Archive for the ‘Healthy Eating’ Category

A Fresh Start

Posted by Candace on Friday, August 19th, 2011

I’ll admit… I lost my love of cooking over the past year or so.  We sold our old house about 2 years ago with the beautiful kitchen and have been renting a super cute 40′s style house in our dream neighborhood.  The kitchen in the rental home is lovely and updated, but quite small.  I find myself not using certain pans because they are in the back of a cabinet, under 5 other pans.  I also have half of my kitchen stuff in the garage, which is not exactly the best place to store it.

We’ve been taking our time and looking for our dream house in this neighborhood… and we finally found it, two blocks away from our rental home.  We bought the house and we’re currently creating my dream kitchen in this home.  Needless to say, I am giddy with happiness!  I will have much more space than I’ve ever had before and I’m splurging on an Induction cooktop.  This is MY version of Christian Louboutin shoes.

Anyway, all this kitchen planning has given me a burst of cooking creativity and I’ve been cooking much more lately.  I made these quick chicken kabobs last night that I wanted to share!

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August 19th, 2011 by Candace / Filed under Chicken, Dinner, Healthy Eating / 8 Critiques

Squash and Zucchini Tart

Posted by Candace on Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

The other day, I really felt like cooking. We’ve been so busy lately, that I haven’t even had time to feel like cooking, much less actually cook something. Thank god I live in Ft Lauderdale and am surrounded by really great restaurants or we would have starved!

I found this recipe in the Tribecca Grill Cookbook. Of course, I changed most of it… lol!  What I like most about the recipe, other than it being very healthy and low fat is the simple preparation, but totally fancy presentation.  Just up my alley.

I also used this opportunity to use my new knife from New West Knife Works.  I’m in love with this knife… not only is it gorgeous with the multicolored wooden handle, but boy is it sharp.  Just a great knife.
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August 4th, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Healthy Eating, Vegetarian / 3 Critiques

Bedtime for Gar-Bonzos

Posted by Candace on Monday, April 5th, 2010

If there is one thing I always have on hand is garbanzo beans (aka chick peas.) With garbanzo beans I often make hummus, soups, salads and have even been known to add garbanzo beans to chili. Yes, I’m a daring one, eh? I’ll admit, in the past, I would buy can o’beans and use that, but I’ve recently started cooking dry beans, and it is SO MUCH BETTER! I wasn’t surprised.  But I always have an emergency can of garbanzos.  You just never know when you get a hankering for some.

Anyway, onto the salad… I’ve had a few tasty garbanzo bean salads recently, one from The Kosher Kingdom (where we did a photo shoot of their amazing store and YUMMY prepared foods) and another one at a day after brunch for a wedding we photographed.  Although the two salads were as different as they could be… they both starred the garbanzo.  I made my own version with what I had on hand, including peppers and herbs from my garden.  This recipe surely can be added to your very tasty AND healthy list.
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April 5th, 2010 by Candace / Filed under Healthy Eating, Vegetarian / 5 Critiques

Healthy Eating Commences Now

Posted by Candace on Thursday, October 15th, 2009

I’ve set a goal. I know I’m never going to be back to my perfect size. Never gonna happen. But I’d like to get close to that size… or around the corner from it. Or just in the neighborhood. I’d like to lose 10 (really 15) pounds. I’ve been eating more fruits and vegetables, and trying to avoid the bad (or really, really good!) stuff.  I’ve even been using my pool for laps every morning. We’ll see how long that lasts!

This salad is an attempt to recreate a lentil salad I had while on a friend’s sailboat recently.  It was so good that I kept eating it.  And eating it. And eating it.  You get the point, right?  The best part is that the salad was definitely healthy.  All I remembered were lentils, caramelized onions and herbs.  I’ve made something similar, but I’m pretty sure it’s totally different.  Either way… its yummy and great for my new healthy eating regime!

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October 15th, 2009 by Candace / Filed under Healthy Eating, Salad, Vegetarian / 4 Critiques