Thyme-Infused Rice Salad with Apples, Cranberries and Pine Nuts
Brown Rice, cooked with Sweet Onion and fresh Thyme, tossed with a sweet-tart Apple, dried Cranberries and Pine Nuts. A healthy snack or a great holiday side dish.
“Mock” Mashed Potatoes
For a super tasty, and lighter, take on Mashed Potatoes, try this Mashed Cauliflower. This Cauliflower made extra creamy and “potato-like”, flavored with Cream Cheese, Parmesan Cheese and Garlic.
Lighter Ideas for Holiday Sides!
As much as I like a traditional holiday dinner, I also love to mix things up with new flavors and presentations. I find that new twists on old staples makes the dinner not only more interesting…
Halloween Pumpkin Smoothie
This recipe comes to us via Food and Wine and is from Chef Grant Achatz, who makes this simple, creamy and sublimely silky zucchini soup without any cream at all.
4 Ingredient Halloween Eyeball Cheese Appetizers
4 Ingredient Halloween Eyeball Cheese Appetizers - Serves 6
A Healthier Halloween??
With Halloween fast approaching, here is a quick list of more healthful ideas that could easily be given out to the ghouls and goblins that knock on your door.
Basic Hummus
This recipe comes to us via Food and Wine and is from Chef Grant Achatz, who makes this simple, creamy and sublimely silky zucchini soup without any cream at all. And you can easily use the ‘Monster Zucchini’ here! We made this soup this weekend and were shocked how good just a few simple ingredients were.
No Bake Energy Bites
Sweet and Spicy Dried Cherry Cornbread Stuffing (Vegan options)
Prosciutto-Wrapped Frittata Muffins
Here are fresh takes on Pina Colada and Strawberry Peach Smoothies!
Pina Colada and Strawberry Peach Smoothies
Pina Colada and Strawberry Peach Smoothies
Busy Schedules Commence!
If we have strategies to help enable us to make healthy choices, we will be more successful in maintaining healthy habits.
Maple Butternut Squash Puree
Maple Butternut Squash Puree with Vegan and Gluten-Free options
Sweet Potato Noodles with Charred Brussels Sprouts, Cranberries and a Maple-Sesame Vinaigrette
Sweet Potato Noodles with Charred Brussels Sprouts, Cranberries and a Maple-Sesame Vinaigrette with Vegan and Gluten-Free options.
Sweet and Spicy Dried Cherry Cornbread Stuffing
Sweet and Spicy Dried Cherry Cornbread Stuffing (Vegan options)
Vegan & Gluten-Free Holiday Dishes for Everyone
We are here to provide you some holiday recipes that can accommodate diets of many types (vegetarians, vegans, gluten-free) without compromising any of the traditional flavors you know and love.
Pumpkin Pie Pudding
All the flavors of Pumpkin Pie, in pudding form!
Spooky Halloween Treats for Kids Big and Small
Halloween is right around the corner and don’t we all need some practical and easy recipes for comforting, kid-friendly meals and some treats for kids and adults alike?
Bats and Cobwebs
Chicken Sausage, Bow Tie Pasta and Mozzarella Cheese in a Simple Tomato Sauce
Baked Bloody Rats
Surprise your kids with this fun and offbeat take on Beef Meatloaf! Courtesy of Allrecipes.com
Easter Deviled Eggs
Deviled eggs are a traditional appetizer that can be given a flashy new look using natural dyes. Soaking your peeled hard boiled eggs overnight with beets (pink), red cabbage (blue), or turmeric (yellow) imparts the intense color, not the flavor, to the egg white for a stunning presentation.