To say that I get a tad frustrated cooking for 4 children with varied palates is an understatement, but I know I am not alone. I want to broaden their culinary horizons, but at the same time, I do not want to have to throw out an amazing beef bourguignon because they don’t […]
Why Would You Put Aspartame in Milk?
You don’t have to look very hard to find an article about how the dairy industry has petitioned the FDA to allow them to add aspartame to flavored milks. Why would they want to do this? How would it benefit them? What are the possible results? Are there side effects? Let’s explore all of these […]
Four Ways We’re Changing Our Diet to Get Healthy This Summer
This past January, I found out that I was pregnant with our fourth child. My emotions were mixed: I love having babies, but I always suffer from extreme “all-day” sickness, rendering me pretty much unable to eat anything but bland food or drink straight water for several months. About this same time, everyone in our […]
Stretch Chicken to Save Money
Roasting a whole chicken is easy to do and it provides the foundation for four meals for four people: an amazing bargain! When I was young, at least once a week we’d sit down to dinner and one of us kids would exclaim, “Awe, Mom! Chicken again?” Mom cooked a lot of chicken, I […]
DIY Italian Salad Dressing
The key to the delicious salad dressing from the hills of Tuscany is the high quality ingredients that must be minced and blended by hand. In the years that I spent traveling and studying in Italy, every time I tasted this delicious dressing, it was prepared in the most simple way with simple tools. […]
Spinach Artichoke Rice Casserole with Sour Cream
This rice casserole was very filling and flavorful and gave me a way to add some nutritious foods to my family’s diet in a way that was easy for the kids to enjoy. Naturally meat-free and gluten-free, it is a great side dish, or if you make it in larger portions like I did, a […]
Gluten Free for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner – with Udi’s
We’ve been in the gluten-free world for awhile now, with our now-toddler. When she was tiny, we had horrible problems with her being congested and spitting up. But it wasn’t just normal spitup. This was massive amounts. Like, I didn’t know babies actually got that much milk, let alone stored it enough to yak it […]
Florentine Turkey Meatballs
Nothing goes better with spaghetti sauce than meatballs. It’s even better if said meatballs are Florentine Turkey Meatballs! These are so scrumptious that you might want to double this recipe so you will have leftovers. And it is a great way to introduce more veggies into your children’s meals. My kids didn’t complain at the […]
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
Spaghetti sauce is very personal. Everyone has their favorite sauce, the way their grandmother made it every Sunday after church, or the way their father taught them while they stood on a step stool next to the stove, but without hesitation, I can say that homemade sauce will always be better than store-bought sauce. […]
How to Host a Make Your Own Pizza Party
When my oldest asked to have pizza at his birthday party and requested cheese-only pizza for himself, he was extra sweet and said, “but you can put vegetables on everyone else’s!” and I laughed. So thoughtful of him, no? I then suggested we have a make-your-own pizza party and explained that we could have personal […]
Four Ingredient Crock Pot Cola Chicken (Plus 10 More Delicious Crock Pot Recipes!)
What can you do with a can of pop and a bottle of ketchup? Make supper of course! (Wait, that wasn’t the answer you were looking for?) Although it involves a seemingly strange combination of ingredients, my recipe for four ingredient Crock Pot Cola Chicken is absolutely delicious! I had my first taste of this […]
Cream of Tomato Soup with Basil (Recipe)
Cream of tomato soup is a favorite in our house… we can’t eat grilled cheese sandwiches without it! Even my eighteen month old enjoys dipping his sandwich quarters in his soup, and my almost six year old acts very disappointed if we have his favorite sandwiches without the soup. And lately, there’s been a lot […]
