This is a favorite recipe of my family as well as my clients. I had a requests this week to add this to the blog – so Melissa here you go! Sweet potatoes and sweet onions help give this recipe it’s name as well as add amazing flavor. Even if you never thought of combining [...]
Oh, how I love brussels sprouts. It hasn’t always been that way though. I can clearly remember as a child refusing to eat them. The name alone used to bother me. Thank goodness those days are over! Today, my mouth waters from the thought of serving them. My girls’ will tolerate them a thousand times [...]
A friend from college sent me this recipe a few weeks ago. It’s an easy recipe, and would be a great treat on Easter weekend. You will not find store bought candy in my girls’ Easter basket. Why do we feel it’s necessary to stuff our kids with chocolate bunnies, and artificially dyed candy for [...]
Mardi Gras masks are fun to wear and fun to make, all you need is a little imagination! My 10 year old daughter Katelyn and I had a great time finding supplies that we had at home as well as coming up with creative ideas to decorate the masks. You don’t have to rush out [...]
Class Valentine Idea and “LOVE” scrapbook page Instead of bringing candy for a Valentine (because believe me, they will get enough!), bring these cute covered glue sticks with a tag reading “I’m stuck on you”. Glue sticks are easy to use, no mess involved – well, at least very little mess , and there are [...]
Who doesn’t love a doughnut? Celebrate this Valentine’s Day with these special recipes! I love to take recipes and find ways to make them more wholesome and add nutrition whenever possible so enjoy and share the love! I have some very special clients, that are now like extended family, who have two little boys that are allergic to [...]
Valentine’s Day might mean chocolate and candy to some but here we are finding ways to get more fruits and vegetables into the kids. So let’s try playing BINGO at mealtime! You get to fill in the spaces with fruits, vegetables, household chores, or whatever you think your kids need a little extra incentive to [...]
Today is Free Friday and Smoothie Saturday all in one so I can put the computer away and enjoy lots of time with my family and of course, lots of yummy food! In the Christmas spirit I made candy cane smoothies this morning. Hope everyone is able to enjoy this time of year without too [...]
Have you ever had Panettone bread? It has been a tradition in my family for a while. I am half Italian and this bread is always on the table during the holiday season. Supposedly the bread came about at a bakery in Milan. A man that worked there wanted to marry Toni’s, the owner, daughter [...]
Next week is going to be total madness! If you have children in school and activities you, like me, are about to be neck-deep in parties. Not to mention work parties, neighborhood parties, and other festivities! In two days, we have four parties and need to bring something to each of them. What can I [...]
