Cucumber Soup

Every year I plant cucumbers in my garden. And every year, my one plant takes over the bed (climbing over trellises put in place for other vegetables) and showers me with a daily supply of lovely cucumbers.

This is all well and good, as long as I remember to pick them daily. As careful as I can be, hunting for cucumbers in the tangle of leaves and vines, I do miss them occasionally, only to discover a monster cuke hiding perfectly camouflaged under a leaf.

Like zucchini, left to their own devices, cucumbers will grow to ginormous proportions, resulting in a thick-skinned, seedy bat.

What do do with extra large cucumbers?

Make cucumber soup!

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BBQ Pulled Chicken Sopes

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On a sultry summer day, few things hit the spot like good barbecue — especially when you add chipotle, cumin, and tequila to the mix of flavors!

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Grilled Steak With Tomatoes, Red Onion and Balsamic

One of my favorite ways to make grilled steak in the summer is topped with fresh chopped tomatoes, red onion, balsamic and oil. It’s fresh and a great way to enjoy those end-of-summer tomatoes!

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Make-Ahead Baked Spaghetti Skillet Supper

Here’s a great recipe for those days when you leave the house early and won’t be back until dinner time.

Prep this skillet pasta in the morning before you leave – or even the night before — and pop it in the oven when you’re home from work, your kid’s soccer practice, the last beach run of the season, or whatever activities have filled your day.

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Slow and Low Country Ribs

When it comes to the grill or barbecue, I defer to my colleague Hank, especially when it concerns meat. Here he shows us how to cook pork country ribs, slow and low. A favorite from the archives! ~Elise

Country ribs. Big slabs of porky goodness cut from the shoulder of the hog. Sold boneless or bone-in, these are nothing like a rack of ribs. They are pork logs, laced with fat, and require slow, low-temperature cooking to become delicious.

That’s the downside: You can’t do a fast country rib.

The upside is that they are all meat, so you only need one to fill you up. In fact, I slice them in half because a full rib, which can weigh a pound, can be too much for some people.

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Sheet Pan Chicken with Roasted Broccoli and Potatoes

Everyone should have at least one meal that they can make without having to think too hard – a recipe that is easy, reasonably healthy, and totally delicious.

These chicken thighs with roasted potatoes and broccoli truly fit the bill. And the best part is that you only have one pan to clean up after dinner!

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Homemade Graham Crackers

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Modern Scotcheroos

Freezer Chicken Enchiladas

Simply assemble your enchiladas ahead of time and freeze. IT GOES STRAIGHT FROM FREEZER TO OVEN! No dishes required!

​I love a good enchilada.

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Skinnytaste Dinner Plan (Week 89)

Skinnytaste Dinner Plan (Week 89). Adding some favorites to this weeks menu along with some new recipes from last week. The weather is cooling down, perfect for zucchini soup which I added to the menu this week! It’s super light, perfect with a sandwich for dinner!

Pictured below is The Skinnytaste Meal Planner where I plan my dinners for the week (you can of course use any meal planner). Meal planning is a great way to get organized before heading to the supermarket to get ready for the week! My breakfast is usually something quick like eggs with fruit, a smoothie or avocado toast. We’re a family of four, so if a recipe serves more, it’s either packed up for everyone’s lunch or eaten the next day as leftovers. If you would like to see some of the previous week’s dinner plans, click here.

Skinnytaste Dinner Plan (Week 89)

Monday: Cream of Zucchini Soup with French Bread Pizza Caprese
Tuesday: (Instant Pot) Chipotle Chicken Bowls with Cilantro Lime Quinoa
Wednesday: Pressure Cooker Stewed Chicken with Corn (Pollo Guisado con Maiz) with cauliflower rice
Thursday: Colombian-Style Zucchini Rellenos
Friday: Cubano Chicken (Pickle, Ham and Swiss Chicken Roll Ups)
Saturday: Away
Sunday: Away

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Roasted Eggplant and Butternut Squash with Tahini-Yogurt Sauce

You don’t need to work very hard to make this vegetarian dish look stunning. The vegetables are so colorful!

This is golden eggplant is the dish I make whenever we have company for dinner and there are vegetarians among us or I feel like something a little lighter is in order. Even the carnivores among us like a meatless meal once in a while, and besides, eggplant is such a meaty vegetable!

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Breakfast Popsicles

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Greek Salad in Jars

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The ingredients in a Greek salad are very simple and need little improving: tomatoes, olives, onions, cucumbers, feta cheese, and peppers. Some tender greens fill out the salad, while add-ins like leftover shredded chicken or cooked chickpeas can add more substance.

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Cubano Chicken (Pickle, Ham and Swiss Chicken Roll Ups)

This Cubano Chicken Roll Up idea came to me after having a serious pickle craving! I wanted to make a hot dish utilizing dill pickles in some way and decided to stuff a chicken breast with everything you’d normally find in a Cuban Sandwich – pickles, mustard, Swiss, and ham. But I took it a step further and brined the cutlets overnight in pickle juice for extra flavor, the results were outstanding!!!

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Soft Pretzels

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The Best Detox Broccoli Cheese Soup

Sheet Pan Roasted Broccoli

How to make roasted broccoli so PERFECTLY and easily using ONE SHEET PAN! The broccoli comes out perfectly crisp and addicting!

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This broccoli tastes like crack.

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Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy

Salisbury steak is such a satisfying skillet dinner! Did you grow up eating it?

The name is a little misleading — these “steaks” are actually ground beef held together with egg and breadcrumbs. They’re basically single serving patties of meatloaf that are seared and then braised in a savory mushroom gravy.

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(Instant Pot) Chipotle Chicken Bowls with Cilantro Lime Quinoa

These Chipotle Chicken Bowls with Cilantro Lime Quinoa are so easy to make and have tons of flavor! I like to make them with chicken thighs but if you prefer white meat, chicken breast would work too. Extra limes for squeezing on top are recommended!

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Tomato Pie

Here’s one of the best loved recipes on the site—tomato pie! Perfect at the peak of summer tomato season.

One of the great things about going on vacation is I get to hang out with my friends, and sometimes meet their friends, who sometimes have OMG-this-is-so-GOOD dishes that they bring over. This tomato pie recipe is a result of one of these encounters.

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Colombian-Style Zucchini Rellenos

These Stuffed Zucchinis, which are low-carb, Whole30, Keto, gluten-free, dairy-free and Paleo, are inspired from a Colombian dish, Pepino Rellenos which I fell in love with when I was there many years ago. It’s not a dish you would see in a restaurant menu, it’s a dish you would find someone cooking in their kitchen for a weeknight meal. In Colombia, they don’t use zucchinis, instead they use Pepinos known as stuffing cucumbers or Slippery Gourds in English. Because that’s not very common here, I used zucchini which are in season.

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Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad

Is there anything more refreshing than ice cold cucumber on a hot day?

This Chinese-style cucumber salad with bits of shredded chicken (or tofu!) takes almost no effort to prepare and makes a fantastic light summer meal.

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Blueberry Apple Crisp

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Cheater’s Power Salad

10 Meal Prep Recipes

Quick, simple meal prep ideas that aren’t boring at all! Prep for the week ahead for chicken burrito bowls, lo mein and Korean beef!!

Meal prep doesn’t have to be boring or dull! Prep on the weekends so you can have chicken burrito bowls, lo mein, and Korean beef bowls all week long.

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Skinnytaste Dinner Plan (Week 88)

Skinnytaste Dinner Plan (Week 88). Adding some easy meals to the list plus one of my family’s favorite – Breaded Pork Cutlets with Lime. If you haven’t tried this I highly recommend it! If you don’t eat pork, chicken would work. And with so much basil still in my garden, we LOVE the tomato soup, hope you do too!

Pictured below is The Skinnytaste Meal Planner where I plan my dinners for the week (you can of course use any meal planner). Meal planning is a great way to get organized before heading to the supermarket to get ready for the week! My breakfast is usually something quick like eggs with fruit, a smoothie or avocado toast. We’re a family of four, so if a recipe serves more, it’s either packed up for everyone’s lunch or eaten the next day as leftovers. If you would like to see some of the previous week’s dinner plans, click here

Skinnytaste Dinner Plan (Week 88)

Monday: Instant Pot Tomato Basil Soup with garlic bread
Tuesday: Grilled Steak Fajitas
Wednesday: Chicken Thighs with Artichokes and Feta Cheese with salad
Thursday: One Skillet Chicken with Bacon and Green Beans
Friday: Breaded Pork Cutlets with Lime with brown rice and salad
Saturday: Dinner Out
Sunday: Pasta with Italian Chicken Sausage, Escarole and Beans

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Spinach & Artichoke Sheet Pan Pizza

Sheet pan pizzas are seriously the only way I ever make pizza in my house anymore. I used to futz with a heavy baking stone, but I hardly ever take it out anymore!

Rolled out and stretched onto a sheet pan, a 1-pound ball of dough makes the perfect thin crust pizza.

Here’s a recent favorite: a super simple white pizza topped with garlicky baby spinach, marinated artichoke hearts from a jar, and lots of mozzarella cheese.

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Roasted Chicken Southwestern Baked Burritos

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Freezer Lasagna Roll Ups

FREEZER-FRIENDLY!!!! Prep ahead of time, freeze and bake for the quickest, cheesiest and hearty lasagna on those busy nights!!!

I won’t lie.

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Grilled Garlic and Herb Chicken and Veggies

This Garlic and Herb Grilled Chicken and Veggie recipe checks off all the boxes – quick, easy, delicious and low-carb!

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