A Simple, Quick, Easy to Make, Yummy Meatless Dinner Lately we’ve been eating less meat, for no reason really except that we’ve just felt like eating less meat. I don’t know if it’s the summer or what, but we just haven’t been in much of a mood for meat, so we’ve been doing a lot of meatless dinners lately. I’ve [...]

Every Tuesday for us it is TACO TUESDAY! For a while there I thought getting rid of preservatives meant shopping at the natural food stores for most things because I thought it was *all* better for you until I realized soon that it wasn’t necessarily true. I did more label reading and then I became a brand-loyalist as I realized [...]

I think it’s imperative during the “Pantry Raid” to discuss the fact that there is a preservative-free corned beef out there, there is! I found it at my health food store, “Nature’s Food Patch” and I am pretty sure Whole Foods also carries it. It looks like this: And it makes a delicious crock pot corned beef! I made it [...]

After having read labels for so long, there are entire aisles at the grocery store I now skip. It’s hard, too, especially when you see the bogos on all the products you no longer buy. I sometimes feel like I’m getting the shaft! But I’m not. I’m more knowledgable now about what is in everything and just because it’s cheaper, [...]

Post workout smoothie: protein, anti-inflammatory, delicious When I went to the Health and Fitness Blogger’s Conference last year, I had the most delicious tart cherry smoothie. It was then that I had fallen in love with tart cherry juice and it’s been a staple in my house ever since. Over time, I’ve modified the tart cherry smoothie recipe a teensy [...]

March is Nutrition Month and as I’ve written about a lot, we’ve pared down our pantry to be (nearly) preservative-free. (As long as the husband doesn’t do the shopping, anyway.) After my health scare and the tic my son had throughout his childhood (and no longer has – I believe in large part due to dietary changes), we’ve eliminated food [...]

For some reason, I’ve been craving black bean burgers. I haven’t had a black bean burger in probably more than a year (perhaps it was just the protein I was craving) but there was one day I needed it and that was that. I love black beans, we have those all the time, and so I set off on a [...]

I really love finding a cookie that is healthy for the kids that they’ll actually love and eat! These Chia Peanut Butter Cookies I found on Pinterest (of course) from Yummy Mummy and as of last week, they are 100% kid tested and approved. Isn’t it cute? Even better, since it’s got some wonderful ingredients in it, it can be used as [...]

Delicious Roasted Vegetable Recipe, MMMMMMMM. I LOVE REAL FOOD! I’ll shout it from the rooftops, over the past year our change in our eating habits by eliminating most processed foods has really spawned for us a true love for real food. That includes vegetables, especially vegetables. The kids are on board with me (don’t ask me how!), they love them [...]

WE ARE AT GOOFY! It’s the 20th Anniversary Disney Marathon Weekend! You may remember I am supposed to be running these 39.3 miles but instead I’m spectating on account of my bum knee. That’s ok. Besides getting a little jealous during the expo yesterday, I am ok with this. I am signed up for 2014. SO. Nicole and the husband [...]