The Microplane: Leanne’s Kitchen Tool of the Month
What is a Microplane? It is like a tiny, little grater. And it is really fantastic because, it’s super sharp, and you can almost shave anything down with it. Here are a few things you can use on it: Garlic Radishes (Make a radish type of garnish for a plate or in a salad) Chocolate […]
Make your own pizza for dinner
If you’ve adopted a healthy new lifestyle for yourself and your family, you might be starting to miss some of your favorite meals to sit down to. Meals like pizza, for instance. Announcing that it’s Pizza Night is an easy way to get the family together around the table, but a lot of the chain […]
Leanne’s Favorite Gluten-Free Snacks
One of the questions that I get asked all the time is, “Hey, Leanne, can you help me out with some gluten-free snacks?” I love a gluten-free snack just like anyone else and my favorite go-to’s of course are apples and oranges or tangerines because you can throw them in your purse. But also, I […]
What seed has almost as much calcium as a cup of milk?
We are all about smoothies around here right now! A smoothie can make a perfectly healthy meal replacement if you have the right elements in there including some healthy fat, protein, and fiber. Believe it or not, the tiny little chia seed can provide all of those things! Chia is one of the latest superfoods […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The Perfect Paleo Comfort Food
What if I were to tell you that lamb was high in omega 3 fatty acids, did you know that? Lamb is naturally grass-fed and not subject to unnaturally being fed corn in feedlots the way cattle are. Pasture-fed lamb naturally contains small amounts of vaccenic acid, a precursor for conjugated linoleic acid (CLA). CLA […]
Beloved beefy comfort foods
Because the weather is still cold, kitchens across North America (at least in the northern part of the continent!) are staying heated up with warm, comforting, and familiar dishes. For me, nothing quite fits the comfort food bill like beef. Beef is full of protein, B vitamins, iron, zinc, and magnesium. Beef makes our muscles […]
Shopping with your children
Do you grab your purse and duck out the door the minute you know your kids are looked after so you can shop for groceries alone? While it’s a nice treat to do the food shopping by yourself from time to time, I think that it’s very important to bring the children along with you […]
Teach your children to make their own good food decisions
As parents, we sometimes forget that part of our job is to give kids the “why” behind the “no.” I am a firm believer in empowering children to make good decisions. If we raise our kids in a “because I told you so” environment, they will grow up without the ability to make any decisions […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Don’t be a ham, try the prosciutto!
As far back as 100 BC, Romans were drying pork legs in salt to create the delicacy known as prosciutto. Not familiar with this form of pork? Well, if you enjoy bacon then I’m willing to bet you will absolutely fall in love with prosciutto. Prosciutto is a dry-cured ham that comes from Italy. The […]