Growing up, we always had cans upon cans of cream of mushroom soup lining the shelves of our pantry. I’m sure I’m not alone…many of you probably dined upon many a meal that had a ‘cream of’ soup as a main ingredient. Though cream of mushroom soup isn’t necessarily the worst thing for you, there […]
My mom always took a lot of care to stuff our stockings with the perfect mix of contents. Some small toys, a little bit of candy, and some fruit way down at the toe. Then there was the chocolate orange. Maybe you’ve seen them? It looks like an orange but it’s really orange-flavored chocolate […]
I bet when you first looked at the photo for this recipe you immediately thought fries. Regular potato fries. You’re right…they are fries. Just not in the traditional sense. You see, they’re made from parsnips. Yes, parsnips. A lovely root that gets passed by when you’re grabbing the carrots in the produce section (they […]
It seems that everything good in my family happens around the kitchen island. We just had one of the best Thanksgiving meals ever. About a month ago my three sisters and I sat around the kitchen island and came up with a Thanksgiving menu. Each of us chose a couple things to create in our […]
Paleo/primal diets are all the rage right now. I am NOT a diet person; I just don’t believe in them. I firmly believe that being healthy is a lifestyle, and if you diet only to lose a certain amount of weight, you’ll be yo-yo dieting your entire life (which, let’s face it, is no […]
Growing up there was only one way my mom could get me and my younger sister to eat cauliflower or broccoli – by smothering it with cheddar cheese. I got older and like with many foods learned to appreciate these two vegetables in their more natural state. Sadly my husband has never had the same […]
The Creamy Cauliflower Soup…it’s the gift that keeps on giving. I started out making it today. I needed a big pot of creamy soup in my life and it sounded perfect. Then I saw red curry paste in my cupboard. Hmmm. I threw some celery in the pot, cause I had a bunch to […]
I begin nearly every morning with a smoothie. They are an amazing way to shove a whole bunch of healthy into one meal! My go to smoothie is usually made with cacao, banana, sunbutter and almond milk, but today I decided to mix it up a bit and I love this blackberry smoothie so much, […]
I love the bright orange flesh of the yam/sweet potato. It screams of fall color and reminds me of warm wintry dinners. We always made sweet potato casseroles for the holidays (yes with the mini marshmallows), I know, but it was tradition. More recently, I have found that baking a yam like a big russet […]
My mom grew up on a farm. Her parents planted cotton and corn, had a huge garden and raised cattle, pigs and chickens. In addition to raising the bounty of the earth, they lovingly raised nine children who helped tend to all this. My mom told me stories of how my granny would stretch […]
