Blogs Posts on "Low-fat"

Oven-Roasted Tomatillo Salsa by Andrea's Recipes on Oct 16, 2009Have I ever mentioned that purple is my favorite color? I find the color exhilarating and like plants that bear purple fruits and vegetables, including tomatillos. Our tomatillo plants were slow this year along with everything else in the garden. The...

Ginger Plum Jam by Andrea's Recipes on Oct 3, 2009In autumn I find myself drawn to the displays of fresh seasonal plums, adoring their shape and colors. Strawberries are my spring darlings, blueberries are our summer sweet, and plums are my fall favorite, a delight that my boys enjoy as much as I do...

Healthy Baked Rigatoni with Bechamel Sauce by Latest Recipes.net -Home cooking & Baking on Sep 13, 2009This is my take on on Giada’s classic rigatoni bechamel. I added a twist on it to make it more healthy and rich in fiber. We love baked pasta with bechamel sauce, it’s one of our family’s favorite and one that I often made before.

Zucchini Soba Salad by Andrea's Recipes on Aug 28, 2009My introduction to soba noodles was actually on a plane flying from Tokyo to Honolulu, admittedly not the best place to get good food. The flight attendants came around with breakfast and asked if I wanted the Japanese or the American breakfast, and...

Simple Fruit Salad by My Madison Bistro on Aug 19, 2009Fragrant and sweet, local melon is hands-down one of my favorite things about summer. So when I arrived at the farmers’ market this weekend and was greeted by the perfume of melon, it was difficult to contain my excitement. I could tell by the...

Madison Bistro Treats by My Madison Bistro on Aug 15, 2009In some ways, mid-August is one of my favorite times of year. Sure, I complain about it being a little too hot, a little too humid, but that very heat and humidity is so important to area crops, not to mention my own garden. The available local produ...

Zucchini and Tomato Gratin by Andrea's Recipes on Jul 31, 2009We’ve reached that magical point in the summer where the tomatoes are starting to ripen. For a couple days we brought in only a handful of sweet cherry, grape, sun gold, or yellow pear tomatoes, but in the last few days we’ve brought in almost ni...

Strawberry Rhubarb Compote by My Madison Bistro on Jul 27, 2009Ugh. I meant to have this recipe up weeks ago. But when you’re under the weather and lacking energy (and perhaps motivation), some things just seem to fall off your To Do list. In my case, cooking and posting seemed to be the two casualties ...

Grilled Adobo Chicken (Pollo Adobado) by Andrea's Recipes on Jul 20, 2009I recently acquired a copy of Rosa’s New Mexican Table (review) and having heard of the restaurant and the book’s James Beard Award nomination in 2008 I was eager to try out some of the dishes from Chef Roberto Santibañez. One of the first dishe...

Campfire Pies by Andrea's Recipes on Jul 9, 2009When we began planning our annual trip to the Meyers family cabin in the Adirondacks, Michael announced that he wanted to make campfire pies, a favorite from his childhood camping trips. I racked my brain from my Girl Scout camping years but could no...