One of our favorite leftover meals is quesadillas. When we have leftover meats, fish, seafood, or vegetables a lot of times they find their way into quesadillas. My favorite tortillas for this are Don Pancho® wholewheat tortillas. They are the perfect size and have great flexibility when they’re at room temperature. I use one tortilla,…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
White Squash
Imagine my surprise when I was doing my usual “spray things off to see if you can just keep them alive ,” and I noticed several white squash on one of my plants. It’s been way too hard to garden this summer, and in my large pots, when things began to take…
Green Pepper Appetizer
PrintGreen Pepper Appetizer Total Time: 10 minutes Yield: 6 – 8 Ingredients2 fresh green bell peppers 1 cup feta cheese 2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil 2 tsp chopped fresh mint (optional) 1 tsp dried dill 1 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp lemon zest juice of 1/2 lemon (or whole lemon) 1/4 tsp granulated…
Hummus (garbanzo bean spread)
This makes a lot of hummus, but it freezes well. If you’re going to make it, you might as well make a lot! You’ll find a good price on smoked paprika in the bulk (health food section) of HEB on Wooded Acres or in the Woodway store in Waco. PrintHummus (garbanzo bean spread) Total Time:…
Lunches for School (or work!)
Back to school, what to eat? Lunches are a big challenge normally. The school can never feed your kids as well and as inexpensively as you can. Those snack packs of highly processed items in the grocery store should not be an option. Remember the more whole the food, the less processed, the better for…