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Back to School Week Recipes
This is an exciting week. Everyone is heading back to those school week routines after a long summer break. For some, swinging into the drive through tonight, grabbing a happy meal and discussing the first day back, may be the plan of action. That’s cool. The first day for all of [...]
Attention RSS Subscribers
Everyday I look up at the top right hand side of this place and I watch the RSS Readers number get higher and higher. But you know what? I don’t think I know the people behind the number. I know every one of my email subscribers. We chat back & [...]
Name That Food #1
So I was standing in the super foodie mart and came across some unique food items. Some I had NEVER seen before, some I had seen but didn’t know what to do with them or how they tasted. That’s when I got the idea to have a little fun.
Do YOU know what this [...]
Simple Chickpea Salad
This chickpea salad is super fast to throw together and tastes AWESOME! It’s very filling and makes a perfect light meal.
I’ve made it a habit to cook up a bag of chickpeas in the pressure cooker, so I can have them on hand when the craving hits. Yesterday, I made Charlie a batch of [...]
Pineapple Banana Smoothie
One Serving
1/3 cup crushed ice
1 large rip banana
1/2 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
1/3 to 1/2 cup unsweetened pineapple juice
Blend until smooth either in a blender or with a immersion blender (I love mine).
DRINK UP!
My kiddos naturally loved drinking my breakfast smoothie. I asked them before I got started if they wanted one. I was [...]
Strawberry Smoothie
I’ve been playing with my immersion blender again and I’m having smoothie cravings. Here’s another recipe that turned out refreshing and filled my tummy. (This time, I made enough for EVERYBODY.)
1/2 cup crushed ice
1 cup orange juice
1 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
6 to 8 ripe strawberries, cleaned & quartered
Blend until smooth in a drink [...]
Easy Taco Salad
Taco Salad takes very little time to throw together and it only takes a little of this, a little of that.
HERE’S ALL YOU NEED
cooked ground beef seasoned with chili powder & cumin
green leafy lettuce
can of kidney beans, drained
shredded monterey jack & cheddar cheese
medium tomato, roughly chopped
purple onion, thinly sliced
tortillas chips
salt & pepper
Catalina dressing or Thousand [...]
Roasted Shrimp, Orzo and Feta Salad
The first time I enjoyed this salad I couldn’t believe how wonderful it tasted. It’s fresh, crunchy, has lots of flavors without be overpowering anywhere (not even the shrimp) and it’s very filling. It doesn’t take much to get full.
The recipe I’m sharing here is a combination of what I have eaten from [...]
Whole Foods Market® Issues Recall on 365 Organic Everyday Value™ Popcorn, Lightly Salted
Please know that I am not the alarmist type. I get no thrill from posting information that stirs up fear or anger in folks. I can’t stand that style of crappy reporting.
So when I read the following report from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. I genuinely was concerned for all my [...]
Enlist in Operation Baking Gals
I had the great pleasure of meeting and talking with Susan from Operation Baking Gals. Susan told me the story of how she asked a few of her food blogging friends to help her bake some cookies for her cousin in Iraq. Today, she’s handling over 200 bakers and 6 Host Teams that [...]
This is the kind of thing I love to take for lunch. I can make it right there at ...
This is a simple, comfort soup. Perfect for folks under the weather who just need something warm & mild ...
