Recipes
Banana Nice Cream
Thanks for your interest in making this healthy and delicious frozen dessert! It's a great way to get more fruit in your diet and you will feel like you've just had a delicious ice cream dessert. Please watch this video on how to prepare mangos and bananas for...
Roasted Tomatillo Chili Salsa (Salsa Verde)
Easy, Quick Roasted Tomatillo Chili Salsa This is so tasty and easy to make. We serve this sauce with chicken, tacos, fish, with eggs, with blue corn chips, anything that you would put tomato salsa on is fair game. The cilantro and lime flavor bring out the...
Thai Inspired Coconut Cabbage Soup To Warm You Up
Thai Coconut Cabbage Soup A Guest Blog From My Sister - Ingrid Kunze Does the thought of cabbage soup excite you? No? Does it remind you of poor Charlie Bucket of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and his daily servings of cabbage and water soup? Cabbage soup reminded...
Heart Healthy Kale Apple Walnut Salad
Super Charged Kale Apple Walnut Salad Ready in Minutes We all know that kale is a super food that we should incorporate more of into our diets. And right now kale is in season! It is a cold weather green that is readily available this time of year. And the flavor...
Healthier Pumpkin Bread That Disappears in No Time!
This pumpkin bread is unbelievable! If you like moist, spiced pumpkin, this healthier bread is for you. And you don't need to feel guilty about eating it - unless of course you eat the whole loaf! I usually double the batch, because it almost takes the same amount...
Slow Cooker Lentil Quinoa Tacos
My daughters, both college students, had told me multiple times that their favorite dish from the vegan bar at school is Lentil Quinoa Tacos. So I did some exploring and discovered this protein packed vegan option is really quite tasty. The smoked paprika gives...
Yummy Spinach and Salmon Salad with Lemon Dill Dressing
When I make salmon, I always make more than I'm going to eat because I like leftovers. Spinach and Salmon salad with a lemon dill dressing is a easy dinner anyone can make within a matter of minutes and it's quite tasty. Ingredients 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive...
Asian Salad Dressing
Sometimes you just crave the taste of an Asian salad. I love the ginger-soy-sesame flavor combination and serve it over many different types of salads. Serve this Asian Salad Dressing over a salad of field greens, chicken tenderloins, avocado, and mandarin oranges....
Wild Rice Soup
Growing up in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, wild rice was often served on our table in the winter months. My dad even learned how to harvest the rice by knocking the seed heads with a stick into the tarp that lined his canoe in early fall. This made wild rice even...
Creamy Lemon–Mustard Vinaigrette
We are a family of lemon lovers. My daughter Claire had gotten a large bag of lemons for a different recipe but didn't need all of them and I was looking in the fridge for salad dressing that would go well with the baked cod that I was making for dinner. Seeing these...
Chicken Barley Chili – A Pantry Ready Meal For Leftover Chicken
Chicken Barley Chili I love this recipe because it is simple and because it tastes so good. You won't even know it's healthy for you and is such a great way to get both protein and complex carbs into your diet! Your family will love this and will be asking for...
Autumn Chicken Salad With Pomegranates and Apples
One of the reasons I like to make a roasted chicken is because of the leftovers! I created this chicken salad with pomegranates and apples with things I already had in my kitchen. It was quick, delicious and quite pretty as well if I do say so myself! I started by...