Recipes

A couple of week’s ago, i brought you a simple recipe for Homemade Creamy Almond Milk.  Well, I thought it would be fun to use that recipe to create a sweetened milk without all the refined sugar, additives, carrageenan, and “natural flavors.”  Chocolate milk is a old-time favorite, but I wanted to try something new […]

Making homemade almond milk has been on my “things-I-want-to-try-when-I-have-the-time” list forever. I finally got around to making time for this project over the weekend and I wish I had not waited so long – so simple and so tasty! Jaime (Ms. registered-dietitian-and-thorough-food-and-nutrition-researcher) had advised me that it is basically impossible to find store-bought dairy and

I made this cake back in January. The weather started turn extra dreary and I often daydreamed about warm weather, that translated into pineapple coconut cake. I bought a can of not crushed pineapple. I spent about 5 minutes chopping it myself. Save yourself 5 minutes and buy crushed if you want your cake laced

The idea was to make a soup with a few favorite comfort foods in one bowl. I shouldn’t tell you that after just one spoonful, my husband said this reminded him of Chef Boyardee. Coming from him, an unabashedly honest lover of Wonder Bread and Ragu pasta sauce, that is a compliment. Music to my

This is a leaner, healthier version of a perennial kid favorite – chicken fingers! The “ranch” dipping sauce also received a makeover. I used thick, tangy Greek yogurt in place of mayonnaise to create a creamy dipping sauce with a bit of zip.