This easy, no-cook “summer porridge” has make-ahead convenience and is packed with nutrition to get your day off to a healthy start. Serve in individual half-pint mason jars for a perfect single-serving size and an easy grab-and-go breakfast straight from the fridge. (it’s best eaten cold.) Take it along to school, work, or anywhere—just don’t…
Learn how to make a yummy, healthy smoothie recipe. This mix contains protein, fiber and probiotics. Find out what’s inside your new favorite breakfast drink! What’s your breakfast routine normally like? Ideally, we’d all have time for bacon, eggs, hash browns and coffee. And maybe some French toast with warm syrup. But most days, there’s not…
The delicate tang of sweet pickle relish is a summertime favorite when slathered on a stadium hot dog or a hamburger from the backyard grill. By choosing to make a traditional fermented sweet pickle relish, it will taste similar to the jarred varieties you’ve been purchasing at the grocery store (most of which contain high-fructose corn…
Initially I had planned to write just one post on my Holiday Kitchen Makeover, but as I started jotting down topics to cover, I realized that it definitely needed more space. You see, I started this makeover with purely aesthetics in mind, but as the project progressed the mental/emotional aspects became so much more important…
When we have guests over for dinner, one of my favorite things to include is a tiny bowl of soup as an appetizer. Not because I’m fancy but because I make damn good soups and I’m always looking for more ways to sneak in another delicious dish into the menu. This year for our Thanksgiving…
One of the best and worse part of the Thanksgiving holiday is leftovers. And while noshing on leftovers for days after the big feast is a great way to get break from cooking, it quickly becomes boring. The last of the leftovers I have to deal with is always my Turkey Broth, which is perfect to…
My Instant Pot Fish Chowder with Corn Recipe is a gluten-free hybrid of clam and potato chowders Creamy, comforting and delicious without extreme heaviness! Made in just 5 minutes using a pressure cooker!
Over the weekend I made a large batch of Homemade Roasted Red Peppers, most of which I’m preserving by freezing to use later. However, I also love to make up a few jars of Pickled Roasted Red Peppers to keep in the fridge. I especially enjoy tossing a few Pickled Roasted Red Pepper strips in…
Today, I’m excited to introduce all of you to our cute little beta fish, Casper and give you a tour of his luxurious accomodations. Casper is very friendly and spoiled rotten. He is white with royal blue, very unique as far of the beta fish I’ve seen. Isn’t he handsome??? Every time I walk past him, he…
I’ve mentioned before, how much of my passion for cooking was inspired by spending time with my Grandma Elise in her kitchen. I remember helping her pick beautiful red pepper from their garden, then roasting them over the flame of her gas range. She also let me roast marshmallows over the flame of her gas…
Known as the magic elixir, bone broth was a common dish just a few decades ago and was used to add flavor to soups and sauces. Now it has been replaced with small, foil-wrapped stock bouillon cubes that simulate the taste of meat and contain none of the nutrients found in real broth. Perhaps one…
Today is Thursday, October 27, 2016 which means it’s been 27 days since it’ve eaten and more importantly only 5 more days of fasting left to go. With less than a week remaining, I’ve hit the point where it’s smooth sailing and there’s no possible way that I will stop fasting because I’ve come so far. To…