Family Favorite: Beef Stew Recipe

Posted on January 19, 2010 - Filed Under Budget Eating, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating, Recipes, soup | 6 Comments

Pretty much everyone who knows my family knows that my husband Shawn hates onions … or at least he says he does. The truth? He doesn’t like the texture of onions, but he does appreciate the flavor that a sweet onion can add to a dish. Don’t tell him I told you though, he’s very [...]

Comfort Food: Crunchy Oven Fried Chicken Recipe

Posted on January 5, 2010 - Filed Under Budget Eating, Chicken, Easy Recipes, Feeding Kids, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating, Poultry, Recipes | 5 Comments

There is something amazing about biting into the crispy coating of fried chicken. It crunches between your teeth, revealing layers of flavors. It’s salty and wonderful … Before you know it, you’re biting into juicy chicken, just below the skin. Well, at least I hope it’s juicy. I’ve had a lot of flavorless meat on [...]

Start The Year Off Right
Dr. Oz on Budget-Friendly Healthy Eating

Posted on January 1, 2010 - Filed Under Feeding Kids, Healthy Cooking, Healthy Eating, lessons | 2 Comments

Happy New Year!
This year, I plan to focus even more heavily on healthy living and raising a healthy family. If we take care of our bodies, then we can live longer and happier, and who doesn’t want that? So I am hoping you, my dear readers, will indulge me as I feature occasional tips and [...]

Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Posted on December 8, 2009 - Filed Under Easy Recipes, Healthy Cooking, Recipes, quick and easy, side dishes, vegetables, vegetarian | 4 Comments

It’s really hard to believe that I went for so many years without ever tasting a single sweet potato. My mother didn’t like them, and by extension neither did I. As far as I can remember, I think I had my first one at about age 19 in the fry form (cause seriously, anything in [...]

Cranberry Salsa

Posted on November 7, 2009 - Filed Under Appetizers, Healthy Cooking, holiday, sauce | 1 Comment

Got chips?
It was mid-summer when I started dreaming up this cranberry concoction. While my family and I were contemplating whether the elevated temperatures really warranted turning on the air conditioner, I was also starting to fantasize about how I could take some traditional Thanksgiving tastes – like cranberry sauce – and give them a new [...]

Roasted Pumpkin Seeds Recipe

Posted on November 4, 2009 - Filed Under Appetizers, Feeding Kids, Healthy Cooking | 2 Comments

Until last week, I had never carved a pumpkin myself. There was this one time in high school where I insisted on having a carved pumpkin … but aside from a tiny knife jab or two, I didn’t do the actual carving. But on Halloween, I carved two pumpkins and my husband carved another two. [...]

To Our Health: Basil and Sunflower Tilapia

Posted on March 11, 2009 - Filed Under Healthy Cooking, fish/shellfish | 4 Comments

It’s gray and dismal outside my office window this morning. It feels more like 6 am than 7 am as the clouds hang thick. The grass, which is just starting to show signs of the brilliant hue that we’ll love for three seasons, looks muted and pathetic. This is not the sunny day I was [...]

Hawaiian Turkey Meatballs

Posted on January 10, 2008 - Filed Under Healthy Cooking, dinner, turkey | 6 Comments

I’ve been cooking almost daily. I love cooking so that’s a chore I totally don’t mind doing. And there are several great benefits to cooking at home, instead of getting take out or going out. For one, a meal made at home is cheaper than one in a restaurant. That’s always a good thing. For [...]

Kid Approved: Garlic Tomato Spaghetti Squash

Posted on November 5, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, pasta, vegetables, vegetarian | 4 Comments

The first, and only, time I had spaghetti squash was years ago in college. While studying at the Biosphere 2, I was invited to a dinner at another girl’s apartment. Spaghetti squash with a tomato sauce was one of the meals she served. I remember being apprehensive, but trying it. I was shocked. It really [...]

Heirloom Tomatoes with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

Posted on September 5, 2007 - Filed Under ARF, Eat Local, fruit, salad, vegetables | 1 Comment

Nearly every weekend this summer has included a trip to my cousin’s farm. Will and I have carefully selected the farm-fresh and mostly organic produce and coveted it all week long. There were overflowing pints of blueberries that Will would finish before the day was out and tiny, sweet orange cherry tomatoes that would burst [...]

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