I discovered this one serendipitously, like all good discoveries seem to be. I was planning on making my perfect hummus recipe today for a munchy appetizer for our guests. Alas, I did not have nearly enough lemon juice to make that happen in any tasty way, so I began searching the internet for a recipe […]
Is it treat time again? Not necessarily, but the title of this post would surely imply that, wouldn’t it? The two I picked are very healthy treats that I’m dying to make, because I am sure that I wouldn’t feel cheated out of a decadent dessert if I ate these. Which brings me to the […]
Every morning, I sprinkle some ground flax seed on my Ezekiel English muffin, just because. Because it tastes all yummy and nutty, and because it’s full of healthy fats and fiber. Just an aside, the ground flaxseed goes on whatever the kid is eating too — that’s right, he calls them “sprinkles” and knows nothing […]
I’m sure you’ve fallen into the same trap with your kids. No matter how healthy you try to be, as soon as they’re old enough to start ordering their own food at restaurants, they discover the kids’ meals… and the French fries. I really have a bone to pick with pretty much every restaurant in […]
There’s something so much fun about getting my edamame harvest every year from our CSA farm. Maybe it’s because I don’t eat unfermented soy normally, so it feels like cheating, or going off the diet or simply indulging. Or it could be simply that it’s fun to cook something I never cook, and the hulling […]
It’s been a while since we’ve made grilled pizza, but tonight the stars were in alignment and the weather was cooperating, so pizza we grilled. It was nothing fancy; in fact, it was an old go-to combination of whatever we had in the veggie bin and Trader Joe’s pesto chicken sausage. The toppings were onion, […]
Everyone loves baked goods, right? Even those of us who are watching our carbs can live vicariously by reading these unique recipes (but I’d give anything for just one bite of coffee cake…). I’ve truly never even heard of two of them, and the other is an old favorite that’s been republished. I’m pretty glad […]
