and tips. Check it out!
50 Things to Grill in Foil : Recipes and Cooking : Food Network.
Here are some more great grilling tips, this time from the Food Network. There are so many different things that you can grill in foil packets and have them turn out wonderful. Give something other than potatoes a try and see how it works out. Check it out!
Weekend Entertaining: Picnic Primer.
With the warmer weather upon us, our attention turns to eating outside and picnics. This blog post from Williams-Sonoma provides you with everything you need for your picnic, from equipment to beverages, sandwiches, salads and desserts. Enjoy!
Perfect Picnic Picks From Your Farmers Market.
As we get into spring and see the local farmer’s markets start to open up again here in New York, I came across this article on Marcus Samuelsson’s website about some great ideas of things to pick up at your farmer’s market. Check it out!
This is a good recipe for a one pot meal, and for all my gluten-free friends out there, it’s a gluten free recipe. Check it out!
One-Pot Chicken Parm Rice | Healthy Eats – Food Network Healthy Living Blog.
I’ve been busy the last couple of days so I haven’t had time to post anything, but tonight I’ll write about a couple of good things I saw today and our dinner tonight, which was Stir Fry Chicken and Vegetables. The first article was one posted by the Food Network and was all about what should be in your pantry for every day use. I have written about this before myself, and if you want to read my post on it, you can check it out right here. The Food Network pantry has a few things in it that I don’t usually have in mine, but they are all good staples to have around. If you have all these things, you can pretty much make dinner on a moment’s notice for yourself, your family and any unexpected guests. If you want to see what they suggest, you can check out there article right here.
The second article I read today was in the New York Times today. It’s written by Julie Moskin and it is all about being a cookbook ghostwriter. She writes about how the days of the famous chefs sitting down to impart their cooking wisdom on everyone are over, and that most cookbooks may have the name of a famous chef on the jacket, but they are actually written by someone else who gets a lot less money and no recognition for their work. It’s a very interesting article to read. What she says makes sense in that today’s chefs with television shows and multiple restaurants couldn’t possibly crank out books as fast as people like Martha Stewart and Rachel Ray do in today’s marketplace. It’s nice to see the little guys get a little recognition for their work. If you’re interested in checking out the article, you can find it right here.
Lastly, tonight I made a simple stir fry chicken and vegetables with white rice, which I have made before and posted about on here. I’ll post the recipe again, and you can also check it out here if you want. The nice thing about stir fries is that you don’t really need any recipe at all to make one. You can add any kind of protein (or none at all), whatever vegetables you may have on hand or left over, make a little sauce, and you have a great meal pretty quickly. We eat a lot of stir fry dinners for these reasons.
Stir-Fried Chicken and Vegetables
2 cups broccoli or cauliflower florets and stems, cut into bite size pieces
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1 pepper (any color), seeded and sliced into strips
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 medium onion, sliced
1/2 cup chopped scallions
1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breast, sliced into 1/2-inch wide strips
1 teaspoon sugar
2 tablespoons soy sauce 1/2 cup chicken stock, white wine or water (your choice, I am using stock)
Put a large, deep skillet over high heat. Add half the oil, swirl it around and immediately add half the garlic and ginger. Cook for 15 seconds, stirring, then add the onion and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add the broccoli, cauliflower, carrot and pepper and cook over high heat until the vegetables are tender but not at all mushy, about 5 minutes. Add the scallions and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes.
Turn the heat down to medium and remove the vegetables. Add the remaining oil to the pan, then the remaining garlic and ginger. Stir, then add the chicken. Raise the heat to high, stir the chicken once, then let it sit for 1 minute before stirring again. Cook stirring occasionally, until the chicken has lost its pink color, 3 to 5 minutes.
Return the vegetables to the pan and toss once or twice. Add the sugar, then the soy sauce; toss again. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then add the liquid. Raise the heat to high and cook, stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan, until the liquid is reduced slightly and you’ve scraped up all the bits of chicken, about 30 seconds. Serve over rice.
So that’s all I have for today. Tomorrow is our meat-free meal of the week and I’ll be making Cream of Broccoli Soup for dinner. It promises to be very tasty. I’ll have to pick up some crunchy bread in the morning to go with it. Enjoy your evening and enjoy your meal!
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