Orzo Pasta and Veggie Salad.

Orzo pasta tossed with broccoli, asparagus, cucumbers, and feta cheese.  The dressing is just lemon juice, oil, garlic, and salt.  Super healthy and quite tasty too!

Rating: 3.6

Whole Wheat Waffle with Raspberry

My Girlfriend Tanya Added the Heart. :)

Optional: Whipped Cream

Rating: 3.7

Special Edition Pizza Night!

Was recently contacted by fellow food enthusiast and blogger +Archana Doshi to do a special blog post for her site!  Chose one of the recent viewer favorites from the blog and added a little tweak to it for this special edition post.

Spinach, Mushroom, and Onion Pizza with Sun-dried Tomato

Take some sun-dried tomatoes(jarred in oil) and chop finely about half of the jar.  Take a small amount of oil from the jar and pour it onto rolled our crust.  Rub the oil from the tomatoes into the crust with your fingers. (wash if you feel the need)  Then spread finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes over oil infused crust.

Chop onions and mushrooms, spread over surface of the pizza, spread preferred amount of cheese over onions and mushrooms, then lay a layer of spinach over the top of everything.  What you should have will look something but probably not exactly like this:

Bake for 13.6666666(repeating) minutes and prepare for oral awesomeness.

What comes will look something but not exactly like this:

At this point you'll probably be too tempted by the smell to resist any longer, so dig in!

+Kevin Carney's Rating: 4.5

Inexpensive Eats Night

Organic brown basmati rice with Amy's organic chili on top.  Looks like dinner gruel, tastes like heaven.  I like the spicy chili but you can get whatever you'd like.

Optional: butter on the rice.

Rating: 4.0

For My Valentine: Shrimp and Lemon Butter Sauce.

Simple but AMAZINGLY GOOD!  Cook pasta, drain, and set aside.  Put 3/4 stick butter into a large skillet and add 3 cloves garlic, minced.  After 30sec-1minute add uncooked organic shrimpies.  Squeeze two lemons into garlic butter and shrimp mixture while cooking.  Cook shrimp until pink on both sides.

Rating: 4.7

Cheesy Herbed Potatoes

Potatoes and onions cooked with rosemary, peprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper.  Little mozzarella cheese mixed in and the end to pull it all together.

Rating: 4.0

Homemade Pizza Night!

Sun dried tomato and olive oil base on whole wheat dough with mushrooms, onions, green olives, and just a little mozzarella cheese.

Soba Noodles with Vegetables and Spicy Sauce

Boil soba noodles, drain, and set aside.  Sautee onions, adding spinach just until it wilts.  Then add mixture of soy sauce, sambal chili paste, garlic, ginger, and vegetable broth.  Yum!

Rating: 4.2

Taco Bowl on a Plate

Crushed blue corn chips, salsa, and dour cream over Brown rice with sauteed onions and Creole seasoning.

Rating: 4.4

Almond Butter and Strawberries on Wheat Toast

Speaks for itself.

Rating: 3.9

"Fresh Sauce" over Fusilli Pasta

Toasted Garlic and Onions cooked with Fresh chopped and squeezed Tomatoes.  Little basil, rosemary, crushed red pepper, and thyme with salt and pepper to taste.

Optional:  wheat bread and vegan buttery spread.

Rating: 4.3

Simple but Delicious Black Bean and Rice Burrito

Sauteed onions mixed with black beans, Creole seasoning, and California brown basmati rice.  Topped with salsa and baby spinach on a whole wheat tortilla.

Optional: light sour cream

Rating: 4.2

Mozzarella and Cheddar Grilled Cheese with Roasted Red Pepper Tomato Soup

Rating: 3.8

Maple Almond butter and Strawberry jam.

Optional: berry blast smoothie

Rating: 3.0

Pizza and Beer

After a long day in the mines sometimes one just needs a little bit of indulgance.

Rating: 3.5

Home Fries with Eggs and Salsa

Cook onions and potatoes in a bit of olive oil adding basil, rosemary, garlic powder, peprika, crushed red pepper, and salt and pepper to taste. 

Fried eggs with grated cheddar cheese and salsa.

Optional: Whole wheat toast.

Rating: 3.9