It’s almost summer! The last place I want to be in the afternoon is slaving away in the kitchen, but the fam’s gotta eat, right? We’ve collected 5 snappy recipes to get you out of the kitchen and back to whatever it is you do
5-minute Pesto Pizza
Ingredients:
Baby spinach
Pesto sauce
roasted chicken
pre-made pizza crust
fontina or other cheese
(feel free to throw any other old thing you’ve got on it – I went with what was in the fridgy!)
Cover the pizza crust in pesto, add the chicken and spinach, coat with lots and lots (that’s a technical term) of your desired cheese and bake on 400 for about 20 minutes or until bubbly and gooey.
Quickie Fish Tacos
Ingredients:
Tilapia or other mild whitefish filets
Taco Seasoning
Bread Crumbs
Bagged Cabbage
Avocado
Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas
Salsa and any other desired taco condiment
Combine bread crumbs and taco seasoning. Bread fish and bake in oven at 350° until flaky. Assemble tacos. Doesn’t get much quicker than that, folks!
Veggie Wraps for the Soul
Ingredients:
Whole Wheat Flour Tortillas
Low-fat cream cheese
Green & red Bell Pepper
Zucchini – sliced into spears
Sliced Mushrooms
Tomato
Bagged Lettuce
Cut Bell Peppers into strips and roast in oven with mushrooms and zucchini with light coating of oil. Remove and place on napkin-covered plate. Lay out tortillas and spread a thin layer of cream cheese, along with a bit of lettuce and tomato. Place some of roasted veggie mix inside and wrap up.
If my kids will eat it, surely yours will try it – seriously folks, these can be customized to your tastes and are GOOD.
My Favorite Salmon
Ingredients
Salmon Filets
Parchment Paper
1 Tbsp Dijon Mustard
1 Tbsp Honey
1 tsp Soy Sauce
Salt & Pepper
Asparagus (trimmed, then cut into half-spears)
Mix together mustard, honey and soy sauce. Lay out parchment and place a small bunch of asparagus on sheet, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place salmon filet on top of asparagus and top with sauce mixture, salt and pepper. Wrap up the paper into a little “package” (it’s like a little package of love!) and bake in oven at 350° for 15-20 minutes until fish flakes easily.
Garlic Mushroom Pasta with Spinach and Pine Nuts
Ingredients
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
3 tablespoons minced garlic
2 cups cleaned and sliced mushrooms
4 cups washed baby spinach
1/2 cup pine nuts*, lightly toasted
3/4 cup fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Directions
