Do You Need a Sensible Meal Solution? Stressed about finding time to cook on a weeknight? Concerned about eating well? Confused about making a fresh start this month, and every month? Worried about supporting your busy lifestyle and doing the right thing for your family? Welcome to the challenges that just about everyone faces these days. We want more energy, stronger bodies, and better health. We want it fast and we want it easy. A sensible solution is hard to find when we are suspicious of media hype about the next new diet, bogged down trying to interpret labels at the grocery … [Read more...] about Easy Mediterranean Style Meals!
Sheet Pan Dinners Save Time and CleanUp!
Sheet Pan Dinners Save Time & Fuss Do you own a sheet pan? If you do, then say hello to Sheet Pan Dinners! With my motto of keeping it simple in the kitchen, this technique of making a quick and tasty dinner is hard to beat. Sheet pan dinners help you keep it simple because they're: Easy to plan Easy to prep Easy to cook Easy to clean up Examples of Sheet Pan Dinner Combinations Take your choice of these options to save time when your hungry family asks, What's for dinner? Lean Meat: Lean pork loin chops + BBQ spice rub + root vegetables like sweet potatoes, … [Read more...] about Sheet Pan Dinners Save Time and CleanUp!
Easy, Creamy Recipe for Butternut Squash Soup
Soup is Healthy Comfort Food In the winter, or anytime, homemade soup is hard to beat. For decades now, I've been a lover of soup and have spent many happy hours in my kitchen making soup. Of course, I've also spent many meals enjoying soup's amazing flavors. Comfort food is different for everyone and, for me, homemade soup is easily #1. Read my tips for getting organized in your kitchen to make homemade soup. You can do this! Easy, Creamy Recipe for Butternut Squash Soup Remember: Ingredients and amounts in a recipe are what go onto your grocery shopping list! Makes 4-6 … [Read more...] about Easy, Creamy Recipe for Butternut Squash Soup
Mediterranean Style Nutrition
Mediterranean Style Nutrition and the Science Behind It I used to think that foods from the Mediterranean were exotic, hard to find and difficult to cook. Then, I started a personal challenge to learn more, cook more and really get to know these delicious and nutritious foods. Boy, was I wrong! Mediterranean style foods are sensible, everyday foods, they are easy to find and they cook up easily. Their health promoting qualities are amazing as you can read in this science-based article. But, best of all, they taste heavenly. 12 Mediterranean Style Foods for Your Kitchen To prepare … [Read more...] about Mediterranean Style Nutrition
A New Year’s Nudge & 7 Options
What's Your New Year's Nudge? Every New Year is a nudge for making ourselves better. For some, it is better at playing the piano; for some it is better at saving money; for some, it is better at managing personal nutrition or trying a new exercise. I've decided to get better at yoga in the New Year because it will keep me flexible and strong. Even though I'm a beginning yogi, I am determined to get better at it, step by step, day by day. There are so many ways to launch yourself to 'better-ness' one step at a time in the New Year. Here are 7 options to think over -- and perhaps you'll … [Read more...] about A New Year’s Nudge & 7 Options
Fish is a Good Fat Food!
Good Fat Foods! Good fats are definitely worth paying attention to. First of all, their flavors are great. Second of all, they are simple foods without additives, and third, they can keep your heart and brain healthy in a big way. Good fats are what are technically called unsaturated fats and they come from plants or fish. You have lots of options in choosing good fat foods so this is good news. Fish is a Good Fat Food! Fish are a fun study nutritionally. Some are so lean that they burst with lots of protein and have almost no fat at all. Other fish are not so lean and they burst with … [Read more...] about Fish is a Good Fat Food!