Most of you know I really enjoy going to the market and gathering a number of different ingredients to create a new recipe. Today I placed in my basket a fennel bulb (which I personally have never cooked with, only eaten at fancy restaurants), golden beets, ruby & variegated beets, a Granny Smith apple, and [Read More]
There are many reasons why you should grow your own micro-greens, and you don’t need a green house, just a nice sunny windowsill. As long as you have a warm sunny area in your kitchen or a spare room, you can grow micro-greens. What Exactly are Micro-Greens? Micro-greens are tiny edible green vegetables or sprouted [Read More]
If you are eating healthy and clean, Matcha should be at the top of the list for new foods to add to your diet. Whether you drink it in a latte or add it to a muffin, matcha is so high in antioxidants, it’s a food that should not be missed! Consider it the mother [Read More]
I took a recipe I love, Lemon Chicken Piccata but at a whopping 1025 calories per serving from the Pioneer Woman’s Piccata recipe I knew I had to trim it down. And trim I did, to a mere 255 calories per serving! Now you might be asking if it still tastes good. When that many [Read More]
New Year’s Resolutions: New Year’s Eve is just around the corner, and with it comes all those resolutions that we state with such exuberance! I will lose those fifteen pounds that I said I would lose for last year’s resolution. I will get my sluggish body to the gym. I will give up my vice, you [Read More]
It is summer and time for a Thai Peanut Zoodle Salad. A zoodle, you ask? What on earth is a zoodle? Well, it’s a noodle made out of zucchini and in two words, IT’S AWESOME! I have a number of kitchen gadgets, so when it comes to adding yet one more, I scrutinize the item [Read More]
I made a small roasted chicken and watermelon salad the other day and loved every bite. What is it about springtime that makes salads sound so delicious? Is it the fact that the winter sweaters finally make their way to the recesses of the closet and donning a swimsuit is just around the corner? Maybe, [Read More]
I’m veering away from food today to bring you something slightly unusual but very good for you, especially if you suffer from gut issues…Kombucha Tea. Maybe you have seen it in the grocery store where it sells for about $2.50 per bottle! I am going to teach you how to make this incredibly easy tea [Read More]
Spaghetti squash is one of those remarkable vegetables that does something amazing when it’s cooked. It actually produces strands of spaghetti-like fibers that take the place of high-carb noodles. Even if you are not a huge squash fan, you may be surprised at how the spaghetti squash actually has very little flavor, so it’s not [Read More]
When my daughter proposed to eat clean for 30 days, I thought to myself no problem. But then I started truly eating clean and it was a problem. Well, not really a problem, but a major shift in the way I thought about the foods I was putting in my body. To rid yourself of [Read More]