After receiving an entire box of artichokes last week from Ocean Mist Farms, I was determined to use them in as many different ways as possible. There are so many ways to use artichokes. You can steam them, grill them, roast them, or use them for soup. My favorite way to eat them is the simplest. Steamed with garlic butter. Here’s how you do it. Give your artichokes a nice…
This week on The Kids Cook Monday, I want to share with you one of our new favorite quick & easy meals. Tostadas are a simple meatless meal that the kids can help you make, and the ingredients are likely things that you already have on hand. Plus, they are fun to make, kind of like mini pizzas. This is our new go-to meal for busy night! Tostadas Ingredients: -corn…
Salsa chicken was one of the first dinner recipes I learned how to make after getting married. I probably made it once a week back then. I like that it’s quick, easy, healthy and gathers many compliments from the husband. I had almost forgotten about it recently until I started putting it on the Mamavation Moms’ meal plans. Their families were loving it, so I decided it to put it back…
I heard that everyone’s Bountiful Baskets were loaded this morning including one of my favorites, swiss chard. How bummed am I that I forgot to place my order this week? Here is my favorite way to prepare swiss chard. Make sure to save the stems to make Baked Swiss Chard Stems with Olive Oil and Parmesan later in the week. Swiss Chard & Sweet Potatoes Ingredients: -1 large sweet potato, peeled…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Are you wearing your green? How about eating something green? We celebrated last night by making cauliflower popcorn with green cauliflower from our Bountiful Basket. I always love roasting our green cauliflower, but this time I was inspired by my RD friend Danielle Omar’s photo on Facebook of popcorn cauliflower. It’s basically the same thing, just in smaller pieces. But calling it popcorn made…
How often do you cook and eat meals at home as a family? Once a week? More? Many people I talk to are under the impression that healthy dinners take way too much time to put together and that grabbing fast food or a microwavable meal is just part of a busy family’s life. If that describes your mindset, I want to challenge you to a new way of thinking.…
Since our move, I have been trying to get back into the groove of planning and cooking healthy dinners for the family. Thankfully, we have had beautiful weather and have been able to eat most meals outside. It seems to put the kids in a better mood during meals which means they have a better attitude towards trying new things and end up eating more! Score! One of the meals…