This easy Roasted Tomato Salsa can be on your table in 15 minutes with a handful of simple ingredients and is perfect to enjoy with chips, tacos, salads and more. Fresh salsa used to make a regular appearance on my grocery list, however lately I have been making this Roasted Tomato Salsa at home instead!…
Fresh Strawberry Chia Seed Jam
This no-cook, fresh “jam” is perfect for a light breakfast or spooned over oatmeal, toast, pancakes or waffles. I finally get it when people say they aren’t hungry for breakfast. I am not sure if it’s aging or what, but over the past few months I have had no desire to eat breakfast. I don’t…
Cooking Basics: How To Make Homemade Ghee
It’s time for another installment of “Cooking Basics”. Today I am going to show you how easy it is to make homemade ghee. Ghee (the Hindi word for fat) is basically butter that has been simmered, then the milk solids removed leaving pure butter. It’s much like clarified butter, but it’s simmered longer to brown…
Smoky Roasted Chickpea and Vegetable Salad With Tzatziki Dressing
Hi friends, It’s recipe redux day! This month’s theme is bringing smoky/spicy flavors into our dishes. “The New Year is heating up with smoke and spiciness. From boldly flavored smoked salts to actual smoking techniques, subtly smoked food is on-trend. The same can be said for spice as we savor heat from harissa, sriracha and…
Blackened Seasoning Mix and Blackened Fish Recipe
Hi friends! I am excited to participate in Recipe Redux for the first time, a recipe challenge group founded by Registered Dietitians. What happens here is a group of bloggers (aka “the recipe redux members”) create a recipe each month using an assigned theme. It’s all about reinventing healthy eating. I always enjoy seeing the creativity that…
Pin It Party {Pinterest}
Hello friends and happy friday! Hope you all enjoyed some photography tips that I shared earlier this week from the IFBC photography session. I will go through my notes and share some info on the other sessions I attended, but for now I am joining Lindsay over at the Lean Green Bean for a Pin It…
A Weekend Away- IFBC 2014
Hi friends, I am super excited for this Friday because I am heading into Seattle (about an hour north from us) for the International Food Blog Conference. Yes, there really are conferences about food blogging! It’s my second year attending and I am so thankful they decided to have it in Seattle again this year….
Friday Favorites
It’s Friday! Woo hoo! Actually as a stay-at-home mom, Fridays don’t have quite the same meaning to me as before when I was in the workplace, BUT I do love having the hubby home and not being on any schedule so yay for that! Let’s dive right into Friday Favorites! Favorite meal We have…
World Breastfeeding Week: Benefits & Tips for Breastfeeding Success
It’s World Breastfeeding week so I thought we’d talk about breastfeeding! I realize that this might not interest a lot of you, but it’s important and even if it helps out one new mom then it’s worth it! As a Dietitian, I worked with the WIC population when I was living in San Diego. It…
Green Ways to Pack A Lunch
Hi friends! Today I want to talk about environmentally friendly ways to pack a lunch. I always keep foil, saran wrap and plastic baggies on hand, but we rarely use them for our lunches because there are so many great reusable options. For the month of August my three oldest are all attending my daughter’s…
