Dinner Diva: Keep Your Cool with These Summer Meal Ideas

A two-layer grill with steaks and vegetables

No matter where you are in the United States right now—and even Canada—,it is a hot summer. Temperatures are in the hundreds in many areas, and the humidity is reportedly high from friends of mine in parts of the continent where this type of weather is unheard of, even in the thick of summer. We […]

Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Squash Blossoms

Squash Blossoms on a wooden tray laying on a dark teal wooden table

I enjoyed a bumper crop of zucchini this year from my garden, but I’m definitely over the beautiful orange squash blossoms for this season, sadly. Today, we’re going to give you a trick, a tip, and a great recipe to use with squash blossoms (and you can use any blossom, from any squash, even pumpkin!) […]

Back To School With Bento Box Basics

two children's bento box lunches on a white background

This is the time of year when we get ready for a new school year and all that it entails. “Graduating” from kindergarten or elementary school, or from eighth grade into high school, each year seems to be significant in the child’s life. Whether returning to the same school and friends or going to a […]

46 Fresh Market Foods for August

In August, there are so many types of foods ripening in the fields and on the trees, I am just like a kid in a candy store when I hit up my local Farmers Market. Have you been to the market lately? I truly believe that we need to support our farmers and shopping at […]

Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Why you should try dino kale

Chicken SoupThere are so many amazing health benefits you gain from eating dino kale. One cup of this wonderful Italian variety of kale gives you a walloping nutritional punch, providing 100% of your daily recommended amount of Vitamins K and A along with 88% of the Vitamin C you need in the run of a […]

Instant Pot Dos and Don’ts

Instant Pot on a light marble surafce with white background

It’s Back to School season and it’s time to get “regular” with our routines again! Even if you don’t have to pack lunches for the littles anymore, there’s nothing like shifting with the seasons and getting back to a regular routine after a nice, lazy summer. My partner Mark has fond memories from his childhood […]

Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Plump, Sweet and Juicy Red Raspberries

Red Raspberries on a white plate set on the corner of a linen napkin on a whitewashed wooden surface

Plump, sweet and juicy red raspberries are my personal favorite. In honor of my favorite berry, today I’m going to give you a trick, a tip and a brand new recipe featuring these gorgeous little treats! Now, there is much more to love about raspberries than their amazing flavor. They are also packed with nutrition, […]

Fermented Foods

two large jars of kombucha topped with cheese cloth on a white surface

I think our ancestors would be pretty surprised at how fermented foods seem to have all but disappeared from our dinner plates. You hear about gut health all the time–leaky gut and other such 21st century maladies. Eating fermented foods is one key to making sure your gut has a chance to heal. That’s because […]