Feed Yourself – Kitchen Utensils

Yellow cutting board on a counter with diced onions

The Feed Yourself series is dedicated to individuals that cook just for their selves. This goes out to everyone that finds them self wanting to cook but dreading the time, effort, and all the clean up needed to just cook for one. It can honestly be a quick, easy, and enjoyable process! Anyone that does a […]

Vitamin FAQ – Introduction

Fresh fruits in baskets at a market.

The word vitamin is thrown around a lot these days. So and so causes this vitamin deficiency or that disease is caused by too much of that vitamin. Some of the references we hear are not even related to food and nutrition at all; at times it’s in a pop culture reference. For example, a […]

Easy Recipes Survey

Hello all, One of my primary goals for both clients and followers is to really make the home cooking process easier. I find cooking easy and an enjoyable experience but I definitely understand the frustration some may have when it comes reading recipes, understanding recipes, and the actual cooking process. I get pretty frustrated with […]

Food as Medicine

Doctor talking to a patient in a grocery store aisle

“”We really want to link food and medicine, and not just give away food,” says Dr. Rita Nguyen, the hospital’s medical director of Healthy Food Initiatives. “We want people to understand what they’re eating, how to prepare it, the role food plays in their lives.” (Article and photo source on NPR: http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/01/17/509520895/food-as-medicine-it-s-not-just-a-fringe-idea-anymore) The idea of food […]

Food Group FAQ – Protein

A red bowl filled with nuts

The last food group is the protein group. This group is another large group that red meats, poultry products, eggs, legumes (beans, lentils), and other protein sources like nuts, seeds, and tofu and other soy based products. Now, on to some commonly asked questions. What is a protein? A protein is a food that is […]

Recipe: Lemon Pepper Tilapia with Spaghetti & Spinach

A white plate on a blue counter top with spinach, spaghetti, and tilapia.

Hello all, I have been making this recipe for years and absolutely love it. It’s a three step recipe and each layer is made separately but they come together in a magical way. There’s something special about eating fresh spinach that’s been heated just a tad by the spaghetti. I wish I could take credit […]

Butter’s Story

Slab of butter with butter knife cutting through it

“Butter’s story is a very American story, because the arc of its vilification and subsequent redemption is a parable for how we get food wrong time and again. We alternately demonize and idealize individual ingredients — not just butter but also sugar, caffeine, red wine and supposed miracle foods featured on “The Dr. Oz Show” […]

Vegetarian Proteins

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Hello all, My husband and I try to eat two vegetarian dinners a week (we try!) and I’m always on the lookout for different recipes and ideas. I only have a few recipes that I cycle through for these dinners including a couple of Mexican recipes using beans, and Arab or Pakistani lentils with rice. […]

Food Group FAQ – Dairy Products

Two clear cups of fruit and yogurt parfaits topped with granola.

Dairy products tend to be all or nothing for many people. Either they love milk, yogurt, and cheese or you forget about them and eat very little of them. That doesn’t have to be the case, though. Dairy products come in many shapes and sizes and everybody can find something that works for them. Now, […]

Food Group FAQ – Vegetables

White bowl with slices bell peppers and bell pepper out of focus in background.

The vegetable group is probably the most underutilized group out there! It is likely the most versatile of groups as there are so many different vegetables as well as endless ways to prepare them. And with countless possibilities, there come questions: Are all vegetables the same? No, not all vegetables are created equal. Vegetables are […]