Today, I’m participating in Food Network’s Back to School Communal Table event where a group of bloggers is sharing their favorite back to school kids and adult lunches. Now that my kids are all back in school, I don’t have to worry about feeding my brood of boys lunch each day. Instead, I can eat…
Healthy Lunch Recipes for Kids – Food for the Brain – Part 2
Today is Part 2 in a series of three posts featuring recipes that contain brain-boosting ingredients. In Part 1, we presented a round-up of healthy breakfast recipes for kids. Today, we present Part 2, which focuses on healthy lunch recipes for kids. Our last post in this series will feature healthy snack recipes for kids….
Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa, Grilled Vegetables and Pesto Sauce Recipe
Stuffed Peppers with Quinoa, Grilled Vegetables and Pesto Sauce is a healthy vegetarian main course that will brighten up any dinner. This week on Food Network’s Summer Fest, a group of talented bloggers are featuring farm fresh recipes using Peppers that are in season. Each week, recipes using farm fresh produce will be featured on…
Gluten Free Vegetable Pizza Recipe (Kids Cooking Video)
Sponsored by French Meadow Bakery. Gluten Free Vegetable Pizza is a kid-friendly way to get your children to eat their vegetables. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_kFq0JyaVM&feature=g-upl Today, I are featuring my son, Alex, making a Gluten Free Vegetable Pizza using French Meadow Bakery’s Gluten-Free Pizza Crust. The crust comes unbaked in an aluminum pan, and can be found in the frozen…
Cha Cha Bowl (Recipe for Mexican Chicken and Black Bean Rice Bowl)
One of my kids loves Chipotle Grill’s Burritos. This is a gigantic size tortilla filled with rice, beans, meat, salsa, cheese, and sour cream. Although the ingredients in and of themselves don’t sound too unhealthy, one of these burritos with all the fixings (sour cream, cheese, guacamole) tops 1000 calories! However, deconstructed and served as…
Chopped Salmon Arugula Walnut Salad with Honey Wasabi Vinaigrette Recipe
The salad recipe I am sharing with you today has been on my mind ever since I took my first bite at a local pan-Asian restaurant. I met a friend for lunch at this Asian fusion restaurant one day and she said she always orders the Chopped Salmon Salad with Wasabi Vinaigrette, so naturally I had…
Cold Asian Noodles with Peanut Sauce, Chicken and Vegetables
Cold Asian Noodles with Peanut Sauce, Chicken and Vegetables is a refreshing, light one bowl meal. This past week, we were fortunate enough to have a gloriously warm and sunny day. In fact, the weather was so gorgeous that I almost forgot it was just the beginning of April. Warm weather naturally makes me think of…
Braised Enoki Mushrooms with Carrots and Ginger Recipe
Today, I am sharing a recipe that embodies the principles of the Japanese Washoku and Kansha cooking approaches. I’ve always admired how beautifully presented Japanese food is when I eat out. All the foods are precisely arranged on the plate and each dish is interesting and unique. Little did I know that there was actually…
Easy Vegetable Bean and Pasta Soup Recipe
Over the past month or so, I’ve been teaching a series of soup classes at our local senior center. I was honored to be asked back again this year – what a rewarding experience to say the least. The ladies in the class were all so gracious and it was really fun to swap food shopping…
Healthy Chili Recipe Roundup for Superbowl Sunday
Superbowl Sunday is coming up. Who are you rooting for? We are a huge football family – weekends, Monday nights and Thursday nights are dedicated to watching football from September through Super Bowl weekend. My husband is a huge New York Giants fan, but three of our boys root for different teams (much to my husband’s…
Roundup of Beautiful Healthy Soup Recipes
This past Saturday was National Soup Swap Day. Although I had never heard of this idea until last year, I love the idea and make lots of soup all throughout the winter. Maybe next year, I’ll jump in and host a Soup Swap. For now, I would like to share some beautiful healthy soups…
Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup Recipe
Vietnamese Chicken Noodle Soup is pure comfort food in a bowl. I love Asian noodle soups – they are one of my favorite foods to make for a quick and easy lunch. I usually take a peek in my refrigerator and start pulling out whatever bits and pieces of herbs, vegetables, and soup I have…
Easy Crockpot Lentil Chili Recipe
I woke up to chilly 14 degree weather this morning…brrr! I honestly don’t know why I live in the Northeast as I am not at all a cold weather person. Makes me wonder why I went to college near the Canadian border too. This kind of cold weather makes me want to just stay indoors…
Minestrina Soup Recipe
Minestrina Soup is a hearty vegetable soup, perfect for Fall or Winter. Healthy, delicious and chock full of a variety of vegetables. I’ve made Minestrone Soup over the years, and it has become one of my favorite winter soups because of the combined heartiness of all the vegetables, beans and pasta in this soup. This…
Asian Fusion Omelette Frittata Recipe
Try this Asian Fusion Omelette Frittata for a change of pace. With the holiday season in full swing, and entertaining family and guests on the near horizon, there will be many meals to plan over the next few weeks. Everyone has their favorite holiday traditions, which is what makes celebrating this time of year so…
Summer Vegetable Korean Lettuce Wraps Recipe
This past week, I picked up my CSA Box #7, and found “pencil carrots”, eggplant, tomatoes, arugula, Ailsa Craig onions (sweet and mild), green beans, swiss chard, cucumbers, fresh garlic, parsley, basil tops, zucchini, sweet “Trinity” corn, and green leaf lettuce. Leafy Lettuce Greens, Parsley, Basil, Tomatoes and Corn from my CSA Box. Swiss Chard,…
Roundup of Healthy and Hearty Soup, Chowder, Stew and Chili Recipes
Black Bean Chili If you’re entertaining overnight guests this holiday season, meal planning can be stressful. Why not simplify meals by making a big pot of healthy, hearty soup, chowder, stew or chili, and serving a fresh salad alongside. For more fun, make a few Holiday appetizers for guests to graze on. Soups, chowders, stews and…
The Farmer’s Market Sandwich
Farm fresh heirloom tomato, mozzarella cheese and pesto sandwich Each summer when the local farmer’s market opens, the one thing I look forward to most is my first taste of fresh baked bread topped with basil pesto, fresh mozzarella cheese and sliced tomatoes. To me, this sandwich marks the beginning of all the fresh…
Healthy Lunch Ideas for Kids
Please take a look at my guest posting entitled “Healthy Lunch Ideas for Kids” (also great for adult lunches) on my childhood friend’s blog, Parent Grapevine.I had just posted Tina and her husband’s experience with prostate cancer on my blog. We thought it would be fun to “cross-blog” and share our ideas.I would love to hear…
Farm Fresh Chopped Salad Recipe
At a recent farm-to-table dinner in Connecticut, Chef Michel Nischan prepared “Use a Spoon” Chopped Salad using farm fresh produce. Michel Nischan is President and CEO of Wholesome Wave, a non-profit organization that is trying to increase accessibility and affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables in underserved communities, while providing business to local farmers. He is also the renowned chef/owner…