Healthy Recipes

So my parents visited Israel last year and brought me back this awesome spice container with all sorts of foreign spices. They also brought me an antique mortar and pestle to grind some of the whole spices. Do they know their daughter, or what?!?  The whole thing was an amazing gift that I am very [...]

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I’m very thankful to say ours went very well.  This was our first chance to host Thanksgiving Dinner in our new home so we have been looking forward to it for quite some time.  Plus — you know…all the tasty food is nothing short of greatness! Well…so…umm…I was [...]

Happy Monday! If you don’t subscribe to my newsletter, I wanted to share my latest email that went out today.  Figured you might be interested in what kind of things I send out to my newsletter subscribers.  If you’re interested in subscribing, click here or sign up on the left of this page. If you [...]

Do you know how to pronounce the word, “Compote?” Well…I didn’t for the longest time.  Like until just 5 minutes ago.   Sigh. I knew how to cook a compote and what it was and that I liked it on my pancakes.  But actually pronouncing it?  Not so much. At restaurants, I would kind of mumble [...]

Probably the most common type of question I get in my email and comments involves asking for healthy recipe substitutions. While I do enjoy eating healthy, I’ll be the first to admit that several of my recipes aren’t the healthiest they can be. What can I say? I like my butter and bacon. That being [...]

Whew!  That semester was a marathon! Funny just how much easier school was way back in the day when I didn’t have two little girls needing my attention. Way back when. I have missed you guys!  I have missed cooking. And photographing. And eating tasty, homemade food. And time. Speaking of tasty food, I recently [...]

Whew.  You all blow me away. I can’t begin to explain just how much your comments, emails and messages meant to me over the past week.  I feel so supported by you and I really, really appreciate it. *Oh, in case you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, you can check out my [...]

Ever tried making your own pumpkin puree? Homemade pumpkin puree is really quite simple to do and is absolutely delicious in… pumpkin spice muffins (post coming soon!) pumpkin bread pumpkin pancakes pumpkin cookies pumpkin cheesecake pumpkin soup pumpkin frozen yogurt pumpkin butter and oh so many other tasty treats. Pumpkin!!  Sorry, I got a little [...]

Today’s lesson: When life gives you apples, make Cinnamon Apples! As part of my Personal Chef business, I also offer cooking demos for local businesses.  Last weekend, I baked my Soft Ginger Cookies for a Fall Fair at Falcon Pointe in one of their model homes.   While I was there, I met a friendly [...]

Let me first start this recipe’s post by sharing its resounding success. And, when I say “success,” I mean “Dustin loved it.” And, when I say, “Dustin loved it,” I mean he has not stopped talking about it. I have heard him tell at least 6 or 7 people over the past 2 weeks how [...]