Recipes

Preserving foods is a fantastic and frugal way to stock your pantry and freezer so you can have fresh, summer meals all year long. While it may sound old fashioned, overly domestic and perhaps a bit time-consuming, preserving is...

Having a smaller holiday get together this year? Not sure how to downsize your favorite dishes? Don't want to make a huge meal? I hear ya! And, I have a crazy idea: don't make them! This year has been anything...

What is your kid's favorite thing to eat for dinner? There's an excellent chance the answer to that question is pizza. And while pizza has the (undeserved) reputation of being unhealthy, there's also an excellent chance that you serve it...

I think it would be safe to assume the majority of you moms have Christmas cookie lovers in your homes, amiright? Kids love cookies so much that when my son was a toddler, if he would ignore my calls of...

To all the busy moms like me…When you have the whole family to look after, it becomes hard to make “taking good care of yourself” a priority, specifically feeding yourself quality, organic food. I should know as I am...

As moms, coffee is part of our day. Those precious early mornings and late nights of parenting require a lot of energy, especially for new moms. Most of the time, we need to be awake and alert. This is...

Last month I wrote about children's daily nutrition needs for every age. This month I am sharing a few healthy school lunch ideas that reflect those nutritional needs and offer a healthy balance of grains, proteins, dairy, fruits, and...

Now that we are getting through  holidays and settling into the throws of winter, it's a great time to try on  some new recipes. If your household is like mine, the past several weeks have brought in a stream of...

I love making salads in the summer while the produce is in peak season and the flavors are amazing. The next time you're at a farmers market, grab some fresh cherry tomatoes, yellow corn, cilantro, jalapenos, and lettuce greens and...

Summer has arrived, and so has the fruit! For our family, this means making fresh fruit pies. They are so delicious! The only problem is that as much as we love our pie, it seems that we are always trying...