I love eating seasonal – that means you get fruits and veggies at the peak of their flavor and nutrition. If you have a farmers market near you, you understand the notion of eating seasonal as that is how the farmers sell their goods. If it isn’t growing they can’t sell it. Once the fruit and [...]
The easiest way for me to make sure I get a healthy, complete meal quickly is to make mason jar salads on Sunday night. Talk about a lifesaver when I come in from toting my little one’s around all morning and need food fast…but not fast food. :) I spend about 30 minutes Sunday night [...]
Lentils are inexpensive and loaded with goodness. They don’t take long to cook and are very versitle in meals. Since I am on a quest to up my iron content naturally I have included this recipe for your eating pleasure in hope that you get your iron on too! Check out these amazing facts – [...]
Spring is in full swing here in Atlanta, the trees are brimming with new bright green leaves and spring flowers are everywhere! So what better to accompany these warmer days than a really clean tasting quinoa salad? I have been looking for ways to up my iron and quinoa is stellar in everyway so naturally I look to it to [...]
Popeye the Sailor Man – toot, toot! Remember that show when you were a kid? He was always popping open a can of spinach for extra strength so he could go and save Olive Oil from Brutus! Well there really was something to it! This recipe was born out of a need for meals with [...]
Is Spring starting to show itself where you live? The Cherry trees are in bloom, tiny leaves are starting to appear on the Maple trees and Daffodils are popping up everywhere! I love Spring and the warmer temperatures that it brings! So take off the grill cover because it’s time to fire it up and [...]
Lunchables might be inexpensive and convenient but with an ingredient list so long it can barely fit on the box, and words like partially hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, modified, and artificial, filling the list, I think it would be in our best interest to avoid buying them. I went out the other day [...]
It is beautiful today! Hard to believe it is the day after Thanksgiving with it being low 60’s and not a cloud in the sky. Since yesterday we ate…and ate…and ate, I thought today would be a good day to get out for a run and picnic at the park. This would be a great [...]
