Zippy Szechuan Chicken and Veggies
Take your tastebuds on a weeknight trip to Asia with this slightly spicy Chinese-inspired dish. You can easily substitute the…
Creamy Pasta Bake with Chicken
This is a dreamy, smooth pasta dish that uses little pasta but is still big on taste. This dish can be easily doubled and baked…
Italian Sausage Zucchini Casserole (with Pasta)
This dish is Italian comfort food. I curl up on sofa with a bowl of this and watch a movie. You can go totally low-carb with this…
Yellow Cupcakes
I have not perfected low carb baking yet but these are pretty good. They have a little denser texture than a light and fluffy…
Spicy Paprika Salmon
If you like paprika and some zing, you’ll like this dish. Salmon has such a robust (almost fatty) flavor you get a big bang for…
Whitefish with an Asian-Cajun Remoulade
Some would call this fancy frou-frou food. Who knows what a remoulade is!? Foodies do. And foodies understand the concept of…
Keebler Toasteds Crackers Harvest Wheat
Keebler Toasteds are now approved for ZReduction! But ONLY the wheat variety. These crunchy crackers have an amazing toasted…
Shrimp Cocktail Chowder
Talk about easy to make. This soup is done in a flash. If you’re like me you’ll make a triple batch. You can freeze the portions…
Authentic Italian Meatballs
These meatballs are my take on an authentic meatball recipe from New York city. These actually have a cheesy element to them that…
Peanut Butter Thai Stir Fry
I love peanut sauce with my Thai food. It feels like Asian comfort food. Don’t knock it til you try it. I thought it sounded…
Winter Apple “Pie”
Spice up your holidays without losing a step on Plan Z with this comforting winter-inspired recipe.
Chicken Breasts with Zola’s French Pan Sauce (BUFFET STYLE)
This is my favorite new creation. I think I have made this three times in the last two weeks and that’s pretty much a record for…
Asian Veggie Stir Fry
This dish can be served with something as simple as a grilled steak or a baked chicken breast. If you want an American-Asian…
Spicy Dipping Sauce
Serve with my seared sea scallops or with any fish or sea food. I think grilled shrimp would be great! Or even cooked, cold…
Simple Winter Chicken Salad
In a hurry for dinner? Feeling like a cold entrée? This whips up really fast and will remind you of summer even though it…
Pumpkin Soup for Fun or Fancy
This is a perfect way to start a holiday dinner. Impress the family even though this dish is super easy. Or make it for a…
Michael Pollan Takes On Cooking
Chefs Mario Batali, Alice Waters, and food writer Samin Nosrat discuss Michael Pollan's new book, Cooked -- a seminal piece of…
Salt This Away…
Use sea salt instead of the “normal” refined table salt. Salt has many health benefits. And it doesn’t give you high blood…
Scientists Find Out What Chicken Nuggets Are Really Made Of
Researchers from the University of Mississippi in Jackson broke down some chicken nuggets to see what they were really made of.…
House Call: Do You Have a Fatty Liver?
The most common disease in America is something you probably never heard of, but it affects 90 million Americans and is a major…