Sylvia's Scenario

I made this recipe last night and I thought it was different because it's a shrimp dish without tomato sauce or curry which seems to be in most my shrimp dishes lately.  This recipe is full of fiber from the artichoke hearts and kale and it's so hardy you don't really need pasta with it. Plus, you can make it in 30 minutes in one pan; my kind of meal.  I got the recipe from a food blog called  Julia's Album.   Her theme is to provide simple weeknight meals to make your life easy.  This one was super easy, too.  I always have a bag of Trader Joe's frozen artichoke hearts in the freezer (as well as their frozen cauliflower rice) and I love recipes with them.  I miss getting new recipes from dietitian, Hannah Freese, RD, since she discontinued her nutrition business so now I'm always on the lookout for new recipes that fit her guidelines.  I did switch out the spinach in the recipe for kale and used full-fat coconut milk instead of heavy cream. ...

I got this recipe from the Seattle Times which came from the Washington Post's food writer and registered dietitian, Ellie Krieger.  Her latest book Whole in One:  Complete, Healthy Meals in a Single Pot, Skillet or Sheet Pan was released in 2019.  My favorite meals are the ones that are cooked in one big pot or skillet.  You just set the pot down in the middle of the table and let everyone dig in.  That's how this meal was and it was so good.  Chicken Scarpariello is an American Italian dish and the author adds artichokes to it for a flavorful variation and we all loved it.  I'm not cooking family dinners much anymore since Nick & family moved to Spain, so now when Lauren says she coming over, I try to fix a special meal and last night it was this recipe.   This dish is braised chicken with peppers and sausage.  Artichokes are not traditionally used in the braise, but they fit in beautifully, simmered until tender with all the other ing...

Since we've been home from Hawaii, I've had the urge to cook some of my favorite recipes...plus some.  It always feels good to return from a trip and be able eat the comforts of home again.  The first day home I made my  Pumpkin Bean Chili  which lasted for a couple days.  It tasted so good especially being back in cold weather.  I make this recipe probably twice a month in the winter since it's a favorite.  Then I made a batch of  Clean Cream of Mushroom Soup , another favorite.  That was consumed immediately.  These two recipes were a real switch from all our Hawaiian vacation food, although we are still eating fresh pineapple daily.  I had received a whole new batch of recipes from  Hannah Freese, RD  for the month of February so I decided to make this new recipe from her and we loved it.  It definitely turns boring chicken breasts into an exciting concoction of flavors. I have so many frozen chicken breasts in the...