8 October, 2013
Crock Pot Recipe: Pear Butter
Pears are another one of those great fall fruits. They are easy to find at a great price this time of year. I bought a 3 pound bag of organic pears the other day. I put pears in my green...
Sara
6 October, 2013
What’s in Your Candy?: Halloween Edition
Halloween is the start of the holiday season. When I think about Halloween as a kid in Illinois, I mostly remember freezing while walking around the neighborhood. All of this trouble just to collect candy from house to house. I was...
4 October, 2013
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Hummus
I realize that I am not the inventor of the concept of making a hummus that tastes like cookie dough. I really wish I was though. I felt the need to post this recipe because of how delicious it is...
1 October, 2013
Pumpkin Pie Overnight Oats
Happy October! The smell of fall is now in the air for most of you and that only means one thing…its PUMPKIN time. The kids are picking out their Halloween costumes, the leaves are changing color, and the produce in the markets...
28 September, 2013
What Is In Your Flavored Yogurt? + Apple Crisp Yogurt
I have not purchased flavored yogurt for over 2 years and would never again. There is so much sugar, additives, chemicals, artificial flavors, and possible GMOs that is added into flavored yogurts. Flavored yogurt is highly processed and nothing like...
27 September, 2013
Butternut Squash Hash
Butternut squash is actually a fruit. It can be roasted, pureed for soups, or mashed and used in casseroles, breads, and muffins. Butternut squash is a type of winter squash that has a sweet, nutty taste similar to pumpkin or...
25 September, 2013
Asian Soba Noodle Salad (Gluten Free)
A lot of people are going gluten free these days whether they suffer from Celiac disease or not. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder of the small intestine. Symptoms may include pain and discomfort in the digestive tract, long term...
23 September, 2013
Ingredient Spotlight: Vanilla Extract
I was having a conversation with a fellow foodie the other day and we were talking about vanilla extract. She was talking about buying organic vanilla extract and I told her that I had been making my own with vanilla...
21 September, 2013
Mooooooove Over Dairy: All Things Milk
When I am at the grocery store it is a habit of mine to see what things people have in their carts. I can’t help it. The dietitian in me likes to see what people are buying. It is not...