Fighting Boredom with Healthy Food + Creative Living
These twice baked (cooked) potatoes are filled with eggs, cheese and green chiles. They do take some time to prepare, but you can make a big batch and then reheat or keep warm – perfect for family brunches (since we’re…
This quickbread loaf mixes up quickly and the lemon is such a delicious tangy sweet addition to blueberries. This is a great way to use up blueberries that may not be firm anymore! Waste not! You Will Need: 1-1/2 cups…
This hearty superfood salad is packed with nutrition and is a great healthy choice for dinnertime! The tart cranberries, packed with Vitamin C, are a perfect match for the roasted sweet potatoes and cauliflower. You may use any grain…
If you bought quinoa for the ‘pandemic shutdown’ and you’re still staring at it in your pantry, here’s a recipe that you’ll family will love! Creamy, cheesy, satisfying, high in fiber and best of all is that you can use…
If you’re like me, you’re at home cooking the days away during this international pandemic. I’m trying to cook high quality nutritional meals for my family, which also made me think about WHAT I was cooking these meals in. Now…
Fennel seems to pop up everywhere in the Springtime. It’s an easy to grow fluffy green plant with a slightly licorice taste in both the greenery and the white bulbs at the base. If the fennel plant is large, simply…
If you eat beans from a can, you’re doing it wrong. So wrong. Making beans from scratch (soak and Instant Pot) not only taste better, but it’s super cost-effective and dried beans have a very long shelf life. A bag…
Pantry Series: Soups that are easy to make with staples on hand like dried lentils and onions. This lentil and rainbow chard soup with freshly squeezed lemon juice is incredibly easy to make! It’s also very healthy as the lentils…
This is a sponsored post for Review Wire Media on behalf of CocoaVia. Last summer, my Mom had a consultation at the Mayo Clinic and within hours of her visit, she was checked into the hospital and scheduled for an…
Two weeks ago, my husband and I went to a Monster Truck event – which was fun and I’m enjoying getting out of my bubble as often as possible. This weekend we decided to ventured out to Dulzura, CA (about…
Is it possible to make cheese-free scalloped potatoes? That’s what I set out to discover! Full disclosure: I like cheese, but my daughter is not doing well with lactose lately, so I’m modifying recipes to see what I can cut…
Zucchini Fritters are not only super easy to make, but they get a big *Oohh Ahhh* response. I’m already seeing zucchini plants starting to sprawl out around my neighborhood, which only means we’ll all be up to our eyeballs in…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #MazolaHeartHealth #CollectiveBias February is Heart Health Month, so my family and I are enjoying lightened up recipes of traditional classics. Heart disease causes 1…
It’s National Pizza Day on February 9th, so what better way to celebrate than with a homemade pizza! I’ve been making pizza from scratch for years, but recently have had to mix up my game plan. We had a pizza…
I modified this recipe from a recent issue of Food & Wine – their recipe used pot-roast, so I made some tweaks for a vegetarian version. The simmered flavors of fresh orange and chilies pair really well with turnips and…
