Grilled Fish Tacos: Easy, cheap, healthy, tasty summer eats!

April 29, 2012
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Grilled fish tacos, using tilapia, are an incredibly easy, quick, tasty, healthy, and inexpensive meal for the warmer months of the year. Only 4 Weight Watchers PointsPlus for 2 tacos!

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Pioneer Woman’s Shrimp Penne a la Betsy

April 25, 2012
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The Pioneer Woman dish is simple and quick enough to whip up after work, yet elegant enough to serve as a romantic dinner for two, or when hosting a dinner party. 15 PointsPlus per serving.

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Kentucky Rabbit — A Tasty and Twisted Easter Dinner!

April 7, 2012
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Impress your friends and traumatize your kids when you serve tasty Kentucky Rabbit for your Easter Dinner!

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Steamed Asian Sesame Squash — An easy veggie side dish

March 26, 2012
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Tasty and healthy Asian sesame steamed squash makes a great vegetable side dish for a variety of grilled, baked, or Asian-inspired dishes.

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Irish Soda Bread

March 16, 2012
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The classic Irish Soda Bread is easier to prepare than you think. Great for breakfast or on the side for your Saint Patrick’s Day feast!

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Cheddar Ale Soup

March 11, 2012
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We served this rich delicious creamy soup as a first course at our St. Paddy’s Day dinner party, yet it’s hearty enough — especially if paired with bread — to function as an entire meal.

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Chocolate Guinness Mousse with an Irish Whiskey Whipped Cream

March 8, 2012
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Finish your Saint Patrick’s Day feast right with a Chocolate Guinness Mousse topped with an Irish Whiskey Whipped Cream for dessert!

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Healthy Hearty Lasagna Soup

March 1, 2012
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I made this soup last week for Hubby and the kids on a weeknight after work. It was super quick to prepare. And it was super delicious. A big big hit with the entire family, who rated it “a keeper”.

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Asian Grilled Asparagus

February 28, 2012
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We love cooking multiple varieties of Asian food at home, but a lot of the main dishes we’ve made don’t have a whole lot of what we call “vegetables” in them.  Sometimes we don’t care, and just slap it on some rice or noodles and call it a meal.  Other times we’ve used a simple [...]

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Gina’s Skinny Sauteed Brussels Sprouts — one of my favorite every day vegetables

February 21, 2012
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This healthy version of one of my new favorite vegetables is surprisingly packed with flavor! And at just 2 PointsPlus per serving, I can eat them whenever I want.

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Easy heart-warming individual puff pastry chicken or turkey pot pies — perfect for using up leftover poultry!

February 4, 2012
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These hearty family-friendly pot pies are a great way to use up leftover chicken or turkey, and puff pastry sheets speed up the process. My kids and husband would eat these every week, if I allowed it.

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Spicy Slow Cooker Chicken Vindaloo — Soooo much better than it looks!

January 20, 2012
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If you read The Taste Place regularly, you know we love spicy food.  One of our favorite cuisines that regularly features a bit of spice is Indian.  We both enjoy Indian restaurants, but our experience making Indian food at home has been a bit mixed.  We’ve used Trader Joe’s Curry and Masala Simmer Sauces with [...]

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