Category: Recipes

  • My Favorite Black Bean Soup!

    I LOVE a good black bean soup! I found a recipe awhile back that I have been tweaking and make for a lot of parties and functions I have at my house. It is always a big hit and I always get asked for the recipe. So I thought I would finally write it down…

  • Healthy Mac and Cheese? Yes, Please!!

    I was at the grocery store yesterday and noticed this new version of pasta that just came out that has veggies in it! It was on sale so I decided to buy a couple of boxes. There are 3 different varieties. This one has pureed squash and carrots which adds some vitamins and nutrients. Not…

  • Baked Salmon, Quinoa and Sweet Potato/Parsnip Fries

    Baked Salmon, Quinoa and Sweet Potato/Parsnip Fries

    I have been making a lot more fish lately. It’s Lent and I am Catholic, so it makes sense, right?  I had an assignment this week in my online nutrition class to create a recipe that had some cultural or religious significance to me. So I came up with this one. It was really good…

  • Pita Pizza!

    Pita Pizza!

    My family LOVES these easy and healthy pita pizzas! I have made them so many times since I got the recipe from my Shaklee 180 plan in early January. Ingredients: whole wheat pita bread pizza sauce (I make my own from low salt tomato sauce and I mix in oregano, basil, garlic and onion powder.…

  • How to freeze tomatoes

    How to freeze tomatoes

    We have been getting a lot of tomatoes from our garden lately.  I have made salsa, guacamole, used them in salads and recipes and given them to friends. I have also blanched them so I could freeze them to use later. I love adding them to soups and sauces in the winter time. Freezing tomatoes…