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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Air Fryer Pizza Rolls and Zucchini Fries #pizzaFriday #healthyfood #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #womenfightinginflammation #abusedwomen #alternativeingredients

 I found pizza Friday on a Thursday and I've found you can cook pizza in the air fryer thanks to Cathy at Fabulessly Frugal. And a new site Gimme Delicious for the fries. For the pizza rolls I used some ground turkey that I browned in Italian seasoning instead of ham and I made a homemade pizza sauce from diced tomatoes that was too watery but I worked with it. It worked out well; the pizza tasted great. It's not as pretty as Cathy's but it tasted good. My photos aren't as good as my son's either but I worked with that too. The zucchini sticks speak for themselves. They were delicious. I used some leftover homemade breadcrumbs seasoned with Italian seasoning for them.



Air Fryer Pizza Rolls

Air Fryer Zucchini Fries

Sunday, April 10, 2022

Blessed Sunday with Amish Breakfast Bake and Six Sisters Stuff Instant Pot Cheesy Chicken and Rice #healthyfood #womenfightinginflammation #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen

 



This recipe took me quite a while and was grateful to have the next one easier. I started on this as soon as I got up and finished at 10:00 am, getting up at 7:00 am. The alternative ingredients that you may not use were: homemade ricotta drained, more Swiss cheese where I had less cheddar and put some of it on top, did half the recipe and decided to settle for 7 eggs which was all I had and I'm not a fan of a lot of eggs in say and omelette, green pepper, a bit of crushed red pepper for the Anaheim pepper, ground turkey, made my own hash brown potatoes by peeling and grating them and then soaking them in hot water for a few minutes, and added salt and pepper. Got 9 breakfasts out of this. Very pleased. The best breakfast bake I've made so far. It is mild but tasty enough. I hate too much fatty meat or eggs or it being too spicy. I even used a bit less cheese. Thanks All Recipes-love them.

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Once again you can count on Six Sisters Stuff for a large, tasty meal for your whole family and leftovers for some. I will make it again but half the recipe where I have eight servings just for myself. I used frozen vegetable so you may want to blanch the vegetable to not have to heat up the whole dish just for them where the consistency is already at a delectable state when the soup and cheese are heated and melted. Other than that I wouldn't change a thing. This is all healthy. I used a more expensive cream of chicken soup where I'm getting lazy getting more into my work with the public and justified it where I'm getting so many meals with it. Even if you were to buy the cheaper one with 'as I say' inflammatory ingredients you would probably pay close to what the better ingredient one costs as of the inflation now. Nice job guys! (I rinsed my rice).

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Feta Pesto Pizza and Spanish Lentil Salad #helathydinner #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #womanfightinginflammation #abusedwomen

 Love this pizza!!!! Each time I try a new variation of a recipe I seem to feel I can't go back to the original recipes I'm used to. I can't say enough about this. I used a very thin pizza crust which I think made it.

Feta Pesto Pizza




Spanish Lentil Salad from Spain On a Fork

I used a recipe for  homemade lentils from Rainbow Plant Life for this lentil salad. I had no red pepper or corn. I added crushed black olives drained and even a bit of feta cheese at one point for a kick. I used a bit of aero garden parsley for the salad dressing and red wine vinegar. The dressing is through the roof. I tenderized my chopped carrots and green pepper a bit. The entire salad is great. Will make again.

Sunday, March 27, 2022

Best Original Instant Pot Potatoes #italianseasoning #seriously #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen



These are the best mashed potatoes I've every had-even with all my worst beater experiences. Thanks again Six Sisters Stuff. I took my skins off and used my homemade yogurt strained of course.

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Healthy Hot Ranch Dip #gameday #healthydip #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen

 



I threw together a homemade recipe of ranch seasoning mix online from Sweet Peas and Saffron for this recipe. Love their name. I've used them before. I love when I get to use the same chef's over and over again. This Hot Ranch Dip Dressing is from Must Love Home, another catchy name. I loved that it didn't use buttermilk, which I'm horrible at making, and added a zest of hot sauce-which is what I used that I had in the house.  I used my homemade yogurt drained a bit for the sour cream. 

Zesty Ranch Dip Recipe from Must Love Home.

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Healthy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies #alternativeingredients #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #womanfightinginflammation #abusedwomen

 


I like using old fashioned oats in my cookies. I think they give them more consistency. I also used Hershey's sugar-free chocolate chips-my favorite. This recipe uses less white sugar than most so it was easy to swap out coconut sugar for the entire recipe. I used half coconut oil and half butter. These are yummy and guilt free. I have to eat them when I haven't had much simple carb for a meal. This is the only way I keep my body lined up healthy. I'll eat other low carb desserts when I haven't done this.


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Friday, March 25, 2022

Easy Skillet Lasagna #sixsistersstuff #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #easy #healthy #meals #womanwithinflammation #abusedwomen

This easy lasagna is over the roof. Easy, quick, healthy ingredients, and a lot of food. I used my homemade Greek yogurt and made a homemade marinara I found online (which is real good too). This does taste like lasagna. Will be making this again.  I'm sold on Six Sisters

20-Minute Easy Skillet Lasagna

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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Quick in a Pinch Lemon Herb Salad Dressing #spainonafork #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #healthysaladdressing

I was in a pinch this evening needing a quick salad dressing with not many ingredients. This fit the bill perfectly. I used fresh dill from the aero garden my son got me. 





Spain on a Fork

Taco Fish and Chipotle's Rice #homemade #betterforyou #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #domesticgeek #skinnytaste

Taco Fish



Chipotle Rice



This is made anti-inflammatory from not using bad oils. I was pleased to find I could make a lime cilantro rice with only 2 ingredients not counting the oil. I haven't ventured into corn chips. The ones at the store all have inflammatory oils that I could find. I would have to buy a press and use my physical strength. We will see. These two compliment each other wonderfully. I really enjoyed it.

Taco Fish by The Domestic Geek

Chipotle's Rice by Skinny Taste

 

Saturday, March 19, 2022

Lazy Garlic Butter Pasta #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #pinchapinksalt #easyrecipes #simple #shelflife #alternativeingredients

I threw this together after recording an event for my The Women Channel. I was exhausted and needed something healthy and quick to go with Pesto chicken legs. I used Jordan Page's shelf cooking idea and threw in what I had on hand that had to be used up for this delicious pasta recipe. A couple of basil leaves, a bit of lemon, and a bit of olive oil for some of the butter where it helps my stomach, some frozen broccoli and cauliflower where I used the instant pot to cook the pasta-made my life so much easier with preparation and time. Appreciated Shani's base. I will definitely be making both of these recipes again.

Slightly off-centered.

Shani's Pasta Recipe

Chicken Recipe

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Homemade Ricotta Basil Pizza #lorijeanfinnilainthekitchen #healthyfood #fightinginflammation #pizza

 I used homemade ricotta that I made that I thought I removed too much whey from and it was perfect for pizza.

I used a pizza dough made in my Wolfgang Puck bread machine. I made homemade ricotta. I used basil leaves from my aero garden and Chef Pete from Australia's pizza sauce recipe (I always use crushed tomatoes). I bought a 5-Italian cheese to add.