A summer sensation! An ice cold smoothie with watermelon, mint and fresh squeezed lime. So refreshing you’ll think it’s summer! Many many many MANY years ago, when brady and I first visited New York city, I was on the hunt for a healthy smoothie place. Back then, smart phones were not so popular, therefore one would have to do their research PRIOR to leaving the hotel. They would have to find the business center in the hotel, and then pay…
The PERFECT Angel Food Cake recipe that is homemade from scratch. A perfect light and fluffy birthday cake recipe for the ages! Growing up, Angel food cake was the most frequently baked cake in my household. It was made for most birthdays [especially my sister’s], and many sundays, and also just to have around! My mom liked it because it was fat free and it was easy and reminded her of HER mom. Although she remembers her mom making this…
last modified Oct 2023… These Almond Flour Brownies, by King Arthur Flour, are gluten free and extra fudgey with the perfect amount of chocolate and that coveted crispy top! King Arthur has given me a few of my favorite brownie recipes thus far in my life. Including their Quick and Easy Fudge Brownies And here is just another one to add to it! I have made this recipe numerous times and each time just as delicious as the time(s) before.…
Cooking beets no longer has to be back breaking, soil digging work. It is as easy as boiling until they are soft and the skin just melts off! Talk to me about your issues of cooking a beet. Is it they are too hard and you don’t want to knick your knuckles trying to peel them? Or you don’t know how to cook them? Or is it because you think they taste like the dirt they are covered in? Well……
This Spring Strawberry Peach Protein Packed smoothie is the perfect mix of all colorful fruit on the pastel palette. It’s a healthy and quick Spring smoothie complete with high quality protein plus frozen strawberries, frozen peaches and a splash of honey. This week Jude has been into Smoothies. Although my kids are good eaters…sometimes they just forget to eat or just aren’t hungry! Weird I know. However, the one constant food group in their diets, is the SMOOTHIE. Whether in…
This savory cauliflower soft boiled egg dish-by the fancy name of Meunière-will blow your socks off just in time for your Easter celebration thanks to Blue Apron. Did you know that fresh from the hen eggs are maybe superior to commercial ones. It’s true. here are some FACTS ABOUT FARM EGGS…thanks to my sister who has them:) FRESH EGGS 1. They usually have a deep, golden yolk in the inside of the variety of eggshell colors. 2. Fresh eggs have…
These Spring Sunshine Carrots are made with Apple Cider Vinegar + honey + raisins and those delectable slender carrots. Spring is upon us…finally! And with that come the Easter season and bunnies and carrots…because bunnies eat carrots. ha! This recipe is just your ticket to one of the most unique and zesty carrot dishes with Apple Cider Vinegar + honey + raisins + orange zest all drizzled over the perfectly slenderized carrots. I found some very interesting facts when I…
6 ingredient marinara sauce that can be whipped up in a hurry with the ingredients found in your pantry! Somedays I feel like I all I want to eat is something homemade and quick….and delicious and easy to clean up…and if i make enough, can also freeze in the freezer for another day…is that too much to ask for? I mean, ideally. That’s it. So this is one of those recipes, the “I want to walk in the kitchen, throw…
The perfect Green Smoothie made green with handfuls of organic spinach + fresh mango + apple + lemon + carrots + pineapple. Jude is so proud to say he has invented his own recipe. And he tells it to all who will listen. And asks me to make it often. I will say, with the help of brady—who is the smoothie master, it has been perfected. My favorite thing about ‘his ‘recipe is the fact that it doesn’t have almond…
A healthy take on these no bake chocolatey- peanut butter goodness in the form of a cookie but assembled in minutes. Made with peanut butter + unsweetened cocoa + oats + butter + unsweetened coconut + honey + coconut sugar + unsweetened almond milk + vanilla + salt. -update 2/08/2025 These classic no bake cookies have just become easier and healthier than when you made them in middle school. They are made with 1/2 the amount of butter [or you…
