Cooking healthy has never been sweeter!
There’s so much flavor loaded into this lemon-roasted broccoli, eating your veggies will never be boring again! Ready in 15 minutes and an ideal spring side dish. Veggie Monday. It’s a thaaaaaaaang. Roasty-toasty lemon broccoli. It’s my new favorite thaaaaaaang in the whole dang world. Ice cream is good too, but the green stuff is […]
Supremely-moist inside and loaded with lemon and poppyseeds, this stunning quick bread is a perfect springtime treat. The sweet lemon-y glaze on the outside is unbelievable! Happy First Day of Spring!! Well, tomorrow anyway…. I’m just gonna put it out there and say that I have the best idea for how you should celebrate the first […]
Follow my blog with Bloglovin This marinated chicken may be simple, but it packs plenty of luscious lemon-rosemary flavors! It’s easy enough for a weeknight dinner, but still fancy enough for a special occasion. Hey. I like chicken. I’ll take all kinds. Breaded, oven-baked, slow-cooked, covered in zee-sauce, NAME IT and I’ll eat it. Marinated? Whooooole […]
Perfectly sweet ‘n’ tangy and loaded with tropical fruit flavor, this easy iced tea is the ultimate summer thirst quencher! Iced tea. Love it or hate it? From what I’ve gathered, most people I’ve met are either tea drinkers or coffee drinkers. Me? I’m a coffee ‘gal all the way and generally don’t even bother […]
This sweet and tangy fruit salsa with homemade crispy cinnamon tortilla chips dippers is the ultimate summer appetizer! — Destined to become your #1 requested appetizer this summer. No one needs to know that it’s secretly healthy! Nothing says summer better than a good fruit salsa. And no, I’m not talking about those fruit salsas that combine fruit […]
Put down that pudding mix! After one taste of this smooth and tangy lemon pudding, topped with a creamy cream cheese frosting, you’ll never go back to the boxed stuff again! A perfectly light and refreshing springtime dessert. So this pudding was kind of a spur-of-the-moment kind of thing and boy, am I glad I […]
Craving cheesecake but not all time and hassle it takes to make it? Try these easy cheesecake parfaits that call for only 6 basic ingredients and 5 minutes to whip it together. They’re super-creamy and luscious with a lovely tangy lemon flavor. Top these parfaits with fresh fruit if desired! I originally planned to share this recipe […]
These fragrant roasted asparagus and potatoes have tons of homey flavors such as lemon and fresh garlic. Serve these delicious potatoes with roast chicken for an easy, elegant meal! I’m a big fan of dinners that only take 5 minutes to throw together and then less than half an hour in the oven. Because my […]
Soft, melt-in-your-mouth buttermilk sweet rolls speckled with pretty poppyseeds and glazed with a sweet ‘n’ tangy lemon icing. These sweet rolls are the ultimate spring breakfast! I made us all breakfast. Monday is just begging for a sweet, spring treat. Yesterday was gorgeously warm and sunny all day and I got on quite the spring-cooking […]
Tender asparagus spears pan-fried in fresh garlic and then doused in a sweet and tangy lemon vinaigrette—A perfect spring side dish alongside a roast chicken and baked potatoes. Fresh asparagus is one of the things I always look forward to about spring. It almost breaks my heart when we move into summer and I have […]
These luscious lemon tarts go marvelously with a quick fresh blueberry sauce and whipped cream on top. A perfect spring-time dessert! My lemon marathon continues….. This time we’re going even more spring-themed and adding blueberries to our lemon. A match made in heaven. I originally made these tarts on Friday in the spirit of Pi Day—I’ll […]
Soft lemon-flavored shortbread cookies, frosted with a pretty-pink raspberry cream cheese frosting. These gorgeous cookies are perfect for any spring gathering! Can you believe it?? It actually got up to 50 degrees yesterday! The sun was also shining brightly the whole day which melted a good portion of our several feet of snow. With yesterday’s […]
Soft and custard-y old-fashioned lemon bars topped with lots of powdered xylitol. These bars are a snap to prepare and even more fun to eat! I’m really getting into these old-fashioned recipes. I just LOVE all the simplicity and history connected with old-fashioned classic recipes. My favorite series of books as a kid were the […]
