These healthy recipes will keep your New Years diet game STRONG! 2017 was a seriously good year; but in our world- with fun, usually along come the calories, too. 2018 is all about BALANCE for us girls at Laughing Spatula. This year, we’re going to try to balance FUN with calories, and instead of a…
Healthy Recipes
Easy Italian Chicken Skillet Dinner
Italian Chicken Skillet – A super fast and fresh one pot meal that you can customize a hundred different ways! This one pan meal is what I cook, when I don’t feel like cooking! It’s been a whirlwind last 6 weeks. Turns out retirement is exhausting, fun and fattening! As my BFF says, fun weighs…
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breasts
Prosciutto Wrapped Chicken Breasts! Three ingredients…three! This juicy chicken will quickly become your favorite go to meal, for weeknights and gatherings. Fabulous meal prep as you can make one or twenty! The best three ingredient recipe I have every posted…well actually, it may be the only three ingredient recipe I have ever posted, but either way,…
Slow Cooker Healthy Split Pea Soup
Slow Cooker Healthy Split Pea Soup! – Every wish dinner was done when you got home? Guys. It’s Fall. I (Rachel) almost, literally, cannot even contain my excitement (that sentence made me think of the Jimmy Fallon ‘Ew’ skit!). I love everything Fall is, and stands for: Changing leaves, cable knit, sweaters, candles, literally…
Oven Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole
Oven Baked Lemon Chicken and Rice Casserole! Everything in the pot and in the oven! Even the uncooked rice! I think everyone has a version of this recipe in their list of faves. A lot of them have a can of cream of ka ka in them…but not this one! Just some chopped veggies, rice,…
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup
Creamy Chicken and Wild Rice Soup! – I should say ‘light’ and creamy as this clocks in at less than 300 calories for a big one and half cup serving! It’s fall here in Seattle and that means soup to me! Soup and casseroles. Soup, casseroles and pumpkin! Soup, casseroles, pumpkin and….okay, you get…
Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta
Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta! A 20 minute no fail recipe! Tomatoes, garlic and shrimp round out this super healthy and fast dinner! I have been rummaging around the blog basement for some of your favorite recipes that need a facelift! This super easy to make shrimp dish has all the components you…
Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole
Easy Chicken Enchilada Casserole! Whip up this easy casserole on a lazy day! Using store-bought rotisserie chicken and canned enchilada sauce, this family favorite comes together in a flash! We all know I am a bit of a lazy cook. And the older I get, the fewer dishes I wanna wash!But I also love, love,…
30 Minute Sheet Pan Marinara Sauce
30 Minute Sheet Pan Marinara Sauce! Imagine making your own fresh marinara sauce…now imagine it taking less than an hour and done on a sheet pan! It’s tomato season and I have an abundance of them! It pains me when I don’t use them up after spending months coaxing the plants to proliferate! I am…
10 Weeknight Chicken Breast Recipes!
10 WEEKNIGHT CHICKEN BREAST RECIPES! To Simple, Fresh and Healthy Dinners! Clink! Kathi Pesto and Mozzarella Stuffed Chicken Breasts Split the chicken, slather on the pesto, sliced tomato and cheese. Sear and eat! Big flavors in less than 30 minutes! Baked Chicken Breasts with Lemon Rice Pilaf Who doesn’t love chicken and rice? This quick…
Tex Mex Chicken Skillet
Tex Mex Chicken Skillet! This easy chicken breast recipe packs a tons of flavor and comes together in 30 minutes! I am so excited to this share this recipe with you! This Tex-Mex Chicken Skillet has all the fresh and easy components we love around here! 30 minutes, one skillet and you have…
Tropical Salmon Burgers
Tropical Salmon Burgers! These easy to make healthy burgers have mango, jalapeño and red bell peppers running all through the burger than a bit more spooned on top! Make one bowl of fresh fruit salsa and incorporate some into the burger itself and serve the rest as topping. This comes together so fast and…
Greek Salmon Kabobs with Oven Baked Lemon Rice
Greek Salmon Kabobs with Oven Baked Lemon Rice! Grill up these easy healthy salmon kabobs while your rice is baking…yes baking in the oven! While your kabobs are kabobbing, the rice is baking up in the oven! It’s all done at the same time and you look like the cooking rock star that you are!…
Chicken Pesto Burgers
Chicken Pesto Burger – Made with ground chicken and store bought fresh Pesto! This easy fresh and healthy burger will quickly become your favorite healthy week night meal! I love Pesto! It adds such a big flavor to everything it touches. It used to be so hard to find, you had to go to go…
3 Minute Skinny Caesar Dressing
Three Minute Skinny Caesar Dressing! – A super easy and flavorful caesar dressing that won’t chub you up! Made with simple ingredients, you will never miss the full fat version! Who doesn’t love a really good Caesar Salad?! It’s one of our faves. But the dressing can be a hassle. Raw egg. A can of oily…
