It is a new year here in SC and the weather has been pretty cold the past week. We had a very warm start to the year so this was a nice change! I love every season, but I do love it when the weather is cooler. That’s because I LOVE soups and stews. I’m really funny about not wanting to eat them during the summer months. For me, they are so warming that when it’s 95 degrees outside it just makes me hot to eat soup. I don’t want warming food then! But this time of year I love…
I love this time of year. The weather has gotten cooler, and it gets dark earlier. And it’s the time for some wonderful fall produce. We also move towards using heavier, more dense produce such as root vegetables and winter squash. But I like to continue finding ways to incorporate fresh produce throughout the fall and winter months. One way I do this is by creating new salad recipe ideas like this Fall Harvest Salad! This salad is a mixture of sweet and savory. There is a good deal of sweetness in the cranberries, apple, and vinaigrette. Because of that,…
Eating whole, healthy foods doesn’t mean that you have to spend hours and hours in the kitchen. And using the crockpot is the perfect way to ensure that you can have a healthy meal without slaving over a hot oven all day. I particularly love using the slow cooker for a recipe like this whole chicken! It means that I can make an easy healthy meal without heating my kitchen during the summer months. Living in South Carolina being able to do that is huge for me! I avoid using my oven whenever possible. My house is only 1100 sq…
I’ve always been a big pasta lover. But there is a lot of times when I want to get more veggies in my diet. So I often love to substitute zucchini noodles (aka “zoodles”) in place of gluten-free spaghetti. I love the flavor and the texture of the zoodles and really love that it helps me to increase my intake of veggies! And it makes my tummy happy too! Bonus!!! This garlic butter zoodles recipe tastes so good that both my tummy and taste buds are very happy! I’ve been trying to come up with different ways to use zoodles,…
Have you ever made tomato and cucumber salad? If not, you really should! The official start of summer is just a few weeks away, but the temperatures are already climbing. School gets out this week here in my neck of the woods. And the growing season is well underway. That means lots of freshly grown produce at my local farmer’s market each week. Two summer staples are tomatoes and cucumber. And together they make for a cooling, delicious salad! The flavor of this salad is amazing. I love the taste of the tomato and cucumber together. But the flavor of…
I am a huge fan of Greek Salad. Seriously…I love them. So much so that I have created a Greek Burger that is topped with some. It is so yummy I almost can’t stand it! Now that I’m trying to avoid many of the store-bought versions of my favorite products, I knew I needed to make my own Greek dressing. Simple ingredients, so you know what you’re putting into your body. My love of real, whole foods actually started not too far away from Greece. It started in Italy. I spent a summer there rehearsing and performing in an opera. And…