You know the old wive's tale that when you're sick you should eat chicken noodle soup? It's not actually an old wive's tale. It's totally true. There have been numerous studies since 2000 that have concluded that grandma's chicken noodle soup actually does help shorten the duration of a ...
Recipes
30 Minute Skillet Spinach Lasagna
You thought lasagna could never be part of your weeknight dinner plan, didn't you? Get ready to welcome a healthy vegetarian lasagna to your weeknight dinner table, folks. This lasagna was actually ready in 27 minutes, start to finish, but 27 Minute Skillet Lasagna just didn't have the same ring ...
Sesame-Ginger Spaghetti Squash Bowl
One of my favorite food memories growing up is discovering spaghetti squash with my parents. We all felt similar excitement when we forked the cooked spaghetti-like strands from the squash shell. What a marvel! Back then, we mostly ate our spaghetti squash simply with butter, salt, and pepper. ...
Chocolate Oatmeal Granola Bars
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with Luke when he's a teenager. There are times when I swear he can eat more than me, and he's barely three years old. I don't promote snacking on demand, but this kid definitely needs snacks in between his meals. Both Luke and Meghan's favorite snacks, hands ...
Super Foods Smoothie
I think it's an unwritten rule that food bloggers' first recipe of the new year must be either a smoothie or a salad. Go ahead and check all your favorite food blogs first post of this year. I'll be willing to bet that over 3/4 of the recipes you see will be for either a smoothie or a salad. Mine ...
Vegan and Gluten-Free Carmelitas
This is one of those recipes that I want to gush over. I have so much to say. Yet I know I should just let the pictures do the talking. I mean, just look at those bars. Do I really have to tell you how delicious they are? Look at that ooey-gooey caramel mixed with chocolate. They are one of the ...
Chopped Kale Salad with Cranberries, Feta, and Walnuts
If you need a festive, colorful salad to add to your holiday table, this is your recipe. If you need a quick, easy, and healthy lunch salad to balance out the holiday treats you've been eating, this is your recipe. It is always with a little hesitation that I serve Tim kale, especially raw kale. ...
Homemade Alphabet Vegetable Soup Recipe
This Homemade Alphabet Vegetable Soup Recipe is better than Campbell's and much healthier, too! Did you grow up with Campbell's Soup? I sure did. We always had a can of Campbell's in the pantry, ready to be poured into a pan along with some water. It was easy, that's for ...
Gluten-free Almond Oat Cranberry Bars
These Gluten-free Almond Oat Cranberry Bars are an easy one-bowl recipe and are great for a healthy breakfast, dessert, or snack!Do you ever buy food or ingredients on a whim? Or is that just a #foodbloggerproblem? That's exactly what happened with the cranberries I used for these bars. I saw a bag ...
Lightened Up Turkey or Chicken Pot Pie {dairy-free}
When a reader asked me to create a lightened up chicken pot pie, I was immediately brought to the early years of my marriage. A new wife trying to navigate her way through the kitchen with a new responsibility of feeding someone else, I was a slave to recipes. It took me a long time to gain enough ...
20 Allergy-Friendly Thanksgiving Dishes
Food intolerances and allergies are no fun on holidays. Here are over 20 Allergy-friendly Thanksgiving dishes!There's nothing worse than trying to navigate a spread of food when you have dietary restrictions. Whether you have food allergies, intolerances, or just follow certain dietary guidelines ...
Roasted Vegetable Brown Rice Risotto with Bacon and Kale
I'm not so stringent with my quest to eat a healthy diet that I have a set of rules I have to follow or I freak out. Eating a whole foods, unprocessed diet as much as I can is important to me. But it isn't everything, and even though I write this blog sharing my ideas, I'm not obsessed with it. ...
