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Archive for the ‘Thirty Minute Meals’ Category

September 30th, 2008

Fish with tomatoes, olives and capers by Ellie Krieger

Another amazing entree from Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger! This one takes only about 15 to 20 minutes to make, start to finish :-)
Fish with Tomatoes, Olives and Capers
4 teaspoons olive oil, divided
4 (5-ounce) sea bass fillets (or other white fish)
1 small onion, diced
1/2 cup white wine
1 cup canned low-sodium diced tomatoes, with juice
1/2 cup […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

September 29th, 2008

Crostini with lentil topping

“Crostini” means something along the lines of “little crusts” in Italian. Really, it’s just a cool name for stale bread! It’s fun to make different toppings to try on small toasted pieces of bread, and serve them along with soup or stew, as an appetizer, as a side dish with any nice Mediterranean main dish. […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 6 comments

September 24th, 2008

Shells and feta salad

This combination is good warm or cold! It takes very little time to make, and is very tasty because of the concentrated nature of the ingredients. This makes a nice main dish for a vegetarian meal, or a flavorful side dish salad if you really want to go all out! We usually have it as […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

September 23rd, 2008

Super-fast version of Fettuccine Alfredo

Fettuccine Alfredo is one of those foods that we just have to eat, even though we know it’s loaded with fat! Sometimes you’ve just got to say So what? and go for it. This is a very fast and easy version of the Italian treat, and must be served immediately, so make sure that everything […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 1 comment

September 22nd, 2008

Onion-marinated lamb

You can marinate this dish in your fridge for a couple days as long as the meat is fresh! The more onions, the better :-)  We had this lamb with grilled corn on the cob and fresh tomatoes with basil.  Salted olive oil for dipping the tomatoes…yum!

Onion-Marinated Lamb
1 - 2 lbs of lamb
Salt […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 9 comments

September 18th, 2008

Fast and delicious chicken cacciatore

You will have more than enough time while the spaghetti is boiling to put together a wonderful chicken cacciatore dish, as long as you’ve done the once a week food preparation! If not, this can still be a thirty minute meal: just chop up the veggies while you pre-cook the chicken, and then start […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 7 comments

September 16th, 2008

Creamy sweet and sour dressing

A nice big spinach salad is great anytime: in the spring and summer it serves well as the entire meal, and in the fall and winter it makes a great side dish. Throw in hard boiled eggs, crumbled bacon, thin red onion rings, mushrooms, or whatever else you like. But definitely make sure you serve […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

September 9th, 2008

Lamb skewers with Greek sides

If you cube your lamb small, it will cook very quickly and stay quite tender! Add some Greek sides and some lemon to dowse everything, and you’ll be in tastebud heaven. Besides the Greek accompaniments listed below, we added fresh asparagus to the mix, doing it on the grill as well. Yum! This can all […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

September 3rd, 2008

Grilled vegetables with chipotle-lime sauce

Oh. My. Gosh. This vinaigrette sauce kicks up the flavor of vegetables so much that I even willingly ate zucchini…and I never willingly eat zucchini! We had an all-grilled meal the other night, consisting of sausage, buns that were toasted on the grill, and a wonderful mixture of vegetables that were later doused in […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 0 comments

September 1st, 2008

Two weeks of late summer menus

Here are two weeks of late summer menus for you, featuring 30 minute meals that I’ve shared here on Busy Family Meals. Each week has 5 full dinners, 1 snack-style dinner, and 1 day left over for you to eat…well, left overs! Or to go out :-)
Click on each recipe that you decide to […]

By Cyndi Lavin -- 6 comments