Have you ever had thai sweet chili sauce? Have you ever had thai sweet chili sauce? It is the bomb! It's flavorful, sweet and spicy, but not too spicy and perfect for stir fry or for a chicken marinade. However, most thai chili sauces contain a lot … [Read more...]
4 Easy Meal Prep Ideas
Do you meal prep or meal plan? Sometimes I do good job with meal planning/prepping and sometimes I'm not so good at it. I am starting to get better the more I do it so I though I would share my tope 4 tips for planning. Meal Planning Tips Crock … [Read more...]
Give Your Knees a Break
I don’t know if you noticed the message board in our office this last week, but we wrote down the Quote of the Week that said, ” This diet totally averted total knee replacement for me.” Graduate 7/28/12 She also stated that her Ortho surgeon … [Read more...]
Why Okra should be on Your Shopping List
Okra is a very unusual vegetable. It has a very distinct taste, texture, and look. I always said that I loved okra and would it eat anytime, anywhere. But what I really loved was fried okra. The first time I tried okra that wasn’t fried …. yuck, … [Read more...]
Consistent Cooking – Staying on Plan
Are you in a recipe rut? Are you filled to your ears in summer squash and zucchini? Well, a latke is the perfect recipe and puts a unique twist on cooking with zucchini or yellow squash. You might be asking yourself, what in the world is a … [Read more...]
Mint Pesto Zucchini Salad Recipe
This is a raw zucchini noodle salad and it is delicious! I made it for the first time over 4th of July weekend. My aunt throws a huge firework show every year, there were about 30 people there, and by the end of the evening, my zucchini … [Read more...]
Had your Kale today?
What's New and Beneficial About Kale Kale can provide you with some special cholesterol-lowering benefits if you will cook it by steaming. The fiber-related components in kale do a better job of binding together with bile acids in your digestive … [Read more...]
Skillet Cabbage Recipe
Vegetable Kicks I tend to get on these vegetable kicks where I become obsessed with a certain vegetable and I eat a lot of it. My husband is wonderful for willingly eating the same vegetable multiple times in one week! I know it is easy to do … [Read more...]
Christmas through Super Bowl: A Food Survival Guide
Tis the season of parties, social gatherings, family time, cookie baking, pie eating, gingerbread baking, and hot chocolate drinking! There is really no other time of year where it is okay to eat your weight in Christmas Cookies or drink it in … [Read more...]
Broccoli: What’s the Big Deal?
As a kid, we grew up dreading this green monster- broccoli, childhood’s nemesis. But once we got over the “it’s GREEN!” phobia, most of us realized that broccoli’s actually pretty tasty. Add to that the fact that broccoli is good for … [Read more...]
