I found this recipe while reading a book called The Reluctant Entertainer, and I love the concept of making noodle strips out of zucchini. This was absolutely delicious, the perfect accompaniment to the steak with which we enjoyed them.
Roasted Fingerling Potatoes
This is a simple, hands-off side dish. A light olive oil with the simple seasoning of salt and pepper is all you need.
Creamy Cheesy Broccoli Soup
Kaylee ate a broccoli cheese soup in a bread bowl at Panera Bread one time and then proceeded to beg and beg me to make some. I made my Whole Wheat Bread Bowls, then found a couple of recipes for broccoli cheese soup and combined them.
Floating Hearts
This is a wonderful recipe if you’re looking for something light. The raspberry sauce is amazingly simple, so fresh tasting and crisp, and the meringue is light and fluffy and literally melts in your mouth. It is a perfect dessert for Valentine’s Day or for an anniversary celebration.
Crusty Whole Wheat Cheese Bread
Kaylee’s great-grandfather and his sons were bakers in Florida for decades, and this bread is a similar recipe to one that they sold retail and to restaurants. The herbs in the dough are very light, just enough to enhance the cheese. It is perfect to serve as a side to almost any kind of soup, and it is absolutely light and delicious.
Heat-Free Chili
I make a heat-free chili that my children LOVE. They enjoy all of the flavors of chili, but have never enjoyed the heat.
Old-Fashioned Cornbread
It took me a few years and several brands of cornmeal and many recipes to finally find one that everyone in my family loved. Now I have friends who ask for “Hallee’s cornbread” and friends who come for dinner whose children want to know if they’re having “Hallee’s Special Cornbread!”
Cajun Style Beef Wrap
I love this wrap, because using steak gives lunch a little facelift from the normal turkey or tuna. This is a great source of protein, which helps Kaylee get through her day since she eats lunch at 10:30 in the morning. It tastes fantastic, and is packed full of all sorts of good vitamins and minerals.
Chicken Lettuce Roll-Ups
Kaylee isn’t a huge fan of sandwiches, and she eats lunch at 10:30 and has to make it to 3:30, so the higher the protein, the better sustained she’ll be. Gregg loves high protein lunches too, and this wrap is perfect for both of them.
Omega-3 Salmon Tacos
I love fish tacos, and I also love salmon. My parents are from Oregon, and I grew up eating salmon fresh off of the grill all summer long, so combining salmon with fish tacos is just a wonderful concept to me. This packs up as a super healthy brown bag lunch.