How to save money with Instant Pot yogurt
I love yogurt. I particularly like plain full fat Greek yogurt. I had a bit of honey, a spoonful of preserves or fresh fruit. So when I got an Instant Pot yogurt was at the top of my list to try! I got the Instant Pot Duo60 7-in-1. It has a yogurt button! Yeah, first […]
Comfort Food: Al Fresco Sweet and Savory Cornbread Muffins
Lucky me! Al Fresco sent me some of their chicken products to try like spicy jalapeño chicken meatballs, chicken bacon and sweet apple chicken sausage! It was a rare cold and wet weekend in Florida and I had a hankering for comfort food. I used the Al Fresco chicken bacon and sweet apple chicken sausage […]
Healthy Game Day Snacks: Al Fresco Peachy Spice Chicken Meatballs
In case you haven’t heard…..there’s a big football game coming up. The. Big. One. Or so I hear. My family is not really into sports. Maybe we’ll tune in for the Puppy Bowl. More likely, we’ll have our own game night and bust out My Little Pony Monopoly or Clue. Maybe even poker. At any […]
Why I love going to breakfast alone
I love going out to breakfast. And I really enjoy going out to breakfast alone. Reading and sipping coffee at a tablet o myself is a rare treat. My daughter only had to be at school for an hour and a half for an exam one morning recently. I dropped her off and then went […]
I made homemade cheese! I don’t even know who I am…
I don’t even know who I am anymore. I’ve started cooking much more often. A whole chicken was sliced for dinner one night, then turned into both chicken salad and chicken soup later in the week. So domestic. But the kicker? I made cheese. Cheese. Freaking homemade cheese. I admit it wasn’t supposed to be […]
Easy Lemon Rosemary Chicken Stew Recipe
My daughter has been battling colds, sniffles, coughs, ear infections, etc. since starting school last month. And so I’m always paranoid I’m coming down with something, too. She was feeling under the weather again this weekend, so I decided to whip up something comforting and soothing to hopefully ease her cough and stuffy nose – […]
So easy mini spinach and goat cheese frittata recipe
Spinach and goat cheese frittata. It’s what’s getting me back on my wagon. I find I eat so much healthier when I already have breakfast planned for the week. Otherwise, I wind up deciding to “treat” myself to junk food or hold off until lunchtime when I’m starving, which sets me up for overeating the […]
5 Ways to Stay Healthy While Traveling & Still Indulge In Cheesecake!
I just returned from a six night stay in New York City where I attended two blogging conferences (Blogger Bash and BlogHer). I ate a whole lot of conference, hotel and restaurant food – yet I learned some tricks for eating healthier without giving up indulgences like cheesecake. Here are five tricks to stay healthy while traveling: […]
Review: Red Robin…Yuck.
“Red Robin…yum.” So short, so catchy! I’ve been wanting to visit ever since the little jingle first got stuck in my head a few years ago. I see commercials for the burger chain on TV frequently, but the closest one is nearly two hours away. Well, I finally got my wish on a recent trip […]
Kids review Snikiddy Snacks
I received a box of Snikiddy Snacks to review about six months ago and enlisted my daughter and her best friend to help me. I just came across their notes and thought I’d share them with you. They were very professional. They each had a notebook and decided to judge appearance, smell and taste. Each […]
Chunky Cinco de Mayo Avocado Salad
Crisp Kitchen Tools sent me some cool gadgets to try out. Crisp’s new collection of kitchen tools are developed by award-winning housewares designers and fit your hand so well, it’s like they were designed expressly for you. Contoured handles, angled blades, and above-and-beyond features give you the confidence and inspiration to take your cooking further. […]
Review: Healthy Snacks from CVS Gold Emblem Abound line
I was recently sent a big box of snacks to sample. I love getting goodies in the mail. Such a nice way to make the day a bit happier and more interesting! CVS/pharmacy has a healthier food line called Gold Emblem Abound that offers customers affordable, great tasting products. Now those who want healthy snacks […]
Best thing about eating whole foods? Actually cooking
I’ve been making a real effort to focus on healthy foods and skip the junk for my daughter and I (again). The best thing about eating whole foods is actually putting the time into cooking. I rely too much on quick, easy solutions when I’m not making a conscious effort to eat less sugar and […]
Giving thanks for health, fitness and food finds!
Men are in my garage putting together a new treadmill at this very moment. My daughter was so excited she didn’t sleep last night. The new addition to our healthy lifestyle strides has made me give thanks for other health, fitness and food finds this morning. Here are my top ten. 1. Good shoes. I […]
Healthy Eating Tips for Chinese Take Out or Buffet
This is a guest post from Mandy Robinson. Mandy has her own website According2Mandy.com. She shares the best in entertainment news, reality spoilers and celeb gossip on her site. When you are dieting, sometimes it is hard to give up everything you love. Chinese food is one of those things that some people don’t want […]
Super easy pasta dinner – Spaghetti with kielbasa
I made a super easy pasta dinner the other night. It was one of those throw random odds and ends in a skillet and hope it works out kind of nights. This is spaghetti with kielbasa and veggies. We used gluten free spaghetti because we happened to have some on hand from one of my […]
Farmer’s Market Finds
Look at these beauties I scored at the Farmer’s market Saturday! My taste buds are happy this week! Don’t forget to enter the contest to win a case of Cascade Ice sparkling water! The contest ends today.
Food conference: #BlogHerFood Miami
I was invited to attend the BogHer Food conference in Miami for free this weekend as a volunteer I brought along my daughter and her BFF. The girls are both 13. We also brought our 2-year-old rescue terrier mix, Ellie. I spent the morning playing the Will Smith Miami song over and over on YouTube […]
Vinnie Tortorich is right: “F*ck Quinoa!”
Vinnie Tortorich, author of “Fitness Confidential,” has given me great advice about weight loss. He’s also fed me some fun quotes on celebrity gossip for articles (“Apparently Bob Harper isn’t man enough to speak out on his own, so he’s hiding behind Jillian Michaels, as she hides behind the mommy skirt of NBC.”) He is the […]
Mouth on fire from hot peppers? Here’s what to do.
My daughter, her best friend and I learned about hot peppers this week. It wasn’t a fun experiment, though we are able to laugh about it now that burning has stopped. The girls each picked a pepper at the produce market. They wanted to use them in chili. I didn’t think anything of it. They […]
Fair food: From funnel cakes to deep fried oreos
The fair was in town recently. I took my daughter and her friends twice. I walked around checking out the people and food booths while they rode rides. Fair food is practically a food group onto itself – all fried! I saw deep fried: Oreos Chicken Corn dogs French fries (with or without cheese […]