where healthy meets happy
Pumpkin pie is one of my absolute favorite desserts. When it’s in the house, I’ve been know to enjoy it for breakfast with a hot cup of coffee or tea. For me, no Thanksgiving meal is complete without a homemade pumpkin pie. While the traditional recipes are great, I love finding new ways to boost [...]
I love this recipe for buttery, rich Christmas cookies dressed up with UnReal candy coated chocolates. The candies have no artificial ingredients, no hydrogenated oils, no corn syrup, no preservatives, no GMOs and no chemical food coloring. It’s been really difficult to find candies and holiday treats that are free of red dye (our oldest [...]
I grew up in a big Italian family living above my Dad’s restaurant and eating lots of pizza and pasta. No matter how my diet has changed over the years, pizza and pasta have always been a part of it. They’re true comfort foods in the sense that they’re served with fond memories of Sunday [...]
Not all oils and fats are created equal. Heavily processed, hydrogenated, “trans” fats and oils that are used in prepared, packaged foods can be extremely damaging to the body. However, fats and oils from whole foods and other high-quality sources can steady our metabolism, keep hormone levels even, nourish our skin, hair and nails and provide [...]
Cold weather is soup weather and any day is a good day for a crockpot recipe. This particular soup requires a little more prep work than most crockpot recipes, but it’s totally worth it. If you like stuffed bell peppers, you will love this stuffed bell pepper soup. Make a double batch and freeze the [...]
