Boy this hits the spot when you have a chocolate craving. I’ve become a little obsessed with mixing things into my oatmeal. I replaced my favorite pumpkin oatmeal with this chocolate oatmeal. The best part is that as rich as it looks and tastes, the spoonful of cocoa powder only adds 10 calories and zero…
Homemade Corn Tortillas
Corn or flour? That is the question you’ll be asked at most Mexican restaurants when ordering tortillas. Corn tortillas typically have less calories than flour, but other than that I don’t see any reason to choose them over the puffy, soft, delicious flour ones. Now that I’ve made these, my admiration for the corn fellas…
Spaghetti Squash with Tomatoes, Olives and Feta
I often like something I’ve made for dinner, but haven’t the time to photograph it properly to include it on the blog. Well here is to being far less-than perfect. I snapped these images with my iphone and they are just going to have to do! I’ve been buying a lot of squash lately and…
Roasted Salsa Verde
I was doing my weekly shopping at the commissary a couple weeks ago and took a lot of extra time in the produce section preparing for vegan month. I walked right into this display for salsa ingredients- jalapenos, garlic, cilantro, tomatillos. It immediately inspired me to make salsa verde. If you’ve never used tomatillos don’t…
Barbecue Snack Mix
Is Christmas seriously 9 days away!? The time is going by SO fast…there is so much I intended on doing that probably won’t get done. It’s so easy to lose track of the true meaning of Christmas so I have to remind myself that it’s ok if I haven’t crafted, written letters to Santa, bought…
Banana & Blueberry Baked Oatmeal
I love breakfast. I really do. With a newborn in the house, and nursing around the clock, I wake up starving. Most of the time I eat something quick and easy like whole grain cereal, eggs and/or fruit, but I love the weekends when I have more time to experiment. I’ve been wanting to try…
Mom’s Simple Chicken Tortilla Soup
I have about 4 different versions of tortilla soup that I make and this is the go-to quick version. My mom actually came up with it. This is how it evolved. When we were home visited in March she decided to make tortilla soup for dinner. She was out running errands late in the afternoon…
Marinated Cucumbers & Meal Planning Monday
I am in love with having a garden. I mean, it’s nothing fancy and yes the strawberry plant was a bomb as were a few of the herbs, but the cucumbers, let me tell you about the cucumbers….we get a few large ones each week and it is SO fun to watch them grow. Cucumber…
Overnight Steel Cut Oatmeal
Overnight Steel Cut Oatmeal is a simple and nutritious way to prepare your oats, fuss-free, gluten-free and ready to enjoy when you wake up! Overnight Steel Cut Oatmeal is the dish for you if you are finding little time for breakfast in the morning, but like something warm and nutritious. Setting the slow cooker the…
Greek Salad
What is it about Greek salad that I love so much? The salty olives, feta, crisp refreshing cucumbers? What ever it is, it’s one of my favorites and I love that it’s so easy to make at home. In fact, I like mine better than most of the ones I get at restaurants. Almost 6…
