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Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

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The best tuna salad served warm on a toasted everything bagel for those evenings you literally want dinner in 10 minutes. I hear you!

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

 

Grab yo self a grown up toasted tuna everything bagel and savor it!

This grown up sandwich is everything a tuna sandwich should be. The flavor is 100% on point! It seems nuts how incredibly simple they are to make but hey, don’t we deserve that kind of break. A freakishly fast and delicious meal that doesn’t require a call to Jimmy Johns. Maybe tuna salad is more of a lunch kind of meal but when you place it on an everything bagel and toast it in the oven for 8 minutes, I am all about eating this for supper!

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

 

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

 

Tuna salad makes me think back to elementary school and those tuna salad sandwiches we got served far too often! I always hoped they didn’t run out of the PBJs by the time I got to the lunch line. Tuna was not my thing when I was little, not one bit. I wasn’t a super picky kid but I do remember a few times I resorted to stuffing peas in my milk carton praying I wouldn’t get caught. I still get the shivers just thinking about those warmed up canned peas.

However, these days tuna is welcome at my house…when done right! And if you are going to make tuna salad it better not be bland nor without some crunch or texture to it. What totally surprised me was my husband’s reaction to these bagel sandwiches. He is not much of a tuna fan..then again there has been a lot of things he has claimed to not like and it seems he is a fan of more things than he realized!! Let’s start with tuna and fish in general, mustard, and salads to name a few.

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

 

Tuna Salad Ingredients

Albacore tuna
Miracle Whip
Yellow Onion
Celery
Lemon Juice
Salt/Pepper
Dill Weed

 

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

 

Have a great day!

 

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

Megan
The best tuna salad served warm on a toasted everything bagel for those evenings you literally want dinner in 10 minutes. I hear you!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Dish, Sandwiches
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • Everything bagels
  • ½ cup shredded parmesan cheese
  • 2 5 oz cans Albacore tuna
  • ½ cup light Miracle Whip or mayo
  • ¼ cup yellow onion chopped
  • 1 celery stalk chopped
  • 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon dill weed

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 400℉.
  • In a medium bowl, combine tuna, miracle whip, onion, celery, lemon juice, and seasoning. Stir until well combined.
  • Slice bagels in half and place open faced on a baking sheet. Spray non-stick cooking spray on tops of bagels and place top side up.
  • Spoon tuna equally over bottom halves of bagels and top with about 2 tablespoons parmesan per sandwich.
  • Bake for 8-10 minutes or until bagels are golden brown.
  • Serve and enjoy!

 

 

Toasted Tuna Everything Bagels

 

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Grilled Pork Chops with Pear and Ginger Sauce

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Juicy Grilled Pork Chops with a Pear and Ginger Sauce that has been simmered and sweetened with Blue Agave with hints of cinnamon. Great summertime evening meal to keep the heat outside!

grilled pork chops with pear and ginger sauce


 

Helloooo Monday!

There is something about early summer mornings that make me smile-even if it is Monday. I always walk out to check if I have missed seeing the sunrise because actually seeing the sun peek over the field in front of our house is so darn mesmerizing.

It makes me want to grab my morning cup of Jo, grab a seat outside on the bench on our front porch and really take it all in. It is about that time reality sets in and I hear little footsteps walking towards me, blankie in hand, followed by the famous Davidson words of “You hold me. I need juice.” Makes me melt ❤️ every time, and the sunrise is now at the back of my mind. Time to get movin on this new day!

 

From this…

Grilled pork chops with pear and ginger sauce



 

To This…

grilled pork chops with pear and ginger sauce

 

Oh! And Then This!!

grilled pork chops with pear and ginger sauce

 

Life has been so busy lately. And busy this time of year means three hot and sweaty little kiddos along with a momma that is just trying to keep up. It is halfway a game sometimes in that I am trying to anticipate their next move. Juice? Break? Lunch? Oh, mooore bikeriding?! Ok, it’s already been an hour and it is only 92 degrees (with 85% humidity around here). You sure kids?

What is even more comical is how my 3 year-old little girl refuses to take her backpack off. She has now started wearing it while riding her bike. Our perspectives are obviously very different. I see- My little girl riding her bike with her backpack that is filled with toys to the brim. She is so little and that thing is so heavy. How my little Reese probably thinks- I m ridin my bike with my fav bakpak n its filled with all of my fav toys. I so lucky. 😉

grilled pork chops with pear and ginger sauce

 

What does any of this have to do with these Pork Chops with Pear and Ginger Sauce? Well, not much, but you see when you have these lovely summer days you expect to end them with a lovely evening meal. That is exactly where the pork chops come in!

grilled pork chops with pear and ginger sauce

 

What is so darn special about these Pork Chops with Pear and Ginger Sauce?

  1. Loving this Pear and Ginger Sauce so much. It is sweetened with Blue Agave, which is a low glycemic sweetener. Hints of cinnamon. Every time I see a pear all I can think of is this sweet sauce.
  2. High in Protein. Pork chop and sauce is gluten-free.
  3. Pairs perfectly (pun intended!) with Steamfresh Protein Blends Asian Style. Because sometimes I like to take a shortcut. 😉

 

grilled pork chops with pear and ginger sauce

Grilled Pork Chops with Pear and Ginger Sauce

Megan
Juicy Grilled Pork Chops with a Pear and Ginger Sauce that has been simmered and sweetened with Blue Agave with hints of cinnamon. Great summertime evening meal to keep the heat outside!
5 from 1 vote
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Dish
Calories 317 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 boneless pork chops
  • 4 fresh pears
  • 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/4 cup blue agave
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions
 

Pear and Ginger Sauce

  • Half and core pears. Add to medium saucepan with apple cider vinegar.
  • Simmer for 10 minutes uncovered. Stir occasionally.
  • Cover and simmer for another 10 minutes.
  • Add blue agave, butter, lemon juice, cinnamon, and vanilla and simmer for another 10 minutes, uncovered.
  • Spoon contents into bowl of a large food processor, reserving a half of a pear to garnish pork chops if desired. Discard cinnamon stick. Pulse until finely chopped. Serve warm over pork chops.

Pork Chops

  • Meanwhile preheat grill up to 500 or 600℉ to get the grates good and hot and this allows for easy cleaning.
  • Place pork chops on grill and at this time turn temperature down to 400℉.
  • Grill 7-9 minutes per side flipping pork chops once. These pork chops were 1 1/4" thick and grilled them 8 minutes per side.
  • You are looking to reach an internal temperature of 145℉ for pork chops.

All Together

  • Transfer pork chops to plates.
  • Slice the reserved pear and place 1-2 slices on top of each pork chop along with a good spoonful of pear and ginger sauce.

Notes

You will likely have sauce leftover. Recipe makes about 1 1/2 cups of pear and ginger sauce. Would have enough sauce to make 12 pork chops if making for several people.

 

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Whole Wheat Capellini with Mushrooms and Shallots

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Whole wheat capellini and mushrooms in a cream sauce with shallots, fresh thyme and parmigiano reggiano. This creamy and satisfying dish completes the perfect evening when the stars are out and pasta is on the menu.

whole wheat capellini with mushrooms and shallots

When Life Gets Busy

When life gets busy, make whole wheat capellini and mushrooms. Your body will thank you. It is absolutely delicious. Some of you may be thinking whole wheat pasta? Delicious? What?! Whole Wheat Capellini is DELICIOUS in this cream sauce with mushrooms and fresh thyme topped with parmigiano reggiano!!!

These Mushrooms though!!! 👇🤓

whole wheat capellini with mushrooms and shallots

April is always a busy month for us. There are birthdays on top of birthdays this month in our family. Our little girl turned 3 last weekend and we had her party on Tuesday. It was wonderful and do you want to know why? We have officially gotten past the years of our kids crying or sleeping through their birthday parties! Yipeee! I totally loved them anyway, but now that they actually understand the party is their birthday party it sure makes the day more fun! I love seeing all of their excitement!

So, anyway, the birthday party + Easter = I Am Exhausted! There has been lots of running around doing errands (I think I have been to the grocery store 3 times already this week), cleaning, baking and cooking for the party, more cooking, and then more cleaning! My eyes are barely open at 3pm. Thank goodness for my husband! He saw my need for an afternoon latte and made a stop through Scooters to perk me up!

RECIPE FOR PURE EXHAUSTION-
Ingredients:
Husband/SO
Transportation

Instructions: Drive thru coffee shop and order a venti with a double shot of espresso. Ha! Nah, I actually got a small vanilla latte. I needed perked up and not to be awake for the next 24 hours!

whole wheat capellini with mushrooms and shallots

Food Is Energy

It is now 5pm and I am waiting for my coffee to do its thing. The last thing I really want to do is make an extravagant supper. Heck, I don’t even want to make toast. I just want to lie here and shut my eyes for a minute. Reese is sleeping and the boys are outside playing with daddy. This is my few minutes of “me” time. I shut my eyes and start to drift off. WAIT. This is NOT me. I don’t take naps. I take advantage of “me” time and I do something. And that is just what I am going to do. Maybe it’s me and maybe it’s the coffee…I don’t really know. But who cares! Off I go!

I am going to make a delicious dinner for the hubs and me. He is off to a conference this weekend and why not take advantage of his day off and make him an awesome meal. You know, you can never have too many great dinners with the fam. I don’t ever get sick of AWESOME FOOD and SIT-DOWN FAMILY DINNERS. I am 100% sure I have never said, “I totally regret that time I made that awesome meal and we loved it and I had to tell everyone about it.” 😉

And this whole wheat capellini and mushrooms is AWESOME+.
It fills you up quickly too!

I love my Dutch oven. I use it so much. One that I really like is right here.

whole wheat capellini with mushrooms and shallots

 

Whole Wheat Pasta that Tastes Good = Success!!

So go get energized and try this whole wheat capellini with mushrooms and shallots! 🤓

whole wheat capellini with mushrooms and shallots

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whole wheat capellini with mushrooms and shallots

Whole Wheat Capellini with Mushrooms and Shallots

3 Scoops of Sugar
Whole wheat capellini and mushrooms in a cream sauce with shallots, fresh thyme and parmigiano reggiano. This creamy and satisfying dish completes the perfect evening when the stars are out and pasta is on the menu.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 22 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Course Main Dish
Servings 4 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • 8 oz whole wheat capellini - I used and recommend De Lallo Whole Wheat Capellini
  • 16 oz mushrooms including white button cremini, or shiitake, sliced
  • 2 shallots chopped finely
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme + more for serving
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 3/4 cup reserved pasta water
  • Pinch of kosher salt and black pepper
  • 1/4 cup parmigiano reggiano
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter

Instructions
 

  • Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat.
  • Add mushrooms and cook for 5-8 minutes or until they are softened.
  • Reduce heat to medium-low and add shallots, thyme, and pinch of salt and pepper.
  • Stir occasionally and cook for 2-3 minutes until shallots are translucent.
  • Add vegetable broth and simmer for 5-7 minutes.
  • Meanwhile, bring a pot of salted water to a boil and cook capellini for 2-3 minutes max. Reserve 3/4 cup pasta water.
  • Using tongs, transfer capellini to the Dutch oven with mushrooms and add 3/4 cup pasta water.
  • Increase heat to medium and cook for another 2 minutes or until liquid thickens a bit.
  • Add heavy cream and cheese and stir for another minute until pasta is coated.
  • Remove from heat and stir in butter.
  • Optional: Serve with fresh thyme and more parmigiano reggiano on top and season with black pepper.

Notes

Recipe inspired by Bon Appetit's Pasta with Mushrooms and Prosciutto

 

 

 

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