cheese

As usual, I’m cheating a bit. Homemade Chipotle Burrito Bowls Recipes used: Cilantro-Lime Rice from Iowa Girl Eats Chile-lime chicken Black beans were simmered with chili powder and bay leaves. Guacamole included: 4 avocados, 1 chopped tomato, 1/4 diced red onion, 1/2 diced jalapeño, juice of two limes, salt

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Shepherd’s Pie & South Beach

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on November 30, 2011

in beef, simple recipe, South Beach Diet, vegetables

I can’t be the only one that thinks of the classic Friend’s episode when, thinking she was making a trifle, Rachel inadvertently made a trifle topped with a shepherds pie. “It’s a trifle. It’s got all of these layers. First there’s a layer of ladyfingers, then a layer of jam, then custard, which I made [...]

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Cheesy Chicken & Broccoli Casserole

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on November 15, 2011

in simple recipe, South Beach Diet, vegetables

I distinctly remember the first time I had a broccoli-cheese casserole. I don’t know that when I was little, we ever mucked up vegetables with things like cheese… butter, sure, definitely salt and pepper, but no cheese. We enjoyed vegetables on their own too much. But anyway, back to that casserole. I was about 21, [...]

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Back East Greens

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on October 10, 2011

in simple recipe, South Beach Diet, vegetables

Just over two years ago, my friend Mary got married in Utica, New York. There are a few things that I remember about that weekend away: watching my friend get married to a man she loves, visiting a new town, and the food. What amazed me more than the sheer volume of food was that, [...]

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Warning: It’s Ugly

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on October 4, 2011

in Italian, simple recipe, South Beach Diet, vegetables, vegetarian

I generally pride myself on making healthy, delicious, and attractive dishes on this little blog of mine. Most of the time I do a pretty good job, if I say so myself, but today notsomuch. Oh it was healthy. It was delicious. But man oh man was it ugly! I tried so hard too… but [...]

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Deep Dishing

by Mara @ What's For Dinner? on October 3, 2011

in Baking, Italian, pizza, vegetarian

It’s a rarity when I’ll see a recipe on a blog and promptly make it that day. Usually, I’ll see something complicated on a day I have to work late, or something simple on a day I feel like challenging myself. So, I bookmark and pin things to remember, and then come back to them [...]

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