Cooking beets no longer has to be back breaking, soil digging work. It is as easy as boiling until they are soft and the skin just melts off! Talk to me about your issues of cooking a beet. Is it they are too hard and you don’t want to knick your knuckles trying to peel them? Or you don’t know how to cook them? Or is it because you think they taste like the dirt they are covered in? Well……
This Spring Strawberry Peach Protein Packed smoothie is the perfect mix of all colorful fruit on the pastel palette. It’s a healthy and quick Spring smoothie complete with high quality protein plus frozen strawberries, frozen peaches and a splash of honey. This week Jude has been into Smoothies. Although my kids are good eaters…sometimes they just forget to eat or just aren’t hungry! Weird I know. However, the one constant food group in their diets, is the SMOOTHIE. Whether in…
This savory cauliflower soft boiled egg dish-by the fancy name of Meunière-will blow your socks off just in time for your Easter celebration thanks to Blue Apron. Did you know that fresh from the hen eggs are maybe superior to commercial ones. It’s true. here are some FACTS ABOUT FARM EGGS…thanks to my sister who has them:) FRESH EGGS 1. They usually have a deep, golden yolk in the inside of the variety of eggshell colors. 2. Fresh eggs have…
These Spring Sunshine Carrots are made with Apple Cider Vinegar + honey + raisins and those delectable slender carrots. Spring is upon us…finally! And with that come the Easter season and bunnies and carrots…because bunnies eat carrots. ha! This recipe is just your ticket to one of the most unique and zesty carrot dishes with Apple Cider Vinegar + honey + raisins + orange zest all drizzled over the perfectly slenderized carrots. I found some very interesting facts when I…
6 ingredient marinara sauce that can be whipped up in a hurry with the ingredients found in your pantry! Somedays I feel like I all I want to eat is something homemade and quick….and delicious and easy to clean up…and if i make enough, can also freeze in the freezer for another day…is that too much to ask for? I mean, ideally. That’s it. So this is one of those recipes, the “I want to walk in the kitchen, throw…
The perfect Green Smoothie made green with handfuls of organic spinach + fresh mango + apple + lemon + carrots + pineapple. Jude is so proud to say he has invented his own recipe. And he tells it to all who will listen. And asks me to make it often. I will say, with the help of brady—who is the smoothie master, it has been perfected. My favorite thing about ‘his ‘recipe is the fact that it doesn’t have almond…
No bake chocolatey- peanut butter goodness in the form of a cookie but assembled in minutes. Made with peanut butter + unsweetened cocoa + oats + butter + unsweetened coconut + honey + coconut sugar + unsweetened almond milk + vanilla + salt. These classic no bake cookies have just become easier and healthier than when you made them in middle school. They are made with 1/2 the amount of butter [or you can sub coconut oil], and a decreased…
These EASY cut out Sugar Cookies work perfectly every. single. time. Whether you are using them for Valentine’s Day, Easter or Christmas. This is a simple recipe with simple ingredients. This cut out sugar cookie recipe is so delicious and easy and works EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. It requires only the simplest of ingredients… the INGREDIENTS sugar eggs white flour baking powder salt vanilla butter the STEPS STEP #1: Cream the butter and sugar. Just like most cookie recipes, this step…
A favorite Mexican Street food made health[ier] with Greek Yogurt + Roasted Corn and the perfect amount of spice:) Super bowl party planning [for your family] should begin about now I think. I’m not sure who exactly will be playing in the super bowl this year—nor can I guarantee that I will be viewing the Super Bowl this year. But I can guarantee that I will be eating during the Super Bowl this year. And one dish that is sure…
Anything in the shape of a football will undoubtedly be the most popular appetizer on the Super Bowl table! Take the cheese ball to a whole new level this year with jalapeno + fresh herbs all wrapped in chopped pecans and bacon. I mean, anything that has to do with a party is a winner. Especially cheese balls. And because THIS one is in the shape of a football…i think it wins the prize for the best super bowl appetizer.…
