As you all probably know by now, I love a good Costco trip! Luckily, running out of meat and back to school dates coincided for me to go just at the right time. I bought the usual good deals, such as the individually-packaged chicken (breasts were $7 off per package!) and canned salmon. I also …
Fall may have my favorite pumpkin-related items but summer is full of fresh fruits and vegetables. I love being able to eat lots of good fruits as snacks and share those with my children. I also enjoy cooking with zucchini and yellow squash because they are so versatile! Cucumbers are good too but I mostly …
I was trying to think of some witty name for the blog post but really couldn’t come up with anything, so did the next best thing. I gave it a name that tells you exactly what the post is about! Bowls are always very fashionable in healthy fast food restaurants and just in general. You …
Cinco de Mayo is coming up this week and what better way to celebrate than by eating delicious food? I wanted to share a few recipes of easy and healthy meals that have Mexican-inspired flavors. Two of them have been featured on the blog before but I thought it would be a good idea to …
This is the third and final blog post in my series of what originally started as winter soups to make in the Instant Pot. It was cold this weekend but this week will be ridiculously hot (at least in the Northeast US). I love to make white bean chicken chili in my Instant Pot but …
I couldn’t have a winter soup series without attempting to make my most favorite soup, which I eat year round and not just in the fall: butternut squash. I ended up making my own recipe and it can be made vegan if you would like. If you are able to buy the uncooked butternut squash …
Now that Winter has returned to the Northeast, I have decided to try making a bunch of new soups with the Instant Pot. I had a bag of split peas left from the last time I made soup with a Dutch Oven and this was so much easier! I will be featuring a new soup …
Several months ago, I wrote a post about tips to go to Costco. I recently went food shopping there and I actually remembered to take pictures of some of my favorite products and I wanted to share that with you. Not everything is worth buying at Costco! It is important to become familiar with the …
It has only been a week since school started for us and it already feels like summer never happened. Without careful planning, dinner can easily be an afterthought at best (take out, anyone?) or a full-blown disaster of screaming children, burnt food, and unhealthy choices. My slow-cooker (Crockpot) has been a life-saver for years now. …
Summer time brings camp, outside time, and… prepping lunches. During the school year, my daughter got free lunch and my son was only in school from 9 to 12, so he ate lunch at home. Their diet involved a lot of soup with vegetables and pasta, so figuring out how to make healthy lunches for …