Sweet Potato + Green Apple Soup
This is the perfect soup for a crisp Fall evening for dinner! Pairs perfectly with a salad and a glass of pinot noir or grenache. It’s also failproof, but you will need a food processor to crank this out with…
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Tips for fussy eaters, how to broaden their horizons
A lot of kids can be really fussy with what they eat, leaving parents despairing at another night of pizza and fries. Here are some handy tips on how to get your kids to be a little bit more adventurous…
7 Supplements to Boost Energy
If you are eating a healthy diet and getting moderate exercise, yet still feel like you need a nap mid-day, then you may benefit from a supplement boost. Chronic Fatigue affects women four times more often than men, according to…
Does Your Veggie Platter Have the Flu?
Vegetable platters are beautiful, healthy and easy to prepare. However, it isn’t the tasty, creamy dip full of fat and calories that is feared at social gatherings. Nope, I’m talking about something much more insidious – the flu, or worse!…
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Sweet Potato & Spicy Corn Chowder with Shrimp
Chilly winter days just beg for comfort food! This creamy chowder will hit the spot, but without the high-fat guilt. It’s also loaded with potassium rich sweet potatoes. Sweet Potato & Spicy Corn Chowder with Shrimp Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive…
Packaged Dinner Kit Services – Are They Worth It?
I have several friends who subscribe to dinner kit delivery services that offer pre-measured ingredients with recipe instruction. The meals are relatively easy to prepare. Often some of the time consuming items are already premade, such as dough and ramen…
Celery Leaf Walnut Pesto Sauce
Stop throwing your celery leaves away! These typically discarded leaves can transform into a delicous and healthy pesto sauce! Combined with walnuts, this tasty sauce also incorporates zesty lemon with hints of red pepper. Not only are you repurposing, but…
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Cooking with Avocado Oil
I recently received some samples of avocado oil and decided it was time to play with it in the kitchen. Avocados are typically pricey, so as a cooking oil, my concern is always health first, but secondly – can I…
Easy Rainy Day Salad
When it’s cold and blustery outside, I want to wrap up in a blanket and eat a huge pile of mashed potatoes or some other mass carbo-laden feast. I know I won’t feel good about myself after a comfort binge,…
Heart Healthy Valentine’s Day Dinner Party
I love Valentine’s Day! It’s not only a day to celebrate my cherished relationship with my husband, but it’s also a ‘month’ whereby I celebrate my great friends. Here’s a super easy dinner to prepare for friends to say ‘thank…
Do Natural Beauty Products Work?
I love the thought of using natural based beauty products that are also cruetly-free, but do they work? I’ve taken the following products for a spin to see if they really work. I’ve also broken down beauty ingredient basics as…
New Year, New You, But Without Trying Very Hard
I’m all about resolutions and self-improvement, but when January rolls around, life starts to feel like a chore. This year, I’ve taken the whole resolution thing off my plate, but have added natural products and easy ideas to help improve…
Pumpkin Pie Popcorn with Hefty® Slider Bags
With Fall activities in full swing, we find ourselves outside a lot with sports and social gatherings. As my family is obsessed with everything pumpkin right now, I came up with this delicious popcorn combination which tastes like a lighter…
Dinner Cheats: With Trader Joe’s Seasonal Honey Roasted Pumpkin Ravioli
In an ideal world, I’d make everything from scratch – but, ain’t nobody got time for that. What I do have time for is a quick trip though Trader Joe’s to pick up some prepared items that make my dinner…
Lucky Olympian Black Eyed Peas with TeChef
In my ongoing series of foods to make during the Olympics, I have decided to make ‘Lucky Black Eyed Peas’. Black eyed peas with greens are traditionally made in the South to bring luck into the New Year. The theory…
