Restaurant Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

I'm huge fan of the Food Network's triple D - Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives. I like to watch it and get ideas for new things to cook. Unfortunately, I somehow have to make up my own recipes to try and get to what they've got. Recently I saw an awesome mac n cheese dish that gave me some ideas. I know it can't be as good as what they serve, but here's my version that I came up with:

Restaurant mac n cheese recipe

My favorite juicer recipe. If you have a juicer, I'm sure you've made up many concoctions - some good and some bad. We've had our fair share of "ok" drinks, but here's one I really like, and my kids fight over it as well. I have an Omega juicer that I love and use almost daily. So, we've had plenty of time to perfect this drink!

Zip Sauce (for steak) recipe - I'm not a steak lover, but my husband tells me all the time how great the zip sauce is at the Rochester Chop House. He orders it every time we go there. It wasn't until a friend of mine told me that she makes her own that I thought to research a recipe and make my own.  I don't know if this comes close to what the Rochester Chop House serves, but it was pretty good. The recipe online that I found said that it was the zip sauce like that from Andiamo's. I tweaked this recipe a bit for this zip sauce recipe!

Florentine Artichoke Dip Recipe. I enjoy parties that have huge spreads of several different appetizers. It's more fun than a sit down meal. You get to try out all the many finger foods. Yes, most are incredibly bad for you, but it's a special occasion, not an everyday thing. So if you're going to a party and you're asked to bring a dish, try this recipe and have a great time! I might stir this one up even if I'm not headed out to any party!

Food Allergy Recipe Substitutes. Here are some recipe revisions and substitutions that offer up healthy recipe alternatives, without sacrificing a lot of the taste. I also use these for food allergy issues with my kids. It's a great way to still enjoy taste and breaking the limitations of some serious food allergies. I got some of these from AOL and I added some suggestions and comments.

Butter
It's a key ingredient in many baked goods; unfortunately, it's also high in saturated fat and calories. For cookies, cakes and muffins, fruit purees can lighten up a recipe. Cut the butter in half and use applesauce or pureed prunes to make up the difference. Or take out the butter entirely and use canola oil instead.

Eggs
Eggs are a great binder and leavener, but they're also high in cholesterol. For each replaced egg, grind a tablespoon of flax seed and dissolve it in 3 tablespoons of water. When it breaks down, it will have the same gooey consistency as an egg, and possess the same binding power. It's also a shot of nutritional goodness, as flax seed is a good source of essential fatty acids. As a replacement leavener, substitute two egg whites for each whole egg.

Turkey Slow Cooker Recipes. I could not decide which of these to list, so I am doing both! They both sound so good. I love Thanksgiving and I enjoy cooking the big meal for my family. Here's a twist to the traditional oven baked turkey... slow cooker recipes. These are easy and work great for massive amounts of turkey leftovers.

Microwave Popcorn Recipe. Thanks to Cathy, for letting us know about this one! You can make your own microwave popcorn in a brown paper bag, eliminating all the unwanted ingredients. This is especially good for those with food allergies who have a difficult time eating the store bought kinds.

Dairy Free Mashed Potatoes Recipe. Whether you have a dairy allergy, or you just want to cut out the extra calories loads of butter can bring, these mashed potatoes are a great substitution. And you most likely won't even be able to tell the difference.

Caramel Popcorn recipe. Caramel popcorn is a sweet treat. It's one of those foods that are hard to stop eating once you get started! Here's an easy recipe for caramel popcorn.