Top-down Thanksgiving table setting with roast turkey, cranberry sauce, green beans, coffee, flowers, and a smartphone displaying a blue logo around an open space.
Top-down Thanksgiving table setting with roast turkey, cranberry sauce, green beans, coffee, flowers, and a smartphone displaying a blue logo around an open space.
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Romaine lettuce leaf filled with seasoned ground meat and drizzled with creamy dressing on a decorative plate.

BBQ Chicken Slider

We call these sliders in our house, but thats simply code for BBQ. This snappy creole version is faster than a frozen pizza and a whole lot better tasting!
Plate of buffalo chicken skewers with bright orange sauce served beside creamy coleslaw and celery garnish.

Buffalo Tenders with Blue Cheese Slaw - Best Super Bowl Platter Ever!

One of my favorite flavor combinations, hello... Buffalo Wings and Blue Cheese! Ahhh, but this version keeps us in skinny jeans!
Bowl of baked beans in rich sauce topped with chopped chives.

Boston Style Baked Beans

Rich with tomato and molasses - good old fashioned New England style baked beans. Delicious with a backyard burger!

Bowl of smooth red tomato sauce garnished with a small sprig of green herb on a dark textured surface.

Ancho Tomato Sauce

This sauce is perfect for spooning over any grilled or pan seared protein. Its a genius recipe that you can also use to simmer eggs, chicken or shrimp in for...
Plate of cucumber, tomato, and red onion salad with herbs beside a larger bowl of the same salad.

Tomato Cucumber Salad

EAT YOUR VEGETABLES... they are important to your life!

Shredded cabbage and ribboned cucumber salad with red chili slices and black sesame seeds in a dark bowl.

Asian Cucumber Salad

There is something about the crispness of a cucumber with vinegar that wakes up your senses.
Plate with two seasoned crab cakes on greens, surrounded by cherry tomatoes, with a fork on a purple napkin.

Maryland Crab Cakes

The crab is the STAR, so we are looking to enhance, not cover up the flavor.
Tags: entrees
Grilled shrimp served over a Caesar-style salad with lettuce, tomatoes, croutons, and grated cheese.

Shrimp Caesar. When it is too hot to cook!

A classic salad on nearly every menu. The newsflash is that you can make a better version in your own kitchen.

Whisk mixing orange mashed mixture in a bowl, with syrup bottle, butter, and cooked squash pieces nearby.

Sweet Potato Puree - Food for NEW Bariatric Post Ops

To Purée is to blend, grind or mash food until it is a thick, smooth, lump-free consistency. A Purée by definition is a food that is a soft creamy paste.

Egg salad on a romaine lettuce leaf with sesame seeds, served with sliced cherry tomatoes and balsamic drizzle.

7 MORE, Yummy No Bread Foods!

Learn to live without the bread, rice, tortillas, crackers and macaroni. Once you've tamed the habit, they become a choice instead of a compulsion and no longer rule you!

Small glass jar filled with creamy spread containing red bits, sitting on a wooden countertop.

Pimento Cheese

My Georgia born husband has occasionally tossed a plastic container of pimento cheese into our grocery cart. Homemade is MUCH better!
Deviled eggs filled with a herbed, creamy yolk mixture, garnished with fresh dill on a decorative plate.

Shrimp Deviled Eggs

A tasty and easy to eat standby dressed up with a little chopped shrimp. Such a simple addition but it adds enough wow to change the dish and get you a lot of compliments. The best deviled eggs you or your guests ever ate!
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