My food philosophy can most simply be defined as: Food is Fuel. I’m a strong believer that the food we put into our body has a direct impact on our daily performance in life. How does what we eat, when we eat, and how we eat affect how we feel, perform, and act? Before you … Continue reading My Food Philosophy
The beauty of this meal - you can use whatever you've got. In these COVID kitchen days, we want to try to minimize our trips to the store - which means, keeping more foods with a longer shelf life around. Like dried grains, beans, pasta - frozen protein items like fish, chicken, and shrimp - … Continue reading Build-a-Bowl + Lemon Dijon Vinaigrette
Much like your favorite early 2000's DJ...... I take requests! These muffins were a solid request from a devout blender muffin fan. I hope you all have the essentials in your well stocked cupboards to throw some of these together this week. What's easier than tossing all the ingredients into the blender and flipping a … Continue reading Blender Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Spicing up meal time one stuffed sweet potato at a time! Each sweet potato is stuffed with chicken - kale - homemade chipotle sauce - black beans - cheese. Or, customize it to whatever meets YOUR nutrition needs. The recipe lends itself to meal prep and/or make ahead meals. Then, throw them together and warm … Continue reading Chipotle Chicken & Kale Sweet Potatoes
Can you ever have too many granola bar options? I hope not because here is another! The Target brand Monster granola bars caught my eye last week and clearly immediately thought, 'why haven't I altered my peanut butter granola bar recipe to Monster bars!?' Proceeded to buy raisins and M&M's at Aldi's the next day, … Continue reading Monster Granola Bars
If you're looking for quick and easy, this soup's for you. Just drop all the ingredients in, and turn on the pressure cooker. <If you don't have a pressure cooker, drop those ingredients into your slower cooker.> We have a Cuisinart Pressure Cooker - which is just a different brand of 'Instant Pot.' I highly … Continue reading Chicken Lemon Quinoa Soup
