Have you ever looked at the label of a loaf of bread? It is filled with a huge list of ingredients most people don’t even recognize. Yet they eat it. It’s white, it’s soft, it’s tasty. White bread is one of the worst food addictions we have in this country. White bread is actually made [...]
Pumpkin Spice Coffee Creamer Recipe
September 23, 2011 By 23 Comments
I love the flavors and scents that fall brings, especially pumpkin. Lately on Facebook everyone has been talking about pumpkin lattes and pumpkin coffee, pumpkin creamer and all things coffee and pumpkin together. YUM! But I have two problems with this. First, I hardly ever go out so I rarely have the chance to order [...]
The best taco seasoning recipe ever
September 11, 2011 By 17 Comments
We love tacos. Love. Them. Beef tacos, chicken tacos, steak tacos, you name it. But as much as it makes tacos taste great, I loathe buying pre-packaged taco seasoning mix. First of all there are ingredients in there I don’t recognize. Second, the ingredients I do recognize I have sitting right in my cabinet. So [...]
Chicken Enchiladas Recipe – from The America’s Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook
June 11, 2011 By 10 Comments
In my quest to find healthy yet easy to make, “normal” recipes for my family, I discovered the The America’s Test Kitchen Healthy Family Cookbook. I was looking for a cookbook that took regular food and recipes that even a novice can make, and made them healthier. Often, healthy cookbooks use strange and hard to [...]
Pasta Shells with garlic butter & parmesan cheese sauce (with Weight Watchers PointsPlus values)
May 2, 2011 By 6 Comments
This evening, as usual, I had to scramble to find something to make for dinner. I got a late start and wanted something easy since it was just the kids and I. I pulled out some shell shaped pasta and scoured the web for a non-tomato sauce, sauce to go with it. I stumbled across [...]
