Healthy Cookies With Rosemary, Raisins & Chickpeas | The Assembler’s Kitchen

Healthy Cookies With Rosemary, Raisins, & Chickpeas

Healthy Cookies With Rosemary, Raisins, & Chickpeas My dear friend Kristina (Spabettie.com) first introduced me to healthy cookies with a garbanzo bean base. They’re so tasty and healthy and have a wonderful consistency; I’ve even been known to have peanut butter chocolate balls for breakfast. She experiments with all sorts of flavors – and I [...]

Healthy Chicken and Quinoa Salad | Guest Post for The Daily Burn

Quinoa Chicken Salad

When a friend of mine asked for a recipe for her site, I giggled. I quickly replied, “You know I don’t cook, right?” She responded with very kind words and still insisted that she was interested. So I floated this healthy chicken and quinoa salad idea by her, and she agreed! A little background. I’ve [...]

Healthy Tuna Casserole with Brown Rice Pasta | The Assembler’s Kitchen

healthy tuna casserole

I’ve been craving some old school comfort food; but it’s tricky because the old school comfort food for me has LOTS of white flour LOL. I tracked down this brown rice pasta and thought I’d give a healthy tuna casserole a try. Yes, it’s even gluten free (even though I don’t really follow that kind [...]

Healthy Cookies for Breakfast? But of Course! | Assembler’s Kitchen

Voila! Breakfast is served!

I’ve been threatening to make these healthy cookies with garbanzo beans for a while when I first saw them on Spabettie. Kristina got her inspiration from Christen (Purple Bird Blog) who makes a number of AMAZING hummus delights. (Between their VERY smart glasses and VERY smart names – I knew this would be good.) Little [...]

Mango and Onion Quinoa Salad | Guest Post from Spabettie

Mango Quinoa Salad Courtesy Spabettie.com

What can I say? Kristina (aka Spabettie) ALWAYS makes me smile. She is creative and fearless in the kitchen, and her joy is contagious! Kristina’s recipes, photography and personality are all soul medicine for me (yes I’ve been known to troll her site for a quick pick me up).  Enjoy this Mango and Onion Quinoa [...]

Healthy Chicken Salad | The Assembler’s Kitchen

healthy chicken salad

I’ve got a thing for fruit and nuts with protein in a main dish – I just think it’s super tasty. This healthy chicken salad is one of my favorite combos on the planet. I buy the nuts chopped and chicken cooked (sometimes even cut up already). Although a knife is required for the onions [...]

Cookie Recipe Makeover Disaster aka New Camera Practice Session

cookiesangledCROPPED

I had high hopes for a cookie recipe makeover. In the end, I’m not doing the happy dance about the cookies, but I am happy to practice with my new camera (Canon EOS Rebel T1i). I had visions of my grandma’s tea balls but with healthy ingredients (whole grains, almond flour, applesauce, etc.). I divvied [...]

Quick Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Butternut Squash Soup

At the ripe age of 43, I’m discovering winter squashes, and I’m just giddy! I usually roast them and either stuff them, fork them,  or  mush mash them. But I’m on vacation with no time restraints, so I thought I’d give my new food processor a try with an assembler friendly Quick Butternut Squash Soup. [...]

Healthy Coffee Cake Recipe | Bob’s Red Mill 8-Grain Cereal

Bobs Red Mill Coffee Cake

The body snatchers are lurking, and the result is another baking experiment from this non-cook. This time it’s healthy coffee cake with Bob’s Red Mill 8 Grain Hot Cereal. I used Bob’s Original Recipe as the base, and since I had some of their pancake & waffle mix handy, I used that instead of the [...]

Bacon Wrapped Rumaki Recipe

Bacon Wrapped Rumaki Recipe

Confession: I’ve never taken a homemade dish to a party. I know this is shocking, but it’s true. So when my sis announced her big party, I immediately remembered my family’s Bacon Wrapped Rumaki dish. Now that I’m a grown up,  and I want to be a polite party guest, I thought I should bring [...]