Author: Lala

I was in the mood for a little bit of French food but of course,using creativity, and what I had in my pantry it was tasty, savory, somewhat a French flair dish.

Tuna Casserole

This is a quick dish! Pretty much!

Ingredients: 5-6 med Broccoli florets ,1tuna(canned),1 piece sour dough bread,1 cup cheese Parmesan or Gruyere or Swiss cheese , 2-3 tbsp butter,1/4 c milk, dash salt & pepper, 1/4 c onions, dash of nutmeg.

Directions:

Cook your pasta noodles, according to manufactures instructions. Set aside.

Lightly steam veggies of your choice. Set aside.

Your favorite bread, use one slice. Put butter on bread, put in oven to toast. Cut bread into cubes. Set aside.

In a sauce pan, place 2 Tbsp butter to melt. Watch the pan, it burns quickly !

Adding to your sauce pan, 1cup cheese to the butter. Stir gently. Add 1/4 c milk or ( half& half)to the mixture, continue stirring. Add 2 tsp of flour to mixture to thicken over medium heat. Add your cooked pasta, veggies,onions,tuna to the cheese sauce. Add a dash of nutmeg to mixture. Stir together. This is my version of a white ( béchamel) sauce.

Prepare a buttered oven proof dish.

Pour all ingredients into your dish. Place croutons over top.

Add cheese as a topping.Bake for 20 minutes, until bubbly. Let cool.

You can use cooked rotisserie chicken or salmon (canned), just use veggies only!

Get creative! Pure Love is always guiding us in our heart for creativity, and everything to help us.

Let me know your version, and how Pure Love gave you inspiration.

In the Kitchen,

It’s been a while since I posted, during that time, there was passing of a family member, and family needed my attention.

So, when life looks like it’s coming apart and we can’t control what is happening… Hold tight to PureLove! You’ll get through it!

Enough said…

I’m so excited! One of my readers decided to take the plunge and let Pure Love guide her to create a delicious, spicy pasta dish!

It’s so easy, quick to prepare, especially in summer heat!

Ingredients

1 -Red, green peppers, sliced, sautéed

1 small onion, sliced

1 Beef kielbasa,sliced

1cup fresh spinach

1 can black olives

2-Tbsp olive oil

1-pkg of pasta (your choice)

1/2 cup Italian dressing

1/2 c parmesan cheese, shaved

Directions

Boil choice of pasta to your liking or according to package.Rinse. Set aside.

Sauté veggies, onion, with 1Tbsp olive oil in pan, till soft. Set aside.

Sauté sliced kielbasa, until warmed through. Set aside.

Place pasta in serving dish, add warmed veggies, kielbasa, etc in pasta dish. Add olives,tomatoes,and spinach(some prefer to use heat from the dish to warm spinach instead of sautéing) to dish. Mix well with Italian dressing. Add shaved Parmesan cheese.

This is great! A healthy quick meal that can be improvised to your own tastes too.

That’s the creativity of Pure Love!

I would like to know if you tried this recipe.

Thank you Sharon! You’re definitely listening to Pure Love for ideas!

In the Kitchen,

Sometimes you have to use what you have and be creative!

There were several leftover odds and ends in the fridge so I decided to create a dinner salad using leftovers!

It was delicious, and filling!

Determine what you could tolerate in your salad!… Everyone has different taste!

Recipe:

Using leftover sweet potatoes,cauliflower florets, cooked ground beef, chopped onion,beans, cheese,carrots, these were the ingredients for the salad.

Next, add your choice of lettuce.

Then add your favorite dressing.

I used a chili lime dressing which was refreshing with the potatoes, and topped it off with a splash of olive oil!

It’s simple, budget friendly, and tasted great!

There are so many combinations that you could use!

Example: Leftover cooked fish, green beans, Mac& cheese. Just a thought!

Use your imagination, and get inspiration from Pure Love!

I would love to hear your ideas!

In the Kitchen,

Being home is a way to rediscover some things that I had forgotten about… like Baked Apples!

A cold dreary rainy day just calls for baking in my house!

I wanted something sweet, fresh, so Pure Love got my attention to look in the refrigerator.

There was a bag of beautiful organic green apples. Further back on another shelf was a bag of walnuts! Yum! The answer to my prayer.

This was easy to prepare,

Bakes quickly, fragrant, reminiscent of my childhood days. After the first bite, it transported me back to the kitchen with my Mom!

• 5 medium green apples sliced thick
• 1/2 black walnuts chopped
• 6 Tbsp sugar
• 4-5 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp water
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• A squeeze of fresh lemon

At 350 degrees.

On a sheet pan, toast walnuts for 3minutes, then remove them. Set aside.

Wash and peel apples. Place in baking dish. Combine butter, sugar, nutmeg and toasted walnuts. Sprinkle mixture evenly among the apples. Pour the water in bottom of baking dish squeeze a little fresh lemon over apples. Bake apples at 375 for 30 minutes. Serve warm.

You can make it more rich by adding whipped cream,or Carmel on top!Use your creativity!

Try it! Put Pure Love into your recipes, ideas! I would love to hear them!

In the Kitchen,