Healthy(ish) food blog made with real ingredients and a NYC twist.

Garden Tomato + Peach Salad with Ricotta Cheese

Posted on October 5, 2020

Vine ripe garden tomatoes + farm peaches + ricotta cheese + fresh harbs = a garden fresh salad to please any crowd. Tis the season for vine ripe tomatoes and the perfect peach! Together with ricotta cheese and fresh basil leaves, the ideal fall garden salad is created! While living in utah, my mother has this great garden…mostly full of tomato plants AND herbs. It is a newer garden you could say so–we are so happy with the many tomatoes…

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TUESDAY TIP: how to make sweet potato steak fries in an air fryer

Posted on September 29, 2020

Sweet Potato Steak fries in an Air Fryer takes just 15 min and with the warm fall spices, its an easy crowd pleaser for any occasion. Sweet Potato Steak Fries. Those 4 words can mean a world of happiness to most people. Including my husband, who usually might think of the orange ‘not as good regular fry’ when he hears sweet potato fries. However, when you add the word STEAK into the mix. All of a sudden those wimpy sweet…

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tuesday tip: HOW TO MAKE A PUMPKIN LASSI

Posted on September 23, 2020

Bring on the fall festivities with this Healthy Pumpkin Lassi made with pumpkin puree + non-fat plain greek yogurt + frozen banana + some delicious spices. If you are wondering what a Lassi is…here you are! Lassi is a popular traditional yogurt based drink that originated in India. Lassi is a blend of yoghurt, water, spices and sometimes fruit. So there it is! The most common one is mango and it is really good. We, the Clifford’s, have been known…

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Crispy Curry Cauliflower with curry-lime aioli

Posted on September 22, 2020

This Crispy Curry Cauliflower tastes just as good as it sounds:) The little cauliflower florets are rolled in bread crumbs, baked to perfection and then dipped in a Curry-Lime aioli. According to Eating Well magazine, a popular buzzword in the year 2020 has been CAULIFLOWER….CHICKPEAS….MEATLESS MEATS…..AND GOCHUJANG (I have NO clue what the last one is). a few CAULIFLOWER HEALTH BENEFITS (aka the White Trees as my child calls it) HIGH IN CHOLINE Important for memory…sleep, muscle movement, learning, and…

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Roasted Red pepper Mediterranean Salad with Crispy Chickpeas Drizzled with Garlic Tahini Sauce

Posted on September 18, 2020

Jude, Brady and I took an adult trip [+ 1 of our children] to Israel last year. And we had the best time. Jude was 5 years old…which as soon as we arrived, realized that was quite ambitious of us to bring him along. But, for a 5 year old, he held his own! Only had a few minor meltdowns- tried his 5 year old hardest to listen to 3 min of a tour, and ‘drove’ his cars around the…

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tuesday tip: HOW TO MAKE EASY STOVETOP HOMEMADE APPLESAUCE [no sugar added]

Posted on September 15, 2020

This easy stovetop homemade applesauce takes maybe 10 min and it will be a game changer the next time you look at store bought applesauce! Tis the season for apples! yay! For the past 4 falls, we have ventured out into the vast unknown of the East Coast in search of an apple vineyard who will allow us to over-pay for to pick OUR OWN apples ha! We clearly know this going into it and yet every year…without fail..we will…

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Bandera Macho Chicken Salad with Dried Corn

Posted on September 11, 2020

WARNING: This Bandera Macho Chicken Salad with Dried Corn is NOT a side Salad, it is macho. literally. it is sure to satiate you and your protein, food loving guests. When we moved from Southern california, one of the biggest downers was we had to leave many of our favorite food places behind. Brady likes to say that ‘eating’ is one of our couple strengths. ha! Ya take it where ya got it. True. We find joy in feeding our…

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tuesday tip: How to Make School Lunch Sandwich Stackers {using a medicine syringe}.

Posted on September 1, 2020

Whether your child is at school in the nearest school building OR at school in your living room; this is healthy, fun twist on a sandwich which makes a cute little stacker your kids will be raving about. Everything is cuter when its little— RIGHT?? Little kids, little sandwiches, little animals, little chairs, little shoes…well this sandwich is no exception! Its little and its cute AND your kids will eat this little healthy lunch! ITEMS NEEDED: Plastic Medicine syringe (10…

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tuesday tip: HOW TO MAKE EASY FRUIT LEATHER {no SUGAR NEEDED}

Posted on August 25, 2020

This EASY peasy 2 ingredient fruit leather is a great and healthy snack to whip up using any fruit you have in your house…and it requires only fruit! No sugar needed! Have you been wondering how you are going to use all of those peaches you picked fresh from the farm OR the store OR from the back of your car:) Well, however it is you obtained your fruit…there is nothing like going to the fridge or the counter and…

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tuesday tip: How to mAke Jude’s Chili Lime Peanuts

Posted on August 18, 2020

With only 3 simple ingredients….TJ’s Chili Lime Seasoning + Peanuts + Lime juice…these peanuts can be tossed in your mouth by the handfuls for a healthy snack or as an addition to any meal for a little something extra. The tradition all started many sundays ago while the boys were waiting for Sunday dinner to be done. As a healthy snack, I threw some peanuts at them not expecting the delicious treat they were going to conjure up! And it…

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