Healthy Recipes
Do You Have an Aunt Edna in Your Family?
Every family has an Aunt Edna. She’s the one who’s always cranky and never has anything nice to say. She’s the one who always points out those ten pounds you gained at Christmas and lets you know how your sweet potato casserole could have been better.
Aunt Edna is the one who is difficult to get along [...]
Awesome Banana Muffin Recipe
Just tried a new banana muffin recipe from CatCanCook.com and they turned out perfect. I used mostly whole wheat flour, four bananas and a handful of walnuts and the kids loved them. They took them to school for their snack time. The recipe says that they freeze well. I’m looking forward to trying the recipe [...]
Great Pantry Recipe
I love to watch Food Network on Saturday and Sunday mornings to get new ideas for healthy meals. You can get a lot of great ideas that can be made into healthy meals just as they are and some may need a bit of tweaking. This weekend I was watching Guy’s Big Bite and saw [...]
Ways To Stir Fry Veggies
I’m always looking for ways to get more vegetables into my family’s diet. One quick and easy way is to prepare them stir fried in a bit of olive oil. This is a different way to cook them and the kids just may like it. Try the following recipe or make up your own stir [...]
Great Breakfast & Snack
Here is a great video on making whole grain blueberry chocolate chip waffles and chocolate chip muffins. Kids love waffles and this is a great way to make them without resorting to the frozen waffles in the store with all the preservatives. You can add in blueberries or walnuts and top with maple syrup or honey and you [...]
Egg Scramble
Eggs are a great item to have for breakfast because they are so versatile. I like to eat boiled eggs, toast and a smoothie for a quick energizing meal. When you want to do a little more with eggs a scramble is great. A scramble allows you to add in any ingredients you like to [...]
Brown Rice Breakfast
Bethenny Frankel has a great video on how to prepare “Brown Rice Breakfast”. It reminds me of rice pudding, but a bit healthier. Whole grain rice can be hard to cook because it takes longer to cook than white rice. I cook mine in the rice cooker and it comes out nice and soft. Alton [...]
Recipes — Healthy Snacks
This article has some great ideas for healthy snacks. Smoothies are a favorite in my family. We love them with bananas, nuts, fruit and orange juice. They are a great way to start the day off right.
Recipes — Healthy Snacks
By Vicki Churchill
In today’s hectic life style it probably feels like there is no time for healthy eating, [...]
11 Healthy Snacks for Your Heart
This article has some great snack ideas for when you are between meals and hungry. Eating snacks that are not healthy is something that we all need to change. I really like the snack about putting prunes in the brownies. Sneaky, but effective!
11 Healthy Snacks for Your Heart by MN Richards
Everybody likes a snack. And it’s not [...]
Kids and the Kitchen
A great way to get kids to eat healthy is to let them cook with you in the kitchen. My kids love to be in the kitchen helping me. They love to mix, whisk and crack stuff! It is always a great (and messy) time whenever they are in the kitchen. This is a great [...]
