Ground Beef
Ground beef is a ubiquitous family favorite when it comes to dinner. Think about all the possibilities—there’s sloppy joes, hamburgers, meatloaves, meatballs, skillet dinners—and endless variations of all of the above. How can you not love it?Even if ground beef doesn’t do it for you, there is something ground up that will work for you, be […]
More Veggie
Did you know that if you eat more fruits and vegetables, you are HALF as likely to develop cancer as those who eat the least amount of these foods? There are irrefutable facts to support this statement. It’s not just pie in the sky dreaming; it’s a true promise. Eat more fruits and vegetables, and […]
Quick and Healthy Mixes
I love the ease and accomplishment of getting dinner on the table fast. One of the things I learned about getting done quickly is that those boxed mixes don’t exactly taste great. Not only that, the ingredients! I don’t know what half that stuff is. Good grief. And then there is the sodium and the […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Olives
Olives are one fruit that cannot be picked and eaten, but rather need to be brined to make the olives we enjoy edible. Olives are a great source for iron as well as vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant scavenger. Antioxidants do the job of fighting inflammation, cancer and heart disease. Not only that, but olives […]
Farmers’ Markets – Buy Locally to Support Your Community
Spring is officially here and so the great thaw begins. One of the best ways to start off Spring in earnest is to hit your nearest farmer’s market. This is the place where you can buy good, locally grown veggies and see what’s in season. With few exceptions, this stuff is less expensive than your […]
Heart to Heart
If one of your health goals is to keep your heart as healthy as possible (good move, too–kind of critical in the staying-alive scheme of things), then you need to know what your heart needs in the form of nutrients to operate optimally. There are foods that give the heart a nutritional advantage and provide […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Strawberries
Sweet delicious strawberries are one of spring’s better crops; especially when they’re locally grown, freshly picked and the air is filled with the smell of ripe strawberries, yum! Bursting in vitamin C and fiber, who doesn’t love strawberries? Their heart shape should tell you that this is a fruit that will help promote healthy hearts. […]
Soul Food
In the midst of our busy lives, it’s easy to be constantly striving to do “one more thing” and forget about the most important things in life: connecting with those we love. We procrastinate in our relationships even and forget that those little faces we’re wiping off with a washcloth after dinner, will one day […]
Dinner Diva – Eat Me… Drink Me…
Alice in Wonderland is making a big entrance in movie theaters across America, reminding us of how far our imagination can get us. A reoccurring theme throughout the movie (and the books) is Alice’s size – either as big as a house or shrinking into the size of a mouse. I know several people who […]