Easy Sheet Pan Salmon Fajitas! Â A super fast and fresh way to get a healthy dinner on the table in a snap! Why didn’t I ever think of this before? Â It’s soooo good and soooo easy! It’s prepared exactly like my Sheet Pan Chicken Fajita’s but I swapped out the chicken for…
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Rice and Cashew Salad with Lightened Up Asian Dressing
A nice little change up from your regular pasta or potato salad.  Served chilled,  the combo of crunchy cashews and water chestnuts are addicting!  And of course, easy.  It’s gotta be easy or it just doesn’t show up here! This recipe is from my Mom.  She made it up years ago and we have been making it ever since.  It is one…
4 Fresh and Fabulous Burgers!
Burger central! Â My most popular burgers all in one place….one click burger town! Â You can add your favorite buns and condiments to get your summer started! Chicken Avocado Burgers – Ground chicken with chunks of fresh and creamy avocado mixed right in! Tropical Burgers – Chopped mango, peppers and seasoning. Salmon Burgers –…
Skinny Strawberry Frozen Yogurt Treats
These Skinny Frozen Yogurt Treats clock in at under 100 calories a piece! Â Made with vanilla yogurt and light whipped topping it takes less than 10 minutes to whip them up then in the freezer they go! Don’t wait until summer time to make these delicious frozen treats! Â They are great all year round! Just…
Sheet Pan Roast Chicken Dinner
All the comfort and health of a roasted chicken supper with half the work and time!  Winner, winner, sheet pan dinner! I’ve become a bit obsessed with easy sheet pan cooking.  So far I have shared Sheet Pan Fajitas,  Crispy Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner and Chocolate Cherry Sheet Pan Cake. I threw in parsnips, carrots and…
Chicken Avocado Burger
It’s a big day for Laughing Spatula.  You see this is my 200th post!  I know, I know, it’s a pretty big deal.  Banners are flying, confetti is falling, the paparazzi are hovering outside. It’s like the freakin’ Oscars or something!  Red carpet, little gold men…oh wait, that’s just my neighbor.  He’s a bit…
Chicken Parmesan Meatballs in Creamy Tomato Sauce
Tender meatballs in a skillet of Tomato Sauce and cheese…it just screams comfort food! Meatballs are beautiful things.  I don’t know why I go so long before I make them.  I love them.  Portable, stuffable…like stuff them in your mouth stuffable.  You could make a meatloaf with the exact same ingredients but it won’t taste as…
Crispy Chicken Sheet Pan Dinner
Who doesn’t like crispy crunchy chicken?  Now what about crispy crunch chicken thats baked, not fried and cooked on a sheet pan with potatoes and veggies!  Dinner done! Sheet Pan Dinners!  Brilliant no?  Well I thought so.  Starting with my post of Sheet Pan Fajitas .  I thought I finally found a recipe collection that hadn’t…
Lime and Garlic Salmon
Salmon topped with lime and garlic then baked for a super healthy fast and fresh dinner.  Did I mention easy?  You can have this ready to eat in less than 30 minutes! I have become a morning cook. I like to get all my cooking done in the a.m. When I worked at a ‘real job’,…
Fresh Tomato Vinaigrette
This easy, fast and fresh vinaigrette boasts fresh tomato and herbs . Â A healthy and easy dressing! Looking for something different to kick up those #Paleo and #Whole30 salads you been munching on the last 8 days or so? Â This is so fresh and so easy! Throw all the ingredients into a blender, food processor…
Easy Roast Chicken
Is there anything better than a simply roasted chicken? Â The flavor is nothing like anything you can get anywhere else. Â You master this simple recipe and you can feed your family for ever! After years of cooking, I mean ‘years’…I have learned my limitations in the kitchen. Â I don’t do fancy. Â Â I have tried…
Easy Italian Chicken Stew
I would say the secret ingredient to this Italian Chicken Stew is the Portobello mushrooms.  They deepen the flavor of the stew and give it a real meaty texture.  Another little secret weapon is a touch of cinnamon.  I know!  Sounds crazy, but don’t skip this step…just try a little.  It gives it a slightly mid eastern flavor.  …
Spinach, Bacon, Feta and Mandarin Orange Salad
This spinach salad is an old family favorite; Even the salad haters in our family LOVE this! That includes my son in  law who usually only eat things that are between 2 slices of bread. With feta, mandarin oranges, and bacon – who wouldn’t love it? This spinach salad is a winner for everybody, and…
Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette
All dressed up in pink and ready to party!  Fresh Raspberry Vinaigrette – comes together in a minute and will brighten up your same old, same old salad! I am not sure what took me so long to make this – could have been the lack of raspberries in the fridge I suppose :)….but never the less – once…
Cold Poached Salmon
“Your poached salmon is only as good as the broth you cook it in” – words of wisdom from my Mom. The title of this post COULD be misleading- it is poached salmon, served cold. But tomato-tomahtoe- it is delicious and fresh. I would recommend you use fresh herbs– it makes such a difference in…