Recipes for A Healthier Life
Cabbage is one of my favorite toppings for tacos, including my recipes for the blackened salmon tacos and simply delicious pork carnitas. I like to make this simple cabbage salad, but at the same time it’s filled with flavor, crunch, a little kick from the …
Catsup, the most popular condiment at the grocery store but also filled with unnecessary ingredients such as corn syrup, sugar, sodium and many other yucky preservatives. Always check the ingredient list for your pantry items because because most of them have a large amount of …
Besides grilling in the summer, making tacos is my other favorite summer dinner. There’s just something about meat topped with spicy salsa, crunchy cabbage salad, cheese, cilantro and drizzled with fresh lime juice that never gets old. All the different flavors seem to mesh perfectly …
Strawberry season is officially here! Even though it seems to be an incredibly short season, I intend to take full advantage of the fresh strawberries from the local farmer’s market and a local farm right here in indianapolis called the Driving Wind Berry Farm, which …
A couple years ago I discovered how delicious salads are with added fresh fruit such as strawberries and blueberries. I usually make this salad in the spring and early summer when strawberries are readily available from the local farmer’s market. The flavors of the fresh …
The beginning of the BERRY season is here, just one of my favorite things of late spring and early summer. The combination of juicy, sweet tart flavors are quite delicious in a variety of desserts. The best way to highlight berries is by allowing them …
Spring is finally here and with it comes the first garden vegetables such as leafy greens, asparagus, radish, peas which all taste delicious in salads, soups, frittatas and many other dishes. About 3 months ago, I had ordered a big bag of carrots and beets …
I do eat some meat, but over the years I’ve started adding plant based proteins such as beans and lentils to my daily diet. I have found that I feel better in general, if I eat smaller amounts of meat but I also just …
I’m not a big cupcake fan because many times they are filled with a lot of sugar instead of flavor and spice. But I do love carrot cake, most recipes I found had way to much sugar for my taste. Therefore I decided to come …
Who doesn’t like jam especially if it’s made from scratch? I love all berries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, black raspberries…you name it. Fresh Strawberries is the first sign to me that the warm weather is finally here and here to stay. Besides jam, my favorite ways …