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27 10, 2023

Creamy Macaroni with Pumpkin Sauce

By |2023-10-27T13:48:55-04:00October 27th, 2023|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family, Food Facts, Food Trends, Recipe, Wellness|Comments Off on Creamy Macaroni with Pumpkin Sauce

If you love mac and cheese or alfredo, you'll love this better-for-you creamy macaroni dish. The secret ingredient is canned pumpkin. A good source of beta-carotene, a powerful antioxidant, canned pumpkin is a budget friendly, nutritious item to keep in your pantry. What are Antioxidants? Antioxidants are compounds [...]

19 09, 2023

Try Some New Flavors this Fall

By |2023-09-19T10:25:12-04:00September 19th, 2023|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Heart Disease, Recipe, Weight Management, Wellness|Comments Off on Try Some New Flavors this Fall

September ushers in a tighter schedule and you may find yourself stressing over what's for dinner. I love one-dish meals because they are easy to throw together, and minimize clean up. They also reheat well, so make great leftovers. Growing up, my mom cooked a lot of Italian [...]

11 09, 2023

Make Ahead Bruschetta Topping

By |2023-09-11T13:55:34-04:00September 11th, 2023|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family, Family meals, Food Trends, Food waste, Wellness|Comments Off on Make Ahead Bruschetta Topping

Got stale bread? Make Bruschetta (broo-sket-ta). Bruschetta is crusty, grilled bread that's been brushed with olive oil and garlic. This recipe is a delicious way to reduce your food waste: It's a great way to use stale bread, but you can certainly use fresh. This topping makes use [...]

5 09, 2023

Zero Waste Baked French Toast

By |2023-09-05T20:07:55-04:00September 5th, 2023|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food waste, Recipe, Wellness|Comments Off on Zero Waste Baked French Toast

I love French bread. Since a fresh loaf stales so quickly, French toast is always a great idea. It's all good though, because French toast is delicious. In France, the dish is called “pain perdu," which means “lost bread." It's thought however, that this dish could date back [...]

12 07, 2023

Add More Veggies to Your Pasta & Potato Salads

By |2023-07-12T15:45:50-04:00July 12th, 2023|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family, Family meals, Food Trends, Food waste, Healthy Aging, Heart Disease, Recipe, Wellness|Comments Off on Add More Veggies to Your Pasta & Potato Salads

We all need to add more veggies to our diets. Why not add them to foods you already love? Pasta and potato salads are delicious summer picnic go-tos. Why not veg-up your favorite pasta or potato salad recipe with even more veggies for your next summer gathering? You [...]

19 04, 2023

Go Green with Soy and my Spicy Tofu Broccoli Bowl

By |2023-05-26T11:44:44-04:00April 19th, 2023|DASH Diet/Wellness, Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food Facts, Food Trends, Food waste, Recipe, Wellness|Comments Off on Go Green with Soy and my Spicy Tofu Broccoli Bowl

I've partnered with U.S. Soy to create a short video (paid) to highlight the benefits of soy, and how farmers are working to produce food in sustainable ways. I was raised to "give a hoot, don't pollute" because my parents raised me to be environmentally conscious. They produced [...]

17 04, 2023

Quick Meal: Grilled Aussie Lamb Chops

By |2023-05-01T11:03:19-04:00April 17th, 2023|Easy Cooking, Family meals, Food Facts, Recipe, Wellness|Comments Off on Quick Meal: Grilled Aussie Lamb Chops

Earlier this year I attended a conference session with several animal livestock experts and representatives from Meat and Livestock Australia, however this is not a sponsored nor paid post. Quick dinners are my goal most nights of the week. Get dinner on the table in less than an [...]

25 03, 2023

Zero Waste Citrus Peels

By |2023-03-25T15:03:44-04:00March 25th, 2023|Easy Cooking, Family, Food Trends, Food waste, Just for Fun, Recipe, Wellness|Comments Off on Zero Waste Citrus Peels

Inflation has us all rethinking our spending habits, including our food budgets. Zero waste cooking is not about eating scraps (however, some scraps can end up turning into tasty bits). It's about stretching your food budget and throwing away less food. Even if you can't obtain "zero waste" [...]