This week, I was featured on MomTrends as part of the site’s Fit Mom series. When I received the email from Nicole Feliciano, who writes MomTrends, that my profile was up, I was a little giddy. Not only did Nicole say some nice things, but it was an amazing feeling to show off my successful…
Healthy Living and Cooking
Beef Stew, A Family-Favorite Recipe
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…
Spicy Pastrami, Bacon, Swiss Wrap
A local deli makes this massive, delightful sandwich called Amanda’s Big Mouth. It’s pastrami, cheddar, bacon, onions, lettuce, tomato, hot sauce and thousand island dressing (I skip the dressing)—and it’s amazing. It’s the kind of sandwich you eat when you are starving … or when you just want something amazing when you are enjoying a…
Healthy Family: The Authors of Sneaky Fitness Dish on Kids and Fitness
Dear Readers, as I mentioned last week, I plan to write more about raising a healthy family this year (see my interview with Dr. Oz from last week). This week, I have tips on getting active from Missy Chase Lapine and Larysa Didio, authors of the new book Sneaky Fitness: Fun, Foolproof Ways to Slip…
Comfort Food: Crunchy Oven Fried Chicken Recipe
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 hot, 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
Dr. Oz shares great budget-friendly healthy eating tips that are perfect for your New Year’s Resolutions — or any time. 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…
Fabulous Fish: Baked Lemon Herb Cod Recipe
Looking for a great baked cod recipe? This quick and easy recipe for Baked Lemon Herb Cod is simple but yields a rich, flavorful dish everyone will love. Sometimes, you taste something – just a little bite of it – and it blows you away. That was the case with this dish. It was rich, buttery…
Roasted Sweet Potatoes Recipe
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…
Homemade Apple Turnovers Recipe
Flaky. Sweet. A little tart. Oh, so good. Somehow, I imagine that to most people apple turnovers are a dessert – a tasty, homey, delicious dessert. But for me? I like quiche for breakfast and easily give in to requests for breakfast for dinner. So, these turnovers weren’t dessert. They weren’t a special afternoon snack….
Cranberry Salsa
This Cranberry Salsa is a complete departure from traditional cranberry sauces. Uncooked cranberries are sweetened and blended with both sweet and hot flavors to create a deliciously unique condiment. 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…