Recipe: Kale Chips (a surprisingly easy and delicious veggie!)

Prior to this year I don’t ever recall eating kale before. I even discussed it with a few of my friends, and they also weren’t sure if they had eaten it before either (have you?). I don’t know what it is about the name “kale”, but the sound of it just isn’t appealing for some [...]

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Some highlights from the Food, Inc. Documentary

If you missed the documentary Food, Inc. on PBS last week, don’t worry because I took notes on some of the highlights (below). You can also rent it through Netflix or Blockbuster. You now officially have no more excuses to not be enlightened by this movie! Supermarkets and Corn – The tomatoes you buy in [...]

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Recipe: Quiche with a Super Easy Whole-Wheat Crust

My girls love to help me make this recipe. My 5-yr-old can practically mix and pat out the crust all by herself (if she can do it so can you!) while my 2-yr-old happily stirs the egg mixture. We decided to make our quiche half ham and cheese and half goat cheese and tomato the [...]

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A personal food journal

A couple of people have asked me “what do you eat exactly?” so I decided to keep a little journal last week. For 3 consecutive days I wrote down everything that both my daughters (ages 2 and 5) and I ate. My husband mostly ate the same thing as I did, but I didn’t include [...]

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Recipe: Whole-Wheat Banana Pancakes (freeze the leftovers!)

If you even remotely like banana bread then you will absolutely love these pancakes. And if you don’t like bananas then you can substitute another fruit (like blueberries or raspberries), but I think the banana is the secret ingredient that adds the right amount of sweetness to balance out the whole-wheat flavor. If you really [...]

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Homegrown: Easier than you think

You may think growing your own vegetables sounds like a difficult task, but starting small with some potted plants can be surprisingly easy (even for someone who doesn’t have a green thumb). Last year was my first year with a garden and let’s just say….I learned a lot about what not to do again this [...]

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Are you being fooled by the imitation?

You have to wonder…if one of the main ingredients in Half & Half is cream (which is perceived as fattening) then what in the world do they use to make “fat free” Half & Half? And what about mayonnaise? A recipe for homemade mayo calls for oil and eggs – both contain fat grams. So [...]

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Recipe: Chicken Enchiladas (eat one casserole and freeze the other!)

I had been experimenting with making my own flour tortillas when I stumbled upon a decent brand of corn tortillas at Earthfare. By “decent” I mean a fairly short list of ingredients that I can pronounce. I looked at all of the options at our local Harris Teeter and could not find anything as simple [...]

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A change in diet could be your cure for constipation

My 2-year-old daughter, like many other young children, dealt with constipation issues for quite some time. I know it is a lovely subject to address…but there is no denying the fact that what comes out of you is a good indicator of the health of your body. My recent motivation to cut out processed foods [...]

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Recipe: Super Easy Whole Wheat Biscuits

There are so many reasons why I love these biscuits. First of all, they are super easy to make and no special equipment (like a rolling pin or biscuit cutter) is needed. It takes no more than 15 or 20 minutes to make them from mixing the dough to pulling them out of the oven. [...]

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