CCB Salad by sunil k.nayar

with cucumber carrot and beetroots this is one healthy and easy to make salad

Garlic Herbed Sweet Potatoes by Amos Miller

TRY THIS AT EASTER - it is a signature dish! It is sweet and savory with fresh herbs, dairy products and chicken broth. This is a North Carolina recipe, naturally healthy and rich in beta-carotene, the most common plant source of vitamin A. But who cares! This is delicious, even if it is good for you...besides, sweet potatoes…

Mom's Famous Zucchini Bread by Denise Sherin

This is a great way to get kids to eat veggies! My son loves this as a snack. I make this in mini loaves for the church bake sale it's always a big hit.

Roasted Brussels Sprouts Chips by Jennifer Tyler Lee

Like potato chips, only 500X better! These crispy, crunchy Roasted Brussels Sprouts Chips will have your kids begging for Brussels!

Hearty Chicken Vegetable Soup with Dumplings by Gretchen Wasniewski

A quick to make, hearty and healthy dinner for a cold winter night. This recipe begins with a rotisserie chicken and stretches that economical chicken for 2 full meals. The broth is seasoned with vegetable peels and trim that I always save in a plastic bag in my freezer. The core of tomatoes, the tails of parsley, carrot peels, potato…

Green Bean Casserole by Cathy Spivak

I can't do Thanksgiving without this side dish. I like it with 1 cup of shredded Cheddar cheese added to it.

Vegan Cream of Spinach Soup by The Blender Girl

The best thing about this soup? It takes less than half an hour from chopping board to table; and is dead easy. Unlike starchy soups that need about 30-40 minutes to cook through, this soup only needs about 20 minutes. Just chop up your ingredients, bring to the boil, simmer, blend and serve. I can’t seem to go past using whole…

Leftover 2-Bean Stew by Amos Miller

A quick bite using odds & ends was WAY too delicious not to post. Forget 8-bean and even 18-bean soups - 2 cans of beans, a few veggies and a little smoked sausage turned a toss-off dish into a tasty winner! I had no intention when I threw this together to share it with anyone other than a couple of hungry mouths in the kitchen.…

Who knew Guacamole could be so easy (and tasty)? by Nick Roche

I must confess that I've never made Guacamole before. It has always been so convenient for others to make or bring to a party that it never really crossed my mind to do it myself; however, the other day there were two nice sized Avocados staring at me in the face on the kitchen counter, perfectly ripe, not too soft, not too hard. The…

Reduced Fat Pumpkin Cookies by Brittany Hoverman