Sharing my favorite healthy recipes!
Occasionally when its been a pretty busy weekend, we will order out from a restaurant in our neighborhood called Leona’s. It’s an Italian restaurant, great pastas, pizza etc… but every time we order, my son and I will split the meatball sandwich. We split it, …
I have been looking for this recipe for almost 7 years! When my daughter was a baby, she was born November 14th, I was off work, and unlike my other two boys, she slept all the time as a newborn. I have vivid memories of …
Believe it or not, I didn’t go to the grocery store this weekend! I was super busy around the house, my kids had friends over, my daughter had a birthday party to go to. I thought it was a good time to eat out of …
I woke up today and was looking for something to make my kids for breakfast. We make pancakes a lot on the weekend, but I asked them if they were in the mood for waffles. Waffles?? How do you make those?? I then reached way …
I love feta cheese. I just started buying it a few times a month within the last year. I guess I never knew what to do with it. Of course, I will sprinkle it on salads, I throw it in there with my scrambled eggs, …
So, I have talked recently about the importance of protein, and getting it from legumes. I’ve posted roasted chick peas, black bean soup and imagine my excitement when I saw a recipe from FOOD TV for chile-roasted edamame. (I know, I get excited about the …
I love black beans. I have them on hand in my pantry all the time. I sprinkle them on salads, make black bean quesadillas, black bean dip, with scrambled eggs. I talked about adding more protein into your diet by adding legumes, black beans is …
I keep on thinking of this recipe and I have to admit, I haven’t tried it yet. I’m not a huge of zucchini, but I think I might like this! I came across it a few months ago from Dr. Gourmet. Basically, the pizza crust …
I was contacted by a representative from the Florida Department of Citrus, who wants to educate consumers about the benefits of orange juice. By including foods that are high in vitamin C, like 100% orange juice, you can stay healthier during the cold and flu season. …
Surprisingly, not as much as you think. One thing I have learned in the nutrition course I am taking is that the average American usually exceeds the recommended amount of protein without even trying that hard. Your body can’t store extra protein, so there is …
Over the summer, my Mom called me to come over to her house and help her with the tomatoes in her garden. She had sprained her wrist and wanted me to help her par-boil the tomatoes, take the skins off, put them in a food …
The other day I made roasted chick peas for the first time and they turned out great. They were super crunchy, I added garlic salt, cumin and chili powder. Basically, you take a can of chick peas, drain it and rinse it, throw it …
Last year, at my office, we had salad club every Thursday. There was a group of about 8 of us, and when it was your turn for the week, you would bring salad and fixin’s for the group. Then you could have salad for a few months …
I mentioned the other day about a nutrition class I am taking at a local community college and all the credible sites you can check out to get some good advice. One of those sites I mentioned, www.mypyramid.gov has opened my eyes more than …
I was watching the Food TV network this weekend and Cooking for Real with Sunny Anderson came on and part of her meal was making homemade Italian Ice. I never really thought about making it from scratch, but you need only a few things: water, …
I’m taking an Introduction to Nutrition course at my local community college and I am learning all sorts of things I didn’t know. Part of chapter one discusses that with all the information out there on what people should eat, and how to lose weight, …
I love when fall comes. The leaves changing, getting warmer clothes out of storage, the cool mornings, by this time of the year I am done with summer and can’t wait for fall! This started me thinking about all the foods of fall. Soups, stews, pumpkin, …
I read about a dozen different varieties of how to make them. You can used canned chick peas, or dried chick peas, where you soak them overnight. I also read many variations of how long to cook them as well as at what temperature. I …
I have to admit, one of my huge weaknesses are chips. Any kind of chips; Doritos, Cheetos, Frito’s, Potato chips, pretzels, etc… One of the things that has been hard for me to change is my chip habit. I actually gave up chips for lent …
When I was at the store over the weekend, I happened to see on the shelf there was a new product for Fiber One toaster pastries. I love their cereals, so I thought, now I can have pop tarts and not feel bad about …
When I was at the store over the weekend, I happened to see on the shelf there was a new product for Fiber One toaster pastries. I love their cereals, so I thought, now I can have pop tarts and not feel bad about …
Yesterday I posted a recipe for tomatillo salsa. It was so fantastic! I love green salsa, so it was a weird coincidence that flipping through an old Cooking Light magazine, I saw a recipe for spicy shrimp tacos with tomatillo salsa! I think that was …
These are tomatillos. The look like green tomatoes except they have these paper skins on them. This is only my second attempt at making salsa and when I tasted it, I thought it tasted like it was from a Mexican restaurant, I was so excited! …
There was this restaurant I went to as a teenager in Richmond, Virginia while on vacation that had the best baked spaghetti I have ever had in my life! I can’t remember the name of the restaurant, but when I was …
Chocolate chip pancakes have become a tradition in our house after spending a long weekend at the Wisconsin Dells. The boys were 2 and 4, our daughter wasn’t even born yet. We went to a restaurant called Mr. Pancake which had long lines and boasted …