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Apple Pie – The classic pie that everything seems to be compared to… “As American as Apple Pie” My Parents make some of the best Apple Pie ever. Apple Pie used to be a very seasonal (read: Thanksgiving) thing when I was growing up. Within …
Have you made Alfredo Sauce from Cauliflower yet!? Well, don’t feel so bad if you haven’t, because up until finding this recipe, neither had I! This Cauliflower Alfredo Sauce may just be one of the most delicious healthy Alfredo sauces that you can make! Lasagna …
I love living in Northern USA! I love the four seasons and welcoming each season with joy. I enjoy basking in the sun and then sledding & skiing in fresh powder, all in my own backyard.
There are a few things that I don’t love about living in Pennsylvania though. Not being able to grow our own Avocados is one of those reasons. If I were to ever choose to move to a warmer climate – the ability to grow things like avocados and lemons/limes AND longer growing season for other things would be one of the main reasons for the move! Because I do not ever plan to move south, I will just have to deal with imported produce and snagging these yummy fruits & veggies when they are in season and on sale!
Whenever Avocados go on sale, it is motivation for us to have Mexican (not like we ever need much motivation to have Mexican Food). Avocados are a great fruit for tons of other uses besides Mexican Cuisine, but we love Mexican food so much that I hardly ever stray far from the Mexican-Avocado Route!
I started to wonder though… which is “better” the Hass Avocado or the Florida Avocado!?!
The only way that I could think of to solve this dilemma was to do a good old fashioned side-by-side taste test! Continue reading Avocado: Hass vs Florida
We hardly ever eat out… Because I love to cook so much, it often feels like more work to put on shoes and get in the car and drive to a restaurant. It is so much easier to just stay in my comfy clothes and …
FRESH Food is the Best! I don’t think that there is any argument to that. If you had fresh strawberries being put in a blind taste test against thawed strawberries from the freezer, I am sure the fresh ones would win. Or if you had …
Skipping Breakfast is a really bad choice! If you have an extra 5 minutes in the morning, you can whip up a healthy breakfast smoothie every morning (which is as simple as your favorite fruits, some yogurt and/or milk). If you know that you don’t have that much extra time though, you still don’t have any excuse to not get some healthy stuff in your body first thing in the morning! I have started to make a batch of smoothies over the weekend, put them in the freezer and have them all week (more on that later).
This Green Smoothie is an amazing way to get lots of extra nutrition into your body quickly and easily Continue reading Green Breakfast Smoothie