My Cuisinart has really been getting a workout the last few weeks! I'm normally not one to grab my food processor to make sauces, (I actually rarely ever make any kind of sauce other than salsa or a simple skillet sauce) but lately I've been discovering the simplicity of good healthy sauces and how much they can flavor a dish without adding extra unwanted sodium....
I really love banana bread. Okay, I love anything with bananas, but if I'm going to whip up something with bananas, it's going to be some good warm, comforting, bread. I bake when I'm stressed and have a lot on my mind....I needed to bake something over the weekend. My very first day of grad school was Monday and I had a long...
My mission in life is to be my healthiest and happiest self. So you might think that this means that I am crazy about counting my calories and buy low-cal, low-fat everything....not even close. I am a firm believer in the benefit of whole foods. All of the processing that a food has to go through in order to become low-fat or low-calorie,...
Hello everyone! Sorry this post is so late, I meant to post it sooner. Since I have had a lot of interest in my weekly planning and prep routine, I thought I'd go ahead and keep posting my weekly plan. So here is the plan I used for this past week. While in Colorado, I heard about an amazing cookbook (which I now have to...
Sorry for the short blogging hiatus. We were in Colorado all last week hiking, riding 4-wheelers through the mountains and fishing. It was great! I love being outside! But, as you know, with vacationing comes less than healthy eating. So time to get back on track!! That being said, lets dig into something chocolatey! I love these pancakes. I am not vegan, but...
Have you heard of the blog Damn Delicious? No? Well you need to check it out, go here. I love all of her recipes and look at it often for dinner ideas. I've loved every one of the recipes I've tried from her site, this one included. At first glance I thought shrimp, tomatoes and peas sounded like an odd combo...I was wrong!...
This was the first time I made this recipe and Luke and I both agreed that it should be added to our frequent recipe list. It couldn't be simpler and it's really really good. The chicken can be prepared in a number of ways. The original recipe called for it to be cooked in a slow cooker with the buffalo sauce. I didn't...
