Category: Summer Favorites

  Green salads can get fussy to make, and often are more filling than you want before the main course of the meal appears. I like to serve this easy, make-ahead salad that is inexpensive, and not very filling. When I make this I serve it right alongside the main course rather than organizing everyone…

    Often men aren’t fans of dessert. I always say it is because they eat so much they have no room left for dessert! This creamy custard tastes rich and luscious. No one will want to pass it up. It is hard to believe it is low fat! For four servings you will need:…

Warm weather is the perfect time for a delicious drink with friends. Fruity, refreshing, and cooling this is so good! This drink can be made without or with alcohol, but the schnapps in it is the  perfect ‘finish’ to the drink. The nicest part is it is low-fat to almost no-fat as it has sherbet…

All too often people think eating flavorful, succulent, aromatic food must involve rich meats and even richer sauces. Think red wine, hearty mushrooms, rustic grilled bread, and a sprinkling of feta and you have a delicious, succulent, aromatic meal deserving of fine china, or that unbreakable dinner-ware you are patiently waiting for your kids to…

Growing up on Lake Michigan fresh salmon was no big deal.  Salmon was always wild caught, always fresh, always good.  We never seemed to do anything but bake it, but we still ate every single bite!  Now I have to make a conscious, direct effort to have wild salmon and sometimes have to hunt it…

   These are not your typical grilled potatoes.  Packed with flavor, these luscious potatoes are conveniently made while grilling other elements of your meal.  The potatoes do pick up a unique flavor from being on the grill, even though wrapped in foil. I have made these in the microwave in the middle of winter (minus…

Summer Carrot Salad is a nice change from your usual mayonaise salads.  Low carb as there is no macaroni in it and low fat since you won’t find any mayo here! Not only great tasting, but bright and festive looking as well.  Try it! 2 lbs.  peeled & sliced 1 medium onion, sliced in thin…

If you like to wake up your taste buds with flavor and crunch, this is for you!  Cold Broccoli Salad is great made with fresh broccoli from the garden or market.  Frozen just won’t do this time!  Low-fat as well! 2 bunches fresh broccoli, cleaned and chopped into 1 inch pieces. 1/4 cup diced green…

This is a unique soup served cold or warm.  Chilled Fruit Soup makes a nice starter for a meal, as well as a healthy, refreshing snack.  In cold weather when oatmeal is your breakfast of choice Chilled Fruit Soup is great stirred in.  Nice served on french toast as well. 1/2 lb pitted prunes 1…