Roasted Cabbage with Kielbasa

Roasted Cabbage

Ingredients
1 large head of cabbage
1 large white onion
2 pounds top-quality kielbasa
olive oil
salt and pepper
Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 deg F.

Slice cabbage into 1-inch bite-sized pieces and arrange on a large baking pan.

Cut onion into wedges and place on and around cabbage.

Season with salt and pepper.

Drizzle oil over cabbage and onion.

Place kielbasa over

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Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

Mini Cherry Cheesecakes

Ingredients for the fillings:
36 Vanilla Wafers
2 8oz Packages of Cream Cheese, softened at room temperature
3 Tbsp of Sour Cream
Zest of 1 Small Lemon
¾ cup of Granulated Sugar
1 tsp of Vanilla Bean Paste (or vanilla extract)
2 Eggs
1 Tbsp of All Purpose Flour
¼ cup of Melted Unsalted Butter
For the Cherry Compote:
2 ½ cups of Fresh Pitted Cherries
1/3 cup of Granulated

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Turkey-Stuffed Bell Peppers

Here's a fun experiment I tried when trying to clean up leftovers in my fridge. It's hard to go wrong with stuffing bell peppers. Almost anything blends with it such as rice, beef or in this case, ground turkey with a little bit of cooked quinoa.

Sorry ahead of time for not jotting down exact measurements. This recipe is something I just put together as I went along. But it should give you an

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Simple Recipe for Toasted Baby Kale Chips

Baked Kale Chips

Ingredients:
1 package baby kale
olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
Direction:

Preheat oven at 275 deg F.

In a large bowl, place 1/2 package of baby kale and drizzle enough olive oil to cover the leaves. Mix with your hands to coat evenly. The trick is to coat thinly so that leaves are crispy, else they become soggy.

Spread the coated leaves on a baking pan. Do the same with

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Grilled Sweet Potatoes

Eversince I found out that sweet potatoes are high in beta carotene and good for your skin, I've been looking forward to trying them as grilled delicacies. I got the idea from Pinterest and couldn't wait to try it since we barbecue a lot during summers. Luckily, we had guests last weekend and I had the chance to try.


Grilled Sweet Potato Slices

Ingredient for the Rub
1/3 cup paprika
1/3 cup

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Open-Faced Toast with Poached Eggs, Mashed Avocado and Buttered Spinach

Want more avocado in your diet? Mix it up with eggs and spinach to make an amazingly delicious breakfast. Not to mention that all 3 food -- avocado, spinach and eggs -- are highly recommended for skin care.

Thanks to Laura Vitale's YouTube channel, I found a way to use up a leftover avocado and a small batch of spinach that I did not want to spoil.

So I present to you, an open-faced toast with

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Sauteed Bok Choy w/ Quinoa, Carrots, and Broccoli

Ingredients
2 heads bok choy
2 cups quinoa, cooked (see here)
1 cup mushrooms
1-2 cloves of garlic, minced
2 cups carrots, sliced
1/2 onion, diced (could be more, 1/2 onion is all I had)
1 head broccoli, crowns only
salt and pepper to taste
Direction

Sautee onions, mushrooms and garlic in olive oil. In a separate lidded pan, sautee carrots and broccoli with light oil. Make sure that lid is

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Homemade Hummus For Afternoon Snacking

Ever had hummus? They're wonderful as dips for healthy snacking. You can use any popular snacks to eat with hummus such as chips, bread, celeries, roasted asparagus, etc.

A few days ago, I made something simple for my friends. It consisted of sliced tomatoes, cucumbers and pita bread. Simple, yet amazing. The recipe for the hummus is below.




Ingredients:


1/4 cup tahini
4 cloves of garlic

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Simple Smokey Plank-Grilled Salmon Recipe

Summer is almost here and that means bbq! I'm not the griller in the family, my uncle is the one who likes to grill. He does that several weekends through the summer whether at our house or his backyard. One of my favorites is smoked salmon grilled on a plank of cedar. He tried it for the first time last summer and it was delicious. Not to mention that salmon is rich in essential fatty acids like

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