Cooking at home has many advantages including the flavors of simple ingredients and quality nutrition. There are awesome advantages to cooking from simple and nutritious ingredients in your own kitchen. For example, the flavors are tasty, the nutrition reflects your ingredients and everyone appreciates a meal together. Here's an easy recipe for you! Peppers & Lean Beef Recipe Ingredients: 1 lb beef steak or 'stew beef', cut into strips; 2 Tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 green pepper, or 2 colors of peppers, half each, seeds removed and cut into small strips; 1 large can diced … [Read more...] about Need an Easy Recipe? Try Peppers & Lean Beef
Trying Something New: Easy Black Bean Recipe
Black Beans & Good Nutrition Have you every tried black beans? If not, I recommend you do. You can eat black beans as part of breakfast, lunch or dinner. You can combine them with rice, couscous or quinoa, 3 healthy and tasty grains. The nutrition of black beans is excellent and, due to their very high fiber and protein contents, they keep you feeling full for hours. Easy Black Bean & Sweet Pepper Salad Recipe Ingredients to gather: 1 can black beans (15-16 oz); 2 cloves garlic; 1/2 sweet Bell pepper or other sweet pepper (red or green); 1/2 onion; 1 stalk celery; 2 … [Read more...] about Trying Something New: Easy Black Bean Recipe
It’s Pumpkin Time!
Fall, Pumpkins & Kids! There's nothing more fun than carving a beautiful, orange pumpkin into a fun jack-o-lantern. Kids love the funny faces while watchful parents guard the sharp knife. Everyone enjoys pumpkin season ~ picking one out ~carving it ~ cooking with it in the kitchen! Pumpkins Offer Great Nutrition! If you're looking for a vegetable that's low in calories and high in health-promoting antioxidants like vitamin A, then pumpkin is the answer. Pumpkins are a hard, Fall squash that offers powerful nutrition with tasty flavor. In seasons of the year when fresh pumpkins are … [Read more...] about It’s Pumpkin Time!
Need an Easy, Fall Dinner? Chili Works!
Colorful Peppers Add Flavor I have become a believer in colorful peppers this summer-into-fall. Not only are they a feast for the eyes, but they also add a sweet, rich flavor to your kitchen recipes. In the last month, I've chopped up colorful peppers for cold salads, cooked them in a stew, sauteed them for a side item, and made them into black bean chili. Beautiful, versatile, nutritious, delicious is what you can discover with peppers! Making Fall Chili with Peppers Making chili starts with a favorite recipe and there are plenty of them in cookbooks, online and in your family … [Read more...] about Need an Easy, Fall Dinner? Chili Works!
Salad Adds Color, Crunch and Flavor to Meals
Salad Begins with Crispy Greens...or Does It? The color green comes to mind when I think about salad. What about you? Do you start a salad with Romaine, spinach or leaf lettuce? Do you use shredded green cabbage? Typically, crispy greens are at the center of my tossed salad, so I was surprised by this All American Salad recipe. Who knew there could be such an interesting variety of colors, textures and flavors? Exploring the Possibilities Salads are easy to put together in the kitchen. Kids, teens and adults can put their own 'spin' on their salad creations. And, if eaten the next … [Read more...] about Salad Adds Color, Crunch and Flavor to Meals
Need to Warm Up? Make a Meal with Soup!
Soup Starts a Healthy Meal South Korea is a great example of a country with strong feelings about soup. If you visit S. Korea, you will find out that soup comes in what seems like hundreds of varieties with amazing, fresh ingredients and equally amazing flavors. Korean soup can be brothy, noodle-y or smooth and it sometimes is very hot and spicy. It can include bits of meat, seafood, tofu or egg. Or, it can be totally simple with a single kind of mushroom, seaweed or other vegetable. Adding Soup to Your Table Making homemade soup is a skill worth learning. Below are step-by-step … [Read more...] about Need to Warm Up? Make a Meal with Soup!