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…
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.…
A drizzle of maple and a dash of Tahini makes for a very delicately delectable Delicata:) Lately, all of my hopes and dreams of food come from the places I eat. I then want to go home and re-create what I just experienced. And then I make it for days on end. My poor family. This Delicata squash is one of those instances. There is a place called Dig Inn in Manhattan where it serves seasonal, HEALTHY sides on top…
By knowing the right proportions of coconut milk + water + honey + vanilla + cocoa powder you can have your HOT CHOCOLATE and feel great about enjoying it this Holiday Season! If you have been reading any prior posts, you probably are well informed that, we the Clifford’s, suffer from “gassy dairy intolerance”! To put it lightly, if we all [or any of us] were to down a large glass of hot chocolate we would be up all night…