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Broccoli Tortellini Salad with Arugula Pesto | alidaskitchen.com

Broccoli Tortellini Salad with Arugula Pesto #WeekdaySupper

May 8, 2014 ·

Broccoli Tortellini Salad with Arugula Pesto is a fresh pasta salad made with a nut-free arugula pesto. This recipe can be easily doubled (or tripled), which makes it perfect for potluck season!

This Broccoli Tortellini Salad with Arugula Pesto is a unique and tasty pasta salad that is quick and easy for a weeknight or to make in advance for a potluck. It’s a little different than what you might normally expect to find at a party, but tastes fresh, delicious and healthy! I really love pesto-inspired recipes, but often have to avoid them due to my tree nut allergy. However when I realized how quick it is to whip up an easy recipe for pesto at home, well that was a game changer….

Filed Under: healthy, main dishes, Recipes, salad, vegetarian Tagged With: arugula, cheese, easy, pasta, pesto, quick

Pretzel Crusted Grilled Cheese

April 30, 2014 ·

Pretzel Crusted Grilled Cheese puts a tasty pretzel twist on everybody’s favorite childhood grilled cheese sandwich.

Throughout the month of April, we celebrated National Grilled Cheese Month with many tasty variations of the classic sandwich. While I developed a delicious Parmesan Crusted Baked Grilled Cheese, that was not the original recipe I had in mind. I wanted to make a grilled cheese with pretzels – in either the crust or the filling, it didn’t matter. Pretzel-something grilled cheese was going to happen. I tried mixing pretzels with cheese for a topping or crushed in the filling, and the results were just not satisfactory. However I am very excited to share that finally on the last day of National Grilled Cheese month I discovered the secret…and it works!…

Filed Under: kid-friendly, main dishes, Recipes, vegetarian Tagged With: baked, cheese, easy, pretzels, quick, sandwich

Three Cheese Spinach Pasta Bake

April 28, 2014 ·

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Barilla, but opinions are my own.

Three Cheese Spinach Pasta Bake is a tasty, cheesy veggie-filled baked pasta dish that the whole family will enjoy happily around the dinner table. It is quick and easy to make, can be made ahead and leftovers reheat perfectly!

As we strive to maintain a connection and grow with our kids, we find that enjoying dinners together is so important. While we frequently eat together, it is not often that we all eat the same thing, which means I am in the kitchen making custom requests instead of enjoying our together time. So my quest is often to find something that everybody likes. Enter this Three Cheese Spinach Pasta Bake. Made with a delicious combination of pasta, three cheeses, tomato sauce and spinach, it is so simple and tasty and loved by my entire family! …

Filed Under: healthy, kid-friendly, main dishes, Recipes, vegetarian Tagged With: cheese, dinner, easy, pasta, quick, spinach, vegetable

Broccoli, Cheddar & Egg Hashbrowns Cups

April 11, 2014 ·

Broccoli, Cheddar & Egg Hashbrowns Cups are shredded potatoes baked in a muffin tin and then filled with broccoli, cheddar cheese and eggs. These are a perfect addition to your Easter brunch menu!

I have been eagerly anticipating Easter for a while now – coming up with the perfect gifts for Easter baskets, planning an afternoon with the bunny and working on our Easter brunch menu. While I still have to get a couple more things for the baskets, our bunny play-date is next Saturday and the brunch menu is complete. We were missing two brunch essentials – hashbrowns and muffins. So to make our menu complete, I decided to combine the two by making muffin cups out of shredded potatoes, and then filling the cups with a cheesy, broccoli egg mixture. I headed to Walmart, picked up a bag of Ore-Ida Shredded Hash Brown Potatoes, and got straight to work! The result was a very simple to make Broccoli, Cheddar & Egg Hashbrowns Cups.

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Filed Under: gluten free, healthy, kid-friendly, main dishes, Recipes, vegetarian Tagged With: broccoli, brunch, cheese, easy, eggs, entertaining, holiday, potatoes, quick

Parmesan Crusted Baked Grilled Cheese | alidaskitchen.com #recipes #grilledcheese #SundaySupper

Parmesan Crusted Baked Grilled Cheese #SundaySupper

April 6, 2014 ·

Parmesan Crusted Baked Grilled Cheese is a simple grilled cheese sandwich sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and then baked to crunchy, melty, cheesy perfection.

After many experiments (and many nights in a row) of making grilled cheese sandwiches, I developed an appreciation for the art of the baked grilled cheese. In fact, it has revolutionized my grilled cheese making endeavors – so much so that I may never use a skillet again! The key to what makes this sandwich amazing is the Parmesan cheese topping that encrusts the bread when it bakes. Parmesan cheese brings out the amazing flavors in the grilled cheese sandwich (kind of like salt when cooking or baking – inexplicable, but necessary)….

Filed Under: kid-friendly, main dishes, Recipes Tagged With: baked, cheese, dinner, easy, quick, sandwich, sundaysupper, wine pairing

Southwestern Quinoa Egg Bake

April 3, 2014 ·

{This recipe for Southwestern Quinoa Egg Bake is part of a Kraft FreshTake #shop hosted by the social shopper media company #CollectiveBias. This story and all opinions are my own. #FreshTake}

Southwestern Quinoa Egg Bake is made with a mix of vegetables, quinoa, three cheeses and seasoned bread crumbs. It takes minutes to prepare and then bakes into delicious brunch perfection!

With Easter Sunday only a few weeks away, I am working on planning our brunch menu. We always like to have something carrot cake-inspired (Carrot Cake pancakes are definitely a favorite!) We also enjoy having a savory egg bake, packed with lots vegetables and cheese. This year, I wanted to give our egg bake a southwestern twist. Then I discovered that Kraft Fresh Take has a new Southwestern Three Cheese flavor. The savory blend of garlic, cumin and red chili pepper bread crumbs along with the Colby, mozzarella and cheddar cheese sounded just perfect for this Southwestern Quinoa Egg Bake!

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Filed Under: breakfast, healthy, kid-friendly, main dishes, Recipes, vegetarian Tagged With: #collectivebias, #freshtake, brunch, cheese, easter, easy, holiday, quick, quinoa, spinach, vegetable

Avocado Buffalo Chicken Wraps | alidaskitchen.com #recipes #SundaySupper #WeekdaySupper

Avocado Buffalo Chicken Wraps #WeekdaySupper

April 2, 2014 ·

Avocado Buffalo Chicken Wraps are a spicy buffalo chicken salad packed with lots of vegetables and made with avocado and Greek yogurt instead of mayo. Enjoyed warm or chilled, this wrap is healthy, quick and easy ~ perfect for a weeknight!

Avocado Buffalo Chicken Wraps put a fun and unique twist on your everyday chicken salad. Shredded chicken, drenched in a light, seasoned buffalo sauce, spices things up, while an avocado and Greek yogurt mixture replaces the mayo. For the vegetables, I used shredded carrots and chopped broccoli (I’m not a fan of celery, but if you are, some chopped celery would be a tasty addition as well). A little blue cheese crumble would be an excellent topping as well.

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Filed Under: gluten free, healthy, kid-friendly, main dishes, Recipes Tagged With: #weekdaysupper, avocado, buffalo, chicken, easy, quick, sandwich, wrap

Broccoli Cheddar Quinoa Bites | alidaskitchen.com #recipes #glutenfree #EatA2ZRecipeChallenge.

Broccoli Cheddar Quinoa Bites #WeekdaySupper

March 27, 2014 ·

Broccoli Cheddar Quinoa Bites are bite-sized, protein-packed mini mac and cheese muffins made with quinoa, broccoli and cheddar cheese. Easy to make, great for kids! {gluten free}

While my family is generally open to most new recipes I make, as with all things ‘new’ there can be a bit of hesitation. Even though we have quinoa on a semi-regular basis, for whatever reason it is still perceived as “new.” However when combined with a favorite flavor combination (broccoli and cheddar cheese) and made into a shape that is always popular (bite-size mini muffin), all hesitation seems to disappear. Understandably so, these Broccoli Cheddar Quinoa Bites are addictive! They are like little mac and cheese bites, only made healthier with quinoa and broccoli….

Filed Under: appetizers, gluten free, healthy, kid-friendly, main dishes, Popular, Recipes, vegetarian Tagged With: #weekdaysupper, broccoli, cheese, easy, quinoa, vegetable

Overnight Blueberry Baked French Toast | alidaskitchen.com #recipes #SundaySupper #brunch

Overnight Blueberry Baked French Toast #SundaySupper

March 23, 2014 ·

Overnight Blueberry Baked French Toast is made with custard soaked French bread cubes and studded with juicy fresh blueberries and cream cheese throughout. This dish is perfect for brunch, but I love it for breakfast for dinner because it is so easy. It takes minutes to prepare, can be made ahead, and then just bake in the oven until golden and delicious. The result is decadent, yet made on the lighter side using a ‘secret’ ingredient….

Filed Under: breakfast, kid-friendly, main dishes, Recipes, vegetarian Tagged With: blueberries, brunch, casserole, cream cheese, easy, French toast, holiday, make ahead, sundaysupper

Balsamic Tomato Tortellini

March 22, 2014 ·

Enjoy a healthy, light pasta recipes with this Balsamic Tomato Tortellini, made with fresh tortellini tossed with roasted tomatoes and garlic and drizzled with a light balsamic vinaigrette. Balsamic Tomato Tortellini is so easy to make that it basically cooks itself.

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Pompeian.

The other night, I was faced with the (sometimes) dreaded question – what’s for dinner? Dreaded only because I did not have any ideas at first. We wanted something quick, easy and healthy…should be simple right? Since we had cherry tomatoes, fresh garlic, tortellini and other pantry staples, a simple yet delicious roasted garlic and tomato tortellini came together naturally. …