Barley & Veggies Soup

So, as autumn continues, so does my craving for soup, soup and more soup every day!!! And now, I made a barley soup with many veggies. And chicken stock. Pretty yum actually. And I have a confession to make. I have never tried before barley. As a grain u know? So I did and I liked it. IT's definitely a keeper for my family. So here's the recipe I made, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did still am.

Creamy Cauliflower Soup

So, you know me. I love soups, no matter what time of the year it is, I just love them. Anyways, so I looked for a creamy soup, that wouldn't need a lot of cream or cream cheese or greasy stuff, but that used very little milk. And I also wanted something healthy, and I found Jessica's recipe and couldn't resist. I swear, as she also did, it's sooooo goood!!! And so comforting... anyways, give a try and tell me how do you like it!

Spaghetti Squash

So I've been wanting to try spaghetti squash since forever, but it couldn't be faound anywhere here in Mexico. Last week I found one, and OMG, I had to buy it and test it. I decided to make spaghetti squash and give it a try. I ended up loving it. Its' taste is pretty subtle and it can be paired with anything you can think of!!!

Veggies Nuggets

So, after looking Weelicious video I couldn't wait to make these for the hubs (and of course practice for the kids we will have later ... later .... later), so I gathered all my stuff and got to work on them. They are really nice, they are healthy, a good alternative, beautiful, and best of all, homemade! So, give them a try and let me know how it goes =)

Hearthwarming Soup {Veggies + Noodles}

So, cold is getting here, and fall got here too, and I love soups. I have always loved them :0) and I made this soup as lunch for the week. It's really heartwarming (hence the name) and also, is very smooth, tasty and best of all... healthy!! So what else would you like in a fall soup? I hope you give it a try and enjoy it. So let's go to the recipe...

Grilled Balsamic Chicken "Fajitas"

So, I made this delicious chicken for lunch and I was NOT disappointed on my idea =) Ha! Just kidding, the chicken was delicious =) and the veggies were delicious too!! They had a grilled flavor, amazing. I enjoyed it a lot, and the best of all it's that it's light! It doesn't make you fat, it is natural, and healthy =)

Splenda Meringues 4 {Coffee}

So, you may already know that I can eat a lot of Splenda meringues, so I'm trying several flavors, and now, it was time for coffee meringues!! They were actually pretty good!! I think they are my favorite so far, followed by regular Splenda meringues (no extra flavors added). You can check my recipes here, here and the lemon flavored ones here. I totally recommend these, they taste amazing, although they look kind of like poop... ha!

Rotisserie Chicken

So, I've been craving for rotisserie since who knows when! And finally, I bought a whole organic chicken and I made it! I used my convection oven, and it worked really great!!! I'm really excited because it was so juicy, so delicious, so crunchy, so yum!!! And the best thing is that's really healthy =) Really crispy and flavorful. I hope you get the chance to try it out, it's totally worth it. Even the hubs wants me to make another one, with BBQ sauce (he's not a BBQ lover.... weird!!). So, I based my preparation in princechopper's recipe. I changed it a bit, both in content and timing.

Light Lasagna {Pasta Free}

So, after eating pretty much the same for many weeks.. ok, I'm exagerating a little. I've not been eating the same, but I'm sick of fish (I stopped eating fish like a month ago) and I'm starting to get sick of grilled chicken =( soooooo I decided to design different recipes that I could eat for my diet. So here comes one of them. This was totally an experiment... a success if I may add! I was a little worried that it would taste like a regular omelette or egg, but it didn't! I hope you give it a try and let me know what you think.

Light Chilaquiles

So, I was getting a little bored of what I could eat, so I decided to give it a try and prepare some Light Chilaquiles. They are good, and the best part is that depending on the different sauces you use, the flavor will be different every time. This way it's harder to get bored.

Testing Egg Whites for Lasagna

I decided to make a lasagna that I could eat being on diet. And then, God illuminated me and gave me the greatest idea of all... an egg whites lasagna!!! Yes, OMG, I know. As you hear it. An egg whites lasagna. There are egg noodles right? :) so Egg white lasagna noodles should be able to exist too.. and based on that idea, I decided to try egg whites in different ways, just to make sure that I would use them the best way, and I would have the most of them =)

Three Chiles Salsa

So, trying to make a different spicy sauce, I looked for many recipes and found one that caught my eye at Saveur magazzine. I decided to give it a try, and althought it didn't taste too good at first, after some hours it was amazing. I don't know if the flavors concentrated or what really happended, but the flavor was amazing.

Cottage Cheese and Veggies Wrap

So, if you remember, I'm on a diet, and I'm getting a little sick of eating fish and chicken. I can only have beef  twice a week =( so, I'm replacing the chicken protein with cottage cheese. It's ok, it gives a twist to my meals, so I won't get bored of eating the same over and over again. I guess right now I'm having a limited diet, because I can't even eat beans, peas, rice, or anything like that. So I figured, why not make a wrap? And here we go.

Splenda Meringues 3 {Lemon}

OK, so being able to eat maringues on my diet, makes me want to try so many different flavors. So, after making the other two recipes before, I'm sharing this one. I'm not a big fan of citrics, so the taste is some kind of annoying for me, but it's still good. My friends loved them, I didn't, I just liked them. I'm planning on making some coffe meringues and vanilla meringues. Let me know if you have any more suggestions. Here's the recipe.

Chicken'n'Meatloaf

So, I decided to make a meatloaf with beef and chicken, and because we all know a meatloaf has beef on it, then it's better I add the chicken prefix =) It's full of veggies, and guess what? It's also filled with cheese!!! Light cheese!!! Ok, cottage cheese. So, it's very tasteful,and best of all, it's very light.

Of course I prefer the original recipe for Meatloaf, but right now I can't eat that. I adapted the recipe with the food I can eat.

Roasted Chicken with Veggies

So, after eating the Chicken'n'Meatloaf I prepared last week, I made yet ANOTHER chicken casserole like the Veggies Chicken Casserole I made the week before. It's very similar, but I think this one has so much more flavor (because I seasoned the chicken so the broth would also be flavorful) and I experimented with different tomatoes and added cucumber too! Make sure you try it out, you won't regret! Oh, and it's so much more brothy than the last one!

Baked Green Salsa

I have always preferred Green Salsa over Red Salsa, but I think the baked flavor gives them another taste, sweeter and spicier at the time... It's very funny, I've tried salsa with different types of cooking the veggies, and I think I'm convincing myself that baking is the best way to go. Of course, it depends on how you are using your salsa, among other things...

Splenda Meringues 2

So, I decided to give a second chance for reaching my desired consistency on Splenda Meringues. They are better than last ones =) I still don't know why (maybe experience??) because the recipe is the same. Only this time I used a tip to give them a better shape and a uniform size. Check them out!

Baked Salsa {Restaurant Style}

So, checking out April's recipe for a Restaurant Style salsa, I decided to give it a try, even when I already had some salsa leftover from two days ago. The flavor is amazing, the texture too (it's thicker than cooked tomatoes) BUT if andf only if you love garlic. If you don't that much, I totally recommend to use half the garlic from the recipe.

Veggies Chicken Bake

So, I decided to make this casserole, pretty big for two, like the hubs say "it looks like you want to feed 30 hungry people", but it's yum! And the best thing of all, it's not greasy, it has a lot of veggies, and they will cook in chicken broth, natural chicken broth.