2013

Sliding into the second month of the year, it can be a struggle to stick to resolutions, and the grocery store doesn’t make it easy to navigate the healthy world. Items claiming to be healthy, low-calorie, low-fat, low-sugar…the list goes …

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When I was home over break, we did our fair share of cooking. We cooked the Feast of the Seven Fishes, we cooked from the Smitten Kitchen cookbook, we ate fistfuls of kale on the regular, and we even cooked …

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I love a good yogurt-marinated chicken recipe, but I am terrible at planning ahead. I always think about using yogurt at the last possible minute, when a marinade is no longer an option. Well, that will never happen again, because …

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Since going gluten free over 4 years ago, I have found some GF frozen pizzas and even some go to pizza dough mixes that I enjoy, but never a stromboli.  Recently, with the aid of Bob’s Red Mill GF Pizza …

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Here in Los Angeles, it’s been a frosty 50 degrees (and below!) and we’re a little cold, here, but luckily it’s National Soup Month, so we’re warming up with creamy soups, chunky pasta fagioli, some slow and some in less …

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It’s been a while since our last weekend snapshot, so I thought I’d include a few highlights from the last several weekends. Just before the New Year, Jennie and Jeff took part in one of Mary’s family traditions. The mystery …

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Happy Friday, everyone! Here are five posts guaranteed to help you with your healthy eating/clean eating goals! 1. A list of new products to try in your kitchen! I definitely want to try out freekah, and we love colored quinoa around here! …

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Sometimes you need a little something different. I love pumpkin soup as much as the next gal, but coming out the other side of the holiday season, I start to experience pumpkin fatigue. This recipe is a revelation when you’re …

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Part of being comfortable in the kitchen is having a “wheelhouse,” that is a range of recipes in your pocket you’re ready to make at any time. Once you have a handful of recipes you can make, you can expand …

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Jeff and I (read: I) decided to do a cleanse in January, which includes no white flour and no processed foods. That means no pasta and no white rice. After brainstorming a few meals that I realized we couldn’t have …

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