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Sunday Dinner Series: Eggplant & Spinach Parmesan
If you’ve ever made eggplant parmesan before, you know that it’s a time-consuming dish to prepare. It’s not a meal that you want to prepare, if you don’t have a lot of time on hand. In making this dish, you definitely need a system in place for each step in the process — even before […]
MoreSunday Dinner Series: Ratatouille (rat-ə-TOO-ee)
For those of you, who are not familiar with ratatouille, it’s simply a stewed vegetable dish, using eggplant, tomatoes, zucchini, bell peppers, onions, garlic, and herbs. Though known to have originated in southern France, this dish is very popular in Greek and Mediterranean cuisines. I particularly like this dish because it’s easy to prepare, healthy, […]
MoreSunday Dinner Series: Mediterranean Chicken & Vegetables with Couscous
Oldways, an organization committed to “Inspiring good health through cultural food traditions and lifestyles,” declares May as International Mediterranean Diet Month! During this month, the goal is to bring attention to the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. Research studies have proven that the Mediterranean diet is a much healthier alternative to the American diet. […]
MoreSunday Dinner Series: Hearty Vegetable Soup
When the weather is cool and a chill is in the air, nothing warms the body and the stomach like a hearty, bowl of soup. Although, soup isn’t generally considered a menu choice, for Sunday dinner, the many varieties can make it a star-attraction on many family tables. I’ve found that a nice bowl of […]
MoreAdd Mediterranean Foods to Your Everyday Meals
Each week I browse the web searching for interesting health topics, to use for writing my blog posts. I was excited to find out that May is International Mediterranean Diet month, since I absolutely love Mediterranean food! So much has been in the news about the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet. It is said […]
MoreEat Simple Foods
With so much information available on nutrition and healthy eating, it can be difficult for us to understand exactly what we should eat to be healthy. If there is one food rule we should remember, and that is, “Eat Simple Food.” But, you may ask “What is Simple Food?” The answer is quite simple (no […]
MoreEasy Ways to Eat Healthy; Even When You Hate Cooking
I’ll admit that I’m a foodie. I love cook books, watching cooking shows, playing Diner Dash, and writing about cooking. Despite the fact that I love cooking, there are moments when I don’t want to cook, which is usually after I’ve worked my 9-to-5 and driven 45 minutes in traffic. The one nice thing about […]
MoreNew Ways to Enjoy Summer Squash
Summer squash is plentiful during the month of July. The farmers markets and grocers are stocked with yellow squash, zucchini, and pattypan (the big, green and yellow squash). Yet, with so much variety and abundance of squash, it can be difficult to think of new ways to prepare it. There are many ways that summer […]
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