Spaghetti with Sausage and Simple Tomato Sauce

Its fun to use a different meat than usual- hot italian turkey sausage links. This is a Cooking Light recipe April 2010

Salmon with Pink Lentil Salad

Salmon is definately a staple in our house so I am always looking for different ways to fix it up. Rachel Ray's recipe is simple but the lentil salad with it- devine!

Curry-Tomato Sauce with Whole Wheat Spaghetti and Chickpeas

A traditional spaghetti with a twist, Chickpeas. Who knew? But this turned out to be delicious. I am always looking out for some meatless dishes and this is a great choice. Healthy and cheap!

Rachel Ray

I am trying Rachel Ray's magazine to get some recipes from and I will let you know how it goes. I found some of her cookbooks to be a little less user friendly since they had a lot of ingredients not available in normal stores. I think there is nothing that irritates me more than choosing something to make for dinner then looking for an ingredient that I have never heard of. I don't mind making once a week new spice/vinegar/sauce purchases. I think it is good for me so that I can learn to be a better cook and once you buy tumeric powder or whatever you probably wont need to buy it again because it is only once in awhile that you find a recipe with that in it. One of the first recipes I tried she list san marzano canned tomatoes. WTH is san marzano tomatoes? I still dont know but she had a pictures of whole tomatoes in the pot so I figured it out. Why not just write whole tomatoes.

Dora and Diego Cooking Book

I have a child that loves Dora and to cook with mommy. I found a cooking book that I adore which is

It really has a lot of healthy recipes in there. I made some blueberry muffins in there and it didn't call for butter or a lot of oil mostly yogurt, whole wheat flour and cornmeal. There is a recipe for hortchata in there too (which I am dying to try)!

Spicy Tortilla Soup with Shrimp and Avocado

This recipe came from Cooking Light, March 2011 p 40. Great hearty meal that has carrots, celery and hominy in it.

Blackened Tilapia Baja Tacos

This recipe came from Cooking Light and is again a great way to get some fish into your diet.