Chicken on Chickpeas
Feeling Patriotic with the Fourth of July around the corner, i grab this cookbook…. This recipe catches my eye. So i take my two girls to Whole Foods (because the chicken tastes like chicken there)...
View ArticleYou Deserve a Break Today
Mom, Dad, Nanny or Sitter have been going, going, going…all summer long. There’s a Pixar movie out that everyone will enjoy, yay! Sitting for 98 minutes in an air conditioned theatre fits the bill...
View ArticleOooo la la… j’adore french influences
“Mommy? Can you buy some pears because they go really well with this cheese?” my 7 y.o. asks me in a sweet little voice. “What color?” “Green.” And, all on her own, she ate it for dessert after...
View ArticleBack to Bento
TAKE THE LUNCH BOX CHALLENGE! Want REAL lunch food for your really awesome kid that matches YOUR nutritional standards, not the governments? PACK A LUNCH. Yes. School lunch is sooooo much easier for...
View ArticleSearch for the Next Food Tube Star
Hi Everybody! I made my first solo cooking video! Click on the link right above my picture to view it. I would love if you would please also click the “thumbs up” Like button on this youtube video so...
View ArticleMY 100th BLOG POST!! Cooking with friends and family
In one year, i wrote 100 posts! To celebrate, you can watch a fun video of me with a friend and family member using this platter of veggies to whip up a mean & hearty SOUTHWEST GAME DAY CHILI....
View ArticleSearch for the Next Food Tube Star
Hi Everybody! I made my first solo cooking video! Click on the link right above my picture to view it. I would love if you would please also click the “thumbs up” Like button on this youtube video so...
View Article“No-Slide Caramel Apples”
If the weather doesn’t tell you, it’s time to BREW UP some caramel apples, the calendar will. Forget the green-dyed corn syrup eyeballs and put real food into your body. Make some beautiful...
View ArticleMy Dream Come True!
“When i was a little girl, i wished chocolate grew on trees.” As a bright-eyed and bushy-tailed entrepreneur, studying and researching chocolate before opening my own Belgian chocolate shop at the ripe...
View ArticleThink Outside the (Cupcake) Box
When coming up with an alternative to sweets to celebrate Halloween and Fall… …it doesn’t have to automatically mean fruit kebobs. To help reduce the sugar load, and just as important teach healthy...
View ArticleSmack That Pomegranate
Here’s a magical kitchen trick- that will leave you feeling like a magician- while deseeding, thus conquering, the powerful pomegranate… IN LESS THAN A MINUTE! 1. Make a 1/2 inch cut all around, but...
View ArticleSalt Their Oats…Not Their Nuts.
“You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make him drink…but you can put salt in his oats.” -quote i learned from Mr. Bandettini (my favorite teacher EVER) I have memories as a little girl, all...
View Article2013 blog review…Happy New Year Readers!! :)
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,000 times in 2013....
View ArticleParty With A Food Rev Ambassador!
Anyone who knows me, knows i LIVE to…. write about, film, photograph, play with, speak of, cook, serve and enjoy real food. [photo: Cooking Demo/Food Ed class at Whole Foods for Earth Day] I love...
View ArticleWhy I Love Real Food- A Stroll “Thru” Memory Lane
I am the youngest of EIGHT kids. My parents owned a businesses that ran 24 hours a day which they never stopped growing. How busy and stressed they must have been! I was mostly a hot lunch kid from...
View Article#1 Food Tip
I was asked what my #1 Food Tip is… and i’d have to say… “Unleash your inner artist by cooking simple and fresh- using minimally processed ingredients. Food is all love after all! So don’t be afraid...
View ArticleAPPsolutely Foodtastic
British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver NAILS IT with his Jamie Oliver Recipes App because he not only teaches you a real food recipe with a great outcome, but he teaches you… HOW TO COOK IN GENERAL...
View ArticleInspirational “Food Education for Kids” Video
To watch a sweet, 6 minute video to inspire you to support the idea of Food Education for Kids, click this link below: http://youtu.be/43BSP1gwEhE
View ArticlePhoto Collection Of Cold vs Hot Lunch
“What we learn becomes who we are.” For the last three days, i was a kid again in the school cafeteria. I began a conversation with the girls about their favorite book series of the moment- The Boxcar...
View ArticleVanilla Almond Chia Seed Pudding
Not the creamy pudding made with corn starch & butter that makes your tummy hurt and gives you a sugar low. I’m talking the energizing, light, cleansing gelatin-like pudding made with seeds that...
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