Today’s “review” is a different review of sorts. It’s not really for a specific product, per se, but rather for a type of food. How about I just stop beating around the bush and tell you about it, m’kay? M’kay. I’m a big fan of rice. When I was growing up, I used to come [...]
One of my favorite holiday dishes is an old potato salad recipe that my grandmother used to make. Knowing my grandmother, it’s probably not a very healthy recipe. This year my mom and I decided we would try our hand at it and try to make it a bit more healthy because being able to [...]
Menu planning. It’s one of those things that can be a pain while you’re doing it, but man, when it’s 4:00 (or 5:00 or 6:00) on a Wednesday night and you’re exhausted – it’s sure nice to know what you’re making for dinner. Am I right? I am horrible about menu planning, and consequently, find [...]
Ya’ll know I love salad. I eat it almost every day. My kids have grown up eating it since they were old enough to eat salad. In fact, a salad is one of the few veggie-type items that I can count on them eating. It is awesome! Recently, we invited some friends over and all [...]
I have been dying to sign up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) for ages. If you’re not familiar with CSA, it’s a great way to get locally sourced food, directly from farm to table. The problem? It’s pretty pricey. So, I’d been hitting the farm stand a few miles away. {Click here for [...]
I love summer! I love all the wonderful cookouts and picnics that take place throughout the season. I also love the abundance of fresh fruits & veggies that are available. So, what better thing to do than combine the two into one?! This salad is one of my own concoctions and I love taking it [...]
This has been a busy summer. No doubt about it. We haven’t had a free weekend since the middle of May and we don’t have one till the middle of August. I got up this morning and starting thinking about the day and what had to be done. We are going to the air show. [...]
During my recent pregnancy, the only insatiable craving I had was watermelon. We probably went through at least three personal sized seedless watermelons per week, because my three year old son is also addicted. He actually will sneak into the fridge for watermelon. I can’t complain. Watermelon is a great low calorie way to satisfy [...]
I know that the weather is kind of going crazy around the country right now. It’s hot where it should be cooler and it’s cold where it should be warming up. The calendar, however, is telling me that it is time to start having picnics and potlucks. I found this recipe several years ago on [...]
Are you having a wonderful Memorial Day weekend? We hope so! If you’re planning on firing up the grill tomorrow, we have a couple of suggestions to help keep your meal on the lighter side. You know, so you don’t have that post holiday regret because you couldn’t walk away from the potato salad…. Lighter [...]
I have a short and sweet post for you. I just got home from a day in Chicago at the Self magazine Workout in the Park event. I had so much fun, but I am so tired and ready to soak in a hot tub for awhile. What I have for you today is one [...]
A few weeks ago, I had mentioned that I wanted to try quinoa. I had heard a lot about how healthy it is for you. (If you want to read all about quinoa, you can go here.) To the store I went, I bought a box of quinoa and then I was like, now what? [...]
I love salad. Pure and simple. If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I think I could live on salad. There are so many different kinds. So many ways to make a basic green salad and then change it up a hundred different ways. I bought the Sandra Lee [...]
For the most part, my family is a raw vegetable bunch. I normally just buy a veggie conducive to eating raw, cut it up, set out some ranch dip or hummus, and we’re good to go. But this Oriental Green Beans is one vegetable recipe that I head back to every now and then. The [...]
We’re wrapping up this month’s project for November where we tried some of the recipes featured in the Taste of the Sisterhood and I got a chance to make a bunch of YOUR recipes too! It was AWESOME! And by the way, I went in for a second round of the crock pot oatmeal I [...]
