With the new year approaching, I’m on alert for any new information or resources that will help me to stay focused on my healthy eating resolutions for 2012. Eating healthy, while dining, can become a challenge. I was happy to stumble upon the National Restaurant Association’s survey of professional chefs, and their top menu trends in 2012. The list reveals that consumers are more focused … Continue reading Hot Food Trends in 2012
The holidays can bring more than just happiness and joy; extra pounds can become an uninvited guest. If you’re hosting holiday parties, help your guests eat healthier by serving healthy holiday appetizers. One of my favorite appetizers is a smoked salmon and cream cheese spread. This appetizer is very easy to prepare, and always gets rave reviews at my parties. I usually chill the spread … Continue reading Healthy Holiday Appetizers
No, that’s not a typo! Chili cooking is what you smell in my house today. I love when the cooler weather comes; it’s perfect for making those one-pot meals, like chili. Since my family doesn’t eat red meat, I make chili with ground turkey. We also don’t like kidney beans, so I use small, white navy beans instead. Whenever I make chili, I’m reminded of … Continue reading Baby It’s Cold Outside, But Chili In Here!
Now that the nest is just about empty, I cook my most extravagant meals on Sundays. Well, not exactly extravagant, but I spend more time on Sunday meals than I do during the week. My husband loves my stuffed peppers, so I decided to make his favorite today. Stuffed peppers is a very easy meal to make, and doesn’t require a lot of ingredients. In … Continue reading Pleasurable Peppers
Whenever I tell someone I don’t eat meat, particularly meat-eaters, I get the usual looks that say “You poor soul, how do you survive?” Or, “What planet are you from?” My answer to them is always the same: “Every meal you make with red meat, I can find a substitute and prepare a meal that tastes just as good, or even better.” Don’t get me … Continue reading I’m Not a Sistah from Another Planet; I just don’t eat meat!
Every Thanksgiving, I bake one of my family’s favorite dessert: butternut squash pie. I usually make two pies, but this year, because the pies turned out so well, I baked a third pie. I try not to eat a lot of sweets, but it’s so hard to have just one, or maybe two, slivers of squash pie. Well, maybe it was a little bit bigger … Continue reading Double-Take
Eating healthy isn’t complicated. In fact, you can prepare very healthy meals using simple ingredients, such as vegetables. The other day, for dinner, I made grilled eggplant sandwiches topped with sauteed red and green peppers, and onions. Along with my sandwich, I had a cup of tomato and basil soup. Mmm! delicious! Continue reading Healthy Made Simple!
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