When the good people of Healthy Steps contacted me about doing some work with them, they sent me a few of their top selling kitchen gadgets that their customers love to help with portion control. I was really excited about the individual pasta portion basket....
We just need a break!We're big fans of ground turkey in our house. We eat it at least one time per week! Sadly, we've hit the wall with ground turkey, folks-its time to switch things up and pull out other lean meat alternatives.Tonight, we are...
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With all of this talk of back to school, healthy lunches and the like, I couldn't help but realize dinner STILL needed to be addressed-each and every night. With the hubub of school activities, increased traffic flow, earlier bed times and all the other...
I know, I know-you just got the kids back to school-new backpack, lunch sack, locker decorations, school clothes, shoes, school supplies, a new haircut, perhaps. Your job is done, right? Not a chance.See this picture above? Look familiar? I didn't think so--the days of...
"I just don't have enough tiiiimmmeeee!" It's what I hear most often when it comes to eating healthfully. That doesn't mean going on a diet, it doesn't mean never going through fast food restaurants, it doesn't mean missing a meal with your family because you...
In the past week, I've been treated to two delicious-I-didn't-have-to-do-a-thing-home-cooked meals. Lucky me!Both meals contained marinated and grilled meat. Since grilling season is upon us, I thought that two, basic marinade recipes to keep in our back pockets were in order. There...
Another Passover has ended. Another stock pile of Matzoh is staring those who "keep" Passover in the face. Most are sick and tired of eating the "cracker" for the last week. One can only eat so much matzoh peanut butter and jelly, matzoh grilled cheese,...
I literally just got home from a trip and am faced with the "I have nothing in the house for dinner" conundrum. Determined not to go out to eat or order in food, I quickly have searched my kitchen and have found the following items:Frozen...