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Best Homemade (Healthy) Ranch Dressing
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Best Homemade (Healthy) Ranch Dressing

This dressing is DIY at its very best, as it is better-than-bought in every way! No dressing is more loved, or more universally used, than Ranch-style dressing. From salads and wings to veggies and yep, even pizza, everything tastes better when drizzled with Ranch. And when it comes to Ranch […]

Watermelon Feta “Pizza” Salad
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Watermelon Feta “Pizza” Salad

Easy, impressive, and most of all, oh-so-tasty, this amazing sweet and salty salad/appetizer is a new summer favorite! Cold, juicy, sweet watermelon, paired with creamy, salty feta and fresh mint is a delectable combination of color and taste. It’s no wonder it’s become a summer salad sensation. The problem for me […]

Mouthwatering Marinated Steak
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Mouthwatering Marinated Steak

The biggest misconception about marinating meat is that it will tenderize and/or add juiciness to the meat. The truth is a marinade only adds flavor at/or near the surface because it cannot penetrate the meat, even if the meat marinates for hours. As such you want a marinade that soars […]

Everyday Chicken Caesar Salad
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Everyday Chicken Caesar Salad

Chicken Caesar Salad is undoubtedly one of the most popular (if not the most popular) entrée salad featured on restaurant menus. But what most people don’t realize is that most recipes for Chicken Caesar Salads contain more fat and calories than a loaded Big Mac—yep, 75 grams of fat–in a […]

Deviled Eggs – Two Ways
Appetizers, Blog, Recipes

Deviled Eggs – Two Ways

What’s Easter without Deviled Eggs? Here I offer you two ways to stuff’em. The first way is my classic take, pure and simple. The second way offers you a way to wake up an ordinary brunch or dinner with an eggstra-ordinary twist. I promise you’ll barely notice the tiny bit […]

Fast Fabulous Roast Chicken
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Fast Fabulous Roast Chicken

Sunday night chicken gets a fast and fabulous makeover with my go-to recipe for roast chicken that is crisp, moist, and juicy – in under an hour! The trick to reducing the normal roasting time is to butterfly the chicken, spread it open, place it in a roasting pan and […]

Breakfast in a Glass (aka Protein Rich Orange Julius!)
Beverages, Free Recipes

Breakfast in a Glass (aka Protein Rich Orange Julius!)

With just 130 calories (and 3 little “points,”) you couldn’t ask for a better quick and slim breakfast! With the great taste of an Orange Julius, just one luscious sweet glass delivers more belly-filling protein than two eggs, and over 20 percent of the daily requirement for vitamins A, C, and calcium… If you are wary about the liquid egg substitute in […]

30-Minute Twice-Baked Potatoes
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30-Minute Twice-Baked Potatoes

While not truly “baked” twice in the traditional sense, these creamy, cheesy stuffed knock-offs are made in record time. Microwaving the potatoes instead of oven-baking them to get the cooked potato for the creamy filling saves tons of time. Once stuffed, a hot oven is able to finish them off […]