This Homemade Bourbon Barbecue Sauce is sweetened with honey instead of refined sugar and is bursting with flavor. If there's one thing I want to teach others about healthy eating, it's that it doesn't have to feel like you're depriving yourself. Healthy foods don't have to be bland or boring. ...
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35+ Bell Pepper Recipes
Have some bell pepper recipes you aren't sure what to do with? Here's a list of 35+ bell pepper recipes to help you use and enjoy them! While summer hasn't officially started, I'm sure most of you are already settling into summer mode. For me, a big part of embracing the summer season is taking ...
Healthy Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe
Save money and unwanted ingredients by making your own taco seasoning! This Healthy Homemade Taco Seasoning Recipe is exactly what you need. When you start reading food labels and paying attention to ingredients, you realize that buying spice packets is not always the healthiest option. Most of ...
A Mason Jar Salad for Every Weekday (5 recipes with step-by-step instructions)
One of my secret weapons to keeping my healthy eating on track is preparation. Having a mason jar salad in the fridge and ready at lunch time makes the choice, when I'm hungry, simple. When I'm really hungry I can make bad food choices, but when lunch is prepared ahead of time? The potential for a ...
The Dinnertime Rules
A while back I got an email from a reader asking if I could "pull back the curtain" on how I handle dinnertime. I love getting topic requests from readers, but I found that choice of words a little odd. It made me feel as if I'm hiding something. I assure you that I'm not. I can see, however, ...
Top Ten Recipes of 2014
Hi friends! It was a pretty delicious year in my kitchen. I love creating healthy, accessible recipes that taste good. Thank you for letting me share my passion with you for another year. That's what it's all about, right? With the end of 2014 fast approaching, I thought I'd take a few minutes ...
15 minute grilled chickpea tacos
I'm writing this post in the wee hours of the morning, hoping I could beat the troops and get it done before the rest of the family starts their day. The little man, however, is already beckoning me as I type these words. The best laid plans... What's a mom to do? This is going to be the ...
40 Fabulous Healthy Fall Recipes
This is the first week that I feel like fall has really arrived. Where I am the leaves are nearing their peak color, the air is cold, and my summer clothes have been put away. I had fun sorting through all my fall recipes for this post. There are so many I won't be able to enjoy this year ...
How dinner went down: March 4th-10th
Anyone else feeling the effects of the time change? I definitely missed the lost hour yesterday as I felt like I was playing catch up all day. So much that this blog post didn't get written. With one child at preschool and the other one napping, I better hurry and get this done while I ...
My pregnancy: 25 weeks
Here I am in the last few weeks of my second trimester. I finally feel like time is going quickly! Not that I want to wish away the months, but I can't help but be anxious for the impending birth of my son. I can't even imagine how I'm going to feel towards the end of my third trimester. It's ...
For all the Wives with Picky-Eater Husbands: 4 Tips to Help Him Eat Healthier
Last night Tim got home, as I was preparing dinner, and declared he didn't feel well. Here's how the conversation went: T: I feel awful. Me: Really? I'm sorry. What hurts? T: My stomach. I ate McDonald's for lunch. Me: Why? T: I was desperate. This is horrible. I'm pretty ...
Build Your Healthy Pantry
So you want to start cooking more healthy, real foods for your family? That's wonderful! If you are going to turn this "goal", "resolution", or "distant dream" into a reality, you need to plan for success. Hands down, the most important part of being successful in reaching your goal of healthier ...
