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Beet Salad with Asparagus & Goat Cheese

Beet Salad with Asparagus & Goat Cheese

This salad is so simple, but makes such a great meal without even adding protein!  Now I know beets are one of those foods that you either love or hate.  If you are a hater, hear me out.  I know they are messy to prepare 

Salmon Nicoise Salad

Salmon Nicoise Salad

If you didn’t take French, I’ll go ahead and explain that this salad uses green beans as the base, instead of lettuce (thus Nicoise in the name).  I took Latin (why?) so I had to be educated on this point.  But, if it’s French, I’m 

Trader Joe’s Chicken Tikka Masala

Trader Joe’s Chicken Tikka Masala

So many good things about this dish! 1) it cooks in the crock-pot 2) it only takes 2.5 hours 3) it only requires 5 Ingredients and 4) it’s delicious! The Trader Joe’s Masala Simmer Sauce is the star ingredient of this 5-Ingredient meal.  It is 

Trader Joe’s Gnocchi with Italian Sausage & Broccoli

Trader Joe’s Gnocchi with Italian Sausage & Broccoli

Again, Trader Joe’s makes dinner SO easy!  And it’s on the table in 20 minutes – seriously! This Sheet Pan meal uses TJ’s Sweet Potato Gnocchi, Italian Chicken Sausage and their Kale, Cashew & Basil Pesto.  I added in broccoli florets to round this out 

Trader Joe’s Week!

Trader Joe’s Week!

This week, I took some shortcuts to simple and easy meals at my local Trader Joe’s! If you didn’t know, Trader Joe’s is a wonderland of affordable and creative ingredients for making easy & delicious meals.  I get SO excited going in there because there 

Greek Shrimp & Couscous

Greek Shrimp & Couscous

When I think of Greek food, I always think of this dish – feta, tomatoes, couscous, fennel & shrimp…all things that I adore! This dish only takes a few ingredients, and makes great leftovers! Joy! Fennel If you have not used this veggie before, you 

Lemon Artichoke Chicken

Lemon Artichoke Chicken

This recipe is a delight. Every.single.time.  It’s a Chicken Piccatta-esque dish plus a healthy amount of Butter, which takes it over the top!  I mean what is not to love about a lemon butter sauce, with zesty artichokes & capers over chicken? And when I 

Pasta alla Norma

Pasta alla Norma

What would Mediterranean Week be without an Eggplant dish?  Pasta alla Norma is a well known Italian dish of Sicilian origin.  The primary ingredients are pasta, tomatoes, eggplant, ricotta salata cheese & basil. This preparation of eggplant is really easy and removes most of the 


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