Last week, I had planned to make caprese salad with dinner, but our schedule changed and the ingredients were still sitting around on Friday afternoon. I didn’t want them to go to waste, so I put the salad together on a piece of Trader Joe’s whole wheat lavash and wrapped it up as a sandwich. It was a quick and healthy lunch! I might just plan to have it like…
This week I was so excited to discover a new pick-up site for our Bountiful Basket that is less than a mile from our house. How convenient! The time (7:00am) is a tad early for my liking, but I really can’t complain. Joe went with me and had a great time picking out the “perfect” basket. We loaded our produce and our friend Ashley‘s produce into the laundry basket. Boy…
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Making healthy choices in the grocery store can seem like a daunting task. What do I choose? Fat-free? Whole-grain? Lean? Popped? Baked? Will this cereal really boost my immunity? Should I only shop the perimeter of the store? When I teach nutrition classes, one of my favorite things to do is to take the clients to the grocery store and compare products side-by-side. Because I can’t take…
When I heard that my friend Megan Thompson was making “Quick Pickles” with her co-op cucumbers this week, I asked her to show us how to do it. She did not disappoint! You can read more about Megan in her bio at the bottom of the page. On to the pickle-making… I was very excited when Alysa asked me to write a guest blog about Quick Pickles. My family loves…
Last week, Bountiful Baskets offered a 25-lb. bag of green chiles as a $12.00 add-on to our basket. I knew I wanted some, but didn’t think I could handle all 25 pounds. Thankfully, my parents ordered a bag for us to split. Because there were so many chiles (and only 3 bad ones in the whole bag!), we decided to roast them on the grill (instead of under the broiler).…
Last week I still had three seedless cucumbers in my crisper from the previous week’s Bountiful Basket. I didn’t want them to go to waste, so I started asking for ideas. My friend Angela suggested making a Thai cucumber salad. I went online to search for a recipe and came across several. So I took ideas from all of them and came up with my own recipe based on what…