I am picky about baked goods. When I bake, I eat more calories than I should, so I want the calories to be as delicious as they are fattening. I’ve tried a few different baking recipes over this past month … Continue reading
Teriyaki Tofu Bites
Don’t like tofu yet? (Ahem, Kristen.) Then try this recipe. I started both my kids off eating cold soft tofu, then started them on butter fried tofu, now they snack on these teriyaki tofu bites. They’re bite size, chewy and full … Continue reading
Cinco de Mayo Recipes
Need a recipe to feed your family or guests this Cinco De Mayo celebration? Here are some great mouth watering suggestions. Perhaps you’ll even find some great meals you can dine on all year round. Mexican Street Corn … Continue reading
Slow Cooker Refried Beans
These beans! I love them! I make them at least every month. I have shared them before, but I wanted them to have their own post here in the blogosphere because they deserve it. They can make a meal out … Continue reading
Roasted Eggplant Spread
Have you ever bought a vegetable without a recipe to use it for. I regularly do it with eggplant. They are so smooth, beautifully colored—I can’t help it. The other day my dear friend was over for an afternoon play … Continue reading
Artichoke and Red Pepper Pizza – Trader Joe’s Weeknight Dinner
So, summer is coming and summer is great for swimming, putting on sunscreen, watching clouds, and chasing kids at the park, but it is hard on dinner plans. I want dinners in the summer to be simple, delicious, and flavorful, … Continue reading
Tips and Tricks- Ripe Bananas
What do you do with that spotted, brown, almost black banana? Leave it ’till it becomes one with the fruit basket? Compost it? In our house I usually hear “time to make banana bread.” However, those browning bananas never time … Continue reading