Baked Coconut Sticky Rice Cake is easy to make and a delicious version of Chinese sticky rice cake. This sweet treat can be enjoyed for Chinese New Year or as dessert throughout the year. This year, for Chinese New Year, I’m sharing a very special recipe – my Auntie Florence’s Coconut Sticky Rice Cake. Into her…
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Healthy Pantry Recipes
This post contains 50+ Healthy Pantry Recipes for everyday meals. Cooking is made easy when you have a well stocked pantry. A well stocked pantry includes not only dry staple ingredients, but also fresh and frozen foods that keep well. A well-stocked pantry is useful for everyday living. Buying in bulk can save money and…
Healthy Valentines Day Recipes
There’s no better way to show your loved ones how much you care than cooking some of these Healthy Valentines Day Recipes for them. Food memories last forever. Valentine’s Day is the perfect opportunity to show your loved ones how much you care for them by cooking something special that’s also on the healthier…
20+ Lunar and Chinese New Year Recipes
Bookmark this collection of Lunar and Chinese New Year Recipes in celebration of the The Lunar New Year. These Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese recipes all contain auspicious ingredients to start the new year off right. Although I was born in the U.S., my parents are immigrants of China, so I try to instill a…
60 Healthy Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Thanksgiving Recipes
Refer to these Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Thanksgiving recipes for allergy-friendly dishes everyone can enjoy. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is this week! Today, I’m sharing a collection of my Gluten-Free and Dairy-Free Thanksgiving Recipes. If you have family or friends coming over for Thanksgiving who are gluten-free or dairy-free, thinking of recipes that can accommodate them and the…
Reflections and 2015 Most Pinned Posts on Jeanette’s Healthy Living
As 2015 comes to a close, I like to reflect back on the year and think about what I’ve accomplished. To be honest, it’s hard to pinpoint anything tangible that I’ve accomplished, but I can tell you two things that I’ve been focusing my attention on this past year. (1) I’ve been spending my time…
Using Molecular Gastronomy for Dysphagia Recipes
This post explores the possibility of using Molecular Gastronomy for Dysphagia Recipes to improve the lives of people with dementia, Parksinson’s disease, ALS, cancer, and other medical conditions that make it difficult for them to eat. Over the past few years, I’ve developed an interest in molecular gastronomy and the implications it might have for…
10 Symbolic Chinese New Year Recipes
Ring in the Chinese New Year with a few of these Symbolic Chinese New Year recipes. Today is Chinese New Year and it’s the year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. Food is a very important part of Chinese culture, so for Chinese New Year, it is especially important to eat foods that symbolize good…
Most Popular Posts 2014
It’s always fun to take a look back over the year to see the Most Popular Posts for the year. By most popular, I mean the posts on my blog that generated the most traffic. The results were pretty interesting. While several of the posts were large roundups of recipes, two related to special dietary…
How to make an Edible #MyPlate Snowman
Who doesn’t love to play with their food? Today, I’m sharing a festive and healthy way to play with your food. #MyPlate Winter Food Fun has a super fun and creative holiday idea to get us started. Take a look at this Edible #MyPlate snowman scene that includes all 5 food groups. This winter,…
5 Tips and 25 Healthy Recipes for Hungry Teenagers
If you’ve got teenagers in your house, these 5 Tips and 25 Healthy Recipes for Hungry Teenagers should come in handy. Recently, I received an email from a mom who has been facing challenges feeding her teenagers. As a working mom, it can seem daunting trying to get a home-cooked meal on the table. In this…
20+ Healthy Memorial Day Recipes
I would like to thank all the men and women who have sacrificed their lives serving our country so that we might be able to enjoy our freedom. May God bless American and the families of all those who have lost loved ones while serving our country. I don’t know how Memorial Day weekend snuck…
BlogHer Food 2014 Recap
What a whirlwind the past week has been! In the span of one week, I managed to fly to Miami for BlogHer Food 2014, landing in the middle of a tornado (I had no idea at the time other than the extremely rough landing, but later learned that a tornado had touched ground 1 mile…
8 Easy Ways To Add Flavor With Less Salt
Today, I’m sharing 8 Easy Ways to Add Flavor with Less Salt, all in the name of better health. If you watch cooking shows as much as I do, you know that good food requires just the right amount of seasoning. The judges almost always comment on a dish being under seasoned, too salty or…
How To Cook Quinoa + Health Benefits {Video}
If you’ve never tried quinoa, now’s the time. Check out my How To Cook Quinoa video – quinoa is so easy to prepare and highly nutritious. I have a number of quinoa recipes on my blog, but I realized I don’t have a post devoted to how to cook quinoa. Recently, one reader asked what…
8 Mood Boosting Foods and Recipes
Get a jumpstart on Spring with these 8 Mood Boosting Foods and Recipes. Spring has FINALLY come!! It was an incredibly long winter and I have to be honest – we still have snow banks outside out house so it doesn’t really feel like Spring yet. Weather and sunlight definitely affect my mood, and keeping…
Let’s Move! Action Plan for Parents
Today, I’ve put together a Let’s Move Action Plan for Parents to help spread the word on how we as parents can help our children live healthier lives and reduce childhood obesity nationwide. This week, I had the amazing opportunity to join in on a conference call with the Executive Director of Let’s Move!, Sam Kaas,…
6 Easy Tips for Improving Physical and Mental Health
Try these six tips for healthy living for improving physical and mental health, including practical ideas on how to implement these tips for healthy living into everyday life. Sponsored by Aetna. Since the beginning of the year, I’ve been focusing hard on not only eating better, but feeling better, both physically and mentally. I’ve made…
25+ Healthy Chicken and Turkey Chili Recipes
Stay cozy and warm with these Healthy Chicken and Turkey Chili Recipes all winter long. All you need is a nice green salad and a piece of cornbread to go along. Pictured (top to bottom, left to right): Slow Cooker White Chicken Chili with Green Chilies, Yummy Healthy Easy’s Turkey Taco Chili, Slow Cooker Black…
Announcing BlogHer Food 2014 in Miami, Florida
If any of you are looking for a fabulous food blogging conference to attend, BlogHer Food 2014 is being held in sunny Miami, Florida this year, from May 16-17. I’ve been invited to speak on a panel called Next Steps in a Food Career. Register by this Friday, January 31st for the early bird discount…
Watch the Dr. Oz Show Healthy Recipe Challenge – Monday, Jan 27th
I’ve got a special announcement to make ~ tomorrow, Monday, January 27, 2014, at 4PM EST, the Dr. Oz Show will be featuring a Healthy Recipe Challenge where folks around the country were challenged to make one of their state’s most popular foods healthier. As a representative of Connecticut, I was asked to submit a…
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