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Tangy Turkey Burger

by zesty on May 20, 2011 · 2 comments

Weekend… is… close. What about ground turkey, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, ginger and red pepper flakes all mashed into a burger and topped with baby arugula and Parmesan pepper mayo? Feast your eyes… and make it tonight!  This was done inside and not on the grill.  feel free to pop these on the grill [...]

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Minty Pea and Apple Rice

by zesty on May 16, 2011 · 1 comment

Good morning!  I have a tendency to use the ingredients on hand and come up with some odd pairings, unique combination or just all out crazy dishes.  For this dish, I combined the fresh taste of mint and crunchy royal gala apples, green peas and some jasmine rice.  Interesting combination?  Tasty?  I would say yes [...]

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Apple Filled Granola Topped Muffins

by zesty on May 9, 2011 · 3 comments

apple granola muffin

Happy Monday! A while back, I was fooling around with muffin recipes and I made an apple granola muffin that was a 6-7 out of 10. Apples were a little bland and they were nothing to facebook and tell your friends. This time around I altered the ingredients slightly. I used organic hemp granola with [...]

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Zesty Pasta in 11 Minutes or Less

by zesty on April 18, 2011 · 1 comment

Happy Monday morning to you.  Or let’s at least hope it is a happy Monday.  It’s Easter week which is kind of exciting, shortened work week, chocolate everywhere and a bunny will be hopping by the house soon enough.  Ever not feel like making dinner and ordering out but you don’t want to order out [...]

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Pork Ragu over Basmati Rice

by zesty on March 2, 2011 · 1 comment

This dish came to me as I had a craving for Basmati rice.  I know… very strange but true.  I was sitting in the office all day and knew I wanted Basmati rice and I realized that I bought pork chops at the grocery store the day before and not put them in the freezer [...]

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A Spicy Chicken Leg

by zesty on February 14, 2011 · 7 comments

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Hopefully everyone had a fun weekend regardless of where you are in this world of ours.  We had a fun family weekend, including a spur of the moment trip to Halifax ( which means I get to go to Costco ), a trip to the pool for swimming lessons and of course [...]

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Braised Beef w/ Spinach and Brown Rice

by zesty on February 9, 2011 · 13 comments

Every now and again I feel I come up with a dinner that is really really good!  Last night may have been one of those nights.  I started with a big piece of beef, almost like a blade roast (just a little thinner) and I had some homemade marinara sauce that I wanted to use.  [...]

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Kale Chips and a Packer Win!

by zesty on February 7, 2011 · 4 comments

Happy Monday to you!  Did you watch the Super Bowl game last night?  It was a really great game, very enjoyable, lot of action, good commercials and the team I was cheering for won!  Whooo Hooo go Packers. Speaking of commercials though, Did everyone see the doritos commercial last night?  Oh my, when I saw [...]

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How to Make Barbeque Chicken Sauce

by zesty on January 12, 2011 · 20 comments

Ever want to escape the weather?  Some choose to go to an all inclusive resort, other choose to have special weekend away in seclusion and than there is some that just pretend to relive the summer and make a kicked up barbeque chicken sauce in the middle of January. I guess for this week I am [...]

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