Salads

Brussels Sprouts and Apple Salad with Blue Cheese

November 11, 2013
Brussels Sprouts & Apple Salad healthy super foods vegetarian Thanksgiving

 I came up with this recipe, not because of Brussels Sprouts but because of apples.  Yes, I have over purchased the fall apples.  I love the things, so I have been working hard to use them up before the over-ripen.  I have been noticing tons of Burssels Sprouts or Kale salads with apples, so came […]

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Quinoa with Mustard Greens

October 21, 2013
Quinoa with steamed mustard greens Healthy Superfood

 When I have a protein, fish or chicken or beef I want a satisfying side dish.  I have been cooking up quinoa more and more, passing on rice and pasta.  The reason why Quinoa is up there with meat and dairy products when it comes to source of protein, but its a plant-based protein so it […]

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Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Salad

August 12, 2013
Roasted Eggplant and Tomato Salad Easy Delicious

 If you are growing your own garden it is bursting with tomatoes and eggplants right now.  If you’re not, the farmers market will have the best quality tomatoes and eggplants now, either way now is the  time to roast them up serve them with a little olive oil and basil and have a little party […]

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Grilled Spicy Cilantro Shrimp and Spinach Salad

July 15, 2013
Shrimp Cilantro Spinach Blue Cheese Chia Seeds Pistachio Vinaigrette

This Grilled Spicy Cilantro Shrimp and Spinach Salad is a great light and healthy summer dish.  Loaded with flavor and quick and easy to pull together on a weeknight, it makes a great family dinner or one to impress your friends on the weekends.  Loaded with Superfoods, spinach, avocado, chia seeds, garlic and pistachios it […]

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Southwestern Blue Quinoa Salad

July 8, 2013
Quinoa Blue Cheese Green Beans Mushrooms Red Pepper Carrot Chia Seeds

I received a recipe request from my friend Mary, “a quinoa dish with mushrooms and green beans”.  I first envisioned a dish that was similar to a risotto, so I made Quinoa with goat cheese to give it a creamy texture.  It was good, but not something you would want to make again.  The second […]

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Tips for Growing Carrots and Honey Roasted Carrot Recipe

June 27, 2013
Rainbow Carrot Mix

Carrots are a rewarding vegetable to grow, because with a little tending you will have a full crop of beautiful delicious home grown carrots 70-80 days after planting.  Right now I am harvesting the seeds I planted in the spring 3 weeks before the last expected frost date.  I just planted my second round of […]

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Beet Terrine with Olivari Olive Oil

June 24, 2013
Beet Terrine 3

This Beet Terrine is **so** darn good.  If you are a fan of beets, this will knock your socks off, if you are not a fan of beets, get over it and try this dish!  How awesome would this be to bring to a party, you would get all the oohs and ahhs.  It is […]

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts Slaw

February 25, 2013
Roasted Brussels sprouts Slaw

Me and the hubs went out to dinner a few weekends ago at a new restaurant that opened up here in Downtown Cincinnati called Metropole.  Metropole’s menu revolves around a custom-built wood-burning fireplace, emphasizing the city’s European roots and celebrating the region’s local farming and sustainable agriculture.  There is a HUGE wood burning fireplace in […]

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Arugula Salad with Beans and Orange Vinaigrette

January 21, 2013
Arugula Salad with Beans and Orange Vinaigrette

   I have always been a girl who has had a dog.  Growing up I was much younger than my siblings (11,12, 13 years younger), so it left me with a lot of time by myself.  I think my parents felt sorry for me so they would get me a dog to keep me company. […]

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Chicken Paillard with Lemon Salad

October 29, 2012

Me and the hubs went to Florida to celebrate our anniversary a few weeks ago.  While we were there, I ordered this dish for lunch and then at a different restaurant a few nights later he ordered it for dinner.  Neither one of us had ever seen this dish before, but we both loved it. […]

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Mexican Quinoa Salad and Free Giveaway

October 8, 2012

Quinoa, can you pronounce it?  I couldn’t, but its become part of our diet so I figured it would be good idea to pronounce it correctly when the boys asked what was on their plate, KEEn-wha is how it sounds. What is Quinoa?  It looks like a pasta, but it’s a seed and is related to […]

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Salmon Salad Appetizer

August 10, 2012
Salmon Salad Appetizer Recipe at www.ahealhtylifeforme.com

I owe this recipe to my son Jacob.  He told me my Pistachio Crusted Salmon recipe is the best Salmon recipe I make.  Since I always have extra Salmon at the end of dinner, his comment got me thinking and  I came up with this little doozy.  It’s simple to pull together and is a […]

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Grilled Romaine and Blue Cheese Salad

July 31, 2012
Grilled Romaine and Blue Cheese Salad@ ahealthylifeforme.com

My husband always orders the “Wedge Salad” at one of our favorite steak house restaurants.  I am not a big fan of ice burg lettuce, it has no nutritional value, so I exchanged it with grilled Romaine lettuce.  A much better and healthier choice! 2 heads of Romaine Lettuce, cut in half 3 strips of […]

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Red, White and Blue Salad

July 4, 2012
watermelon blueberries goat cheese honey fourth of july

Now that my boys are older we don’t do as much to celebrate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, beside the typical grilling out, eating and going to the local firework display.  Wait that’s what most of us do! When the boys were younger my husband would organize a Dad and kid […]

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Orzo and Black-Eyed Pea Salad

July 2, 2012
Orzo and Black Eyed Pea Salad Recipe at www.ahealthylifeforme.com

I have fallen in love with this simple little salad.  It is loaded with yummy healthy vegetables, plus the peas (which are actually beans) gives this dish protein and iron.  So you can eat this alone or as a side to a main course.  I dug into the leftovers for lunch the next day, very […]

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