Fighting Boredom with Healthy Food + Creative Living
February is Heart Health Month, so my family and I are enjoying lightened up recipes of traditional classics. Heart disease causes 1 in every 4 deaths in the United States, so I’m constantly tweaking my recipes to make them heart healthy, but without sacrificing flavor.
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 party for my daughter as…
It’s another awesome day brought to me by plant-based CBD! I recently received four bottles of Social CBD Broad Spectrum Drops to test out and I was so thrilled with the quality and taste! (more…)
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 holiday decorations have been packed away, resolutions made and now it’s finally time to start focusing on the next big thing – Spring Break Vacation 2020! If you’re like me, you’ve already been researching or planning a fun trip for the whole family to…
I personally love eating vibrant, fresh colorful food, however, another reason to make my food creations explode with color is that KIDS also find it enticing. Getting kids to ‘eat the rainbow’ at a young age is a great way to build life long healthy…
It is easy to know exactly what time of year it is if we just listen to the noises around us…Cough cough, Sniffle sniffle, Aaaaachoooooo! Yup, you guessed it, we are in the middle of winter! Every store we go into, playground we visit…
Spring Break is almost upon us! (Woo hoo!) Despite our best laid travel plans, travel delays either due to weather, mechanical or other unforeseen conditions can muck up our plans. Tight connections or missed flights means we often don’t connect with our luggage when we finally arrive at our destination. So what do you do when you’ve lost your luggage? (more…)
On average, Americans waste more than 20 pounds of food per person per month. Make the most of groceries, reduce trash and food waste, and save yourself money with these 12 simple ideas.
You can take lots of short cuts in this lemony kale, bean and barley soup and have it ready in 30 minutes! Any veggie broth will do. I always keep a supply of bouillon on hand so I can make my own broth in minutes.
Peppermint is an aromatic herb in the mint family, a cross between water mint and spearmint, and it’s most often used as a flavoring in breath mints, candies and other foods. My most favorite way to enjoy peppermint is brewed as a caffeine-free tea. But did you know that mint has been used for centuries to cure common ailments? (more…)
