Plant-Forward: Eating a Plant-Based Diet

Knock Your Socks Off Veggie Burger Vegetarian Crockpot Taco Soup Veggie Flapjacks What’s so great about eating a plant-based diet? Concern for food-related environmental impact has grown, contributing to innovations of new and existing food companies.  Plant-based foods are now more accessible due to higher demand for animal-food alternatives.  Sales of plant-based foods increased 5… Continue reading Plant-Forward: Eating a Plant-Based Diet

Recipes That Will Inspire Your Week 5 Challenge!

How many of you guys have been filling half your plate with vegetables?  I wanted to share a few recipes that are brilliantly tantalizing and will make this challenge a breeze!  You can eat them alone as a meal or make ahead and serve several evenings in a row for half your plate sides!  Take… Continue reading Recipes That Will Inspire Your Week 5 Challenge!

My Green Last Night…

I made a super easy chicken pot pie using frozen pie crust, leftover rotisserie chicken breast, chopped carrots, broccoli florets and frozen mixed vegetables with green beans, lima beans and green peas. What was your green yesterday?  Scroll down to comments and let me know! Let’s keep this up!  This is a simple and easy… Continue reading My Green Last Night…

Garlic & Soy Bok Choy

Bok choy is rich in folate, vitamins A, C and K.  It’s an excellent source of calcium and fiber. This dark green leafy vegetable is loaded with phytonutrients, plant-based compounds that help lower inflammation and reduce the risk of developing cancer. Here’s a recipe I found that I can’t wait to try!  I’m planning to make… Continue reading Garlic & Soy Bok Choy

How To Rock Sourdough

I love how the crust developed crispness and the cheese became browned and deeply golden.

Boursin Stuffed Mushrooms

mushrooms are extremely low in calories, contain vitamin D and selenium.  These edible fungi are also a good source of riboflavin. Bake these amazing cheese stuffed mushrooms in 8 minutes.

Nature’s Cheeto Dust

Nutritional yeast is grown on molasses and is loaded with B vitamins!  It contains 16 different amino acids (needed for building muscle), at least 14 minerals and 17 vitamins.  Just 2 Tablespoons contains only 60 calories, a whopping 9 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber.

Taco Tarts

beans make a superior plant-based meat substitute as they are packed with protein, folate, fiber, iron, potassium, B vitamins and antioxidants!  Plus, they’re low in fat!

3 Step Zucchini Flatbread

If you’re not a vegetable eater and this doesn’t look tasty to you, try it anyway!  Making vegetables taste good is my speciality.  It’s fast, it’s easy, it’s healthy and I’m certain you will like it!

A Story I’ll Never Forget

Feeling satisfied by his successful hunt for these wild gems and with full belly, he turned the page in his mushroom book, anxious to embark on his next exploration.  With no small degree of trepidation, he read the words

Beaches, Beers & Tacos!!

Just about every restaurant, grill, bar, cafe, diner and dive on the beach advertises their version of the world’s latest food fascination.

Achcha Khana (Good Food)

 I was fairly new to Indian cuisine when I visited London and fascinated by the orchestra of new flavors.

Just Give Me Tacos and Tell Me I’m Pretty

“You can’t make everyone happy.  You are not a taco”

Signs That Show You Need a Sheet Pan Meal…

Signs That Show You Need a Sheet Pan Meal… When you wake up in the morning and the first thing on your agenda…

Veggie Flapjacks

I’m always looking for ways to get kids to like vegetables.  Does it always work?  Absolutely not.  Is it important to keep trying? Certainly! Many times, parents give up after one or two tries with a new vegetable.  Don’t throw in the towel so soon!  Kids should be offered a new food 7-14 times before… Continue reading Veggie Flapjacks

Don’t Eat Poopy…Wash Your Lettuce!

Lemon Pistachio Dressing…It’ll Make You Want to Eat Salad!! I found a great recipe for a lemon pistachio dressing on savoringtimeinthekitchenblogspot.com.  Salad is versatile and an easy vegetable.  It’s a palette for loads of tasty add-ons.  Boiled eggs, pickled beets, toasted pine nuts, pecans or sesame seeds, for example.  You can add marinated artichoke hearts,… Continue reading Don’t Eat Poopy…Wash Your Lettuce!

Roast Dinner

The British love to make roast dinners.  I had the privilege of eating many roast dinners served by my generous friend, Emma.  Even though she lives in Germany now, I still look up to her.  This gorgeous gal could get up in the morning, run a full marathon, clean her house, read an entire book, take… Continue reading Roast Dinner

Shredded Brussels with Balsamic & Honey

At some markets when in season, you can find brussels sprouts on the stalk.  I suppose it presents a bit of a storage issue and an extra step but, how cool to see them in their fresh from the garden state! Preheat oven to 400°.  You’ll need to peel away the outside layers to reveal… Continue reading Shredded Brussels with Balsamic & Honey

Winging It

We were suppose to have Green Chef delivered today.  It didn’t come.    I need to plan meals and shop accordingly.  If I stock fresh produce with no plan, I end up throwing a good deal of it away.  Tonight, I wasn’t prepared.  I’m also not one to load up all the kids to make… Continue reading Winging It

DIY Veggie Pizza

I hate ordering delivery pizza with vegetables.  I guess I just don’t really like unseasoned, barely cooked bell peppers with nearly raw onions slapped on top which is pretty standard for delivery.  If I’m going to like vegetables on my pizza, I’ve decided I’m just going to have to make it myself.  So, I made… Continue reading DIY Veggie Pizza

How To Ramen

Want Chinese takeout without consuming an entire day’s worth of calories? Here’s your answer!

Happy Halloweeeeeeeen!!!

The weather has finally cooled a bit Florida!  With Halloween here, it’s time to put away the lemons and get out the pumpkin!  I began my morning with mouthwatering, pumpkin pancakes.  I’ve been hitting the snooze button way too many mornings lately and this morning was no exception.  Getting out to run at 4:30 am… Continue reading Happy Halloweeeeeeeen!!!

Garlic & Lemon Roasted Cauliflower Rice

Parsley and lemon juice are all you need to make this cauliflower rice a quick, delicious and healthy side!