This cowboy chili recipe is a riff on a basic chili recipe that won my husband first place in a few chili cook-offs. When I adapted Don’s recipe, I made a few tweaks, and he is convinced that my version is wayyyy better than his – and Don does not Read more…
As a new mom, I am constantly hunting for easy recipes that will help me drop baby weight while also helping my milk supply. So many of the lactation cookie recipes out there are basically regular oatmeal cookies… Yes, they are yummy, but not helpful in dropping baby weight! This Read more…
This is one of my favorite secretly-healthy recipes. This low carb cauliflower mac and cheese recipe taste SO good, but it’s actually healthy! With some minor substitutions to a regular mac and cheese recipe, you can make a healthy version of mac and cheese that is quick and delicious. The Read more…
If we’re going down, I’m going down eating THIS: Yup. It’s a brownie cookie dough cake. But not just any brownie cookie dough cake. This is a brownie cookie dough apocalypse cake. No effort was made to make this the least bit healthy. No apologies. All the calories. A global Read more…
Whelp. We are all stuck at home while the coronavirus makes headlines and makes history. For a lot of us, being quarantined, locked-down, or social-distancing means we are left to our own devices to cook nutritious and delicious meals… three times a day… while also restricting grocery shopping to once Read more…
Healthy Banana Bread Recipe This time of year, our house is about 80-90 degrees, and our bananas are turning brown in just a couple days! All those brown bananas are screaming to be turned to a squishy, yummy loaf of tasty banana bread (meanwhile, I’m screaming for central air conditioning!). Read more…
Deep down, most people want to follow a healthier eating plan: the benefits of focusing on health and nutrition are obvious. Despite the evidence that a healthier lifestyle can make you live longer, improve your health and make you look younger, many people are still not making healthy choices for Read more…
I’ve been a fan of green smoothies for years. It started out innocent enough: adding spinach to a normal peanut-butter-banana smoothie.. and *poof* healthy green smoothie .. right? Well, not really. Now my recipe is packed full of ONLY the really good stuff! It turns out peanut butter and bananas Read more…
DIY cleaners are all the rage – and with good reason. You probably already know that most commercial household cleaners contain dangerous chemicals. Don’t take this lightly – these chemicals are really REALLY bad for people, babies and pets. In fact they are much more dangerous that the bacteria or Read more…
This no knead bread recipe is the stuff dreams are made of. This post should actually be called “The No Knead Bread that No One Told Me About” – because it was news to me! Very very good news. 🙂 Nothing beats the smell of freshly baked bread on a Read more…