I usually associate Peppermint with the holidays but as I was raiding my pantry late last night for something to fix my vicious saber sweet tooth tiger of a craving I stumbled upon a drawer of oils, spices and extracts (My roommates don't cook and thought a drawer was a good place.. weird) ;-) [...]
Pina Colada Protein Shake Delight The weather here in Utah has been as crazy as a woman on her menstrual cycle. I say that with the most love I can muster while I'm on mine. With the weather being warm and lovely one and just as lovely and raining the next my outfits have [...]
Nothing says Valentine's Day like chocolate! Especially when you're a single gal and Galentine's is more your pace. I heart this holiday or commercial holiday or whatever the trendy thing is but nonetheless I love the pinks, reds, chocolates, cakes, cookies but most importantly I heart the love! It's a day well a couple weeks [...]
Real Food Challenge Let's get real and cut the fluff.. speaking of fluff no marshmallows, cotton candy or fluffy fillers and garbage turning our food into the nutritional equivalency of the green sludge off of Nickelodeon. We are getting back to the basics, back to the real food that so easily tempted our father Adam or was that [...]
Chocolate and heartbreak go hand in hand like my hand digging into a box of roscala chocolates. When stressed and overwhelmed I develop sticky fingers that tend to only gravitate to that which is delicious and poisonous. After a couple episodes of Vampire Diaries and some chocolate I felt like a new women. Having faith [...]
This is literally a dream come true. This was made by Laura tonight for the Be Well Retreat. Although we've been cooking together this one was all her. The only help I offered was to take this picture and of course taste test. Healthy and delicious to the taste is hard to come by but [...]
Laura and M'Lisa turned what would have otherwise been an ordinary grocery shopping trip for this weeks retreat, into an adventure worthy of writing home about.With her "Bible" (shopping list and recipes) firmly in hand, Laura instructed and directed M'Lisa on the upcoming menu. They went over which ingredients go with what and why it's [...]
Let the party begin. M'lisa, author of the Be Well Guide and Laura my own personal holistic chef and recipe guru for Real Easy Meals, well not exactly my personal chef but I'd like her to be and I'm sure you will too after you see the menu for this Be Well retreat. Just upon [...]
Downloadable PDF for Balsamic Dressing Ingredients ¼ cup olive oil ¼ cup balsamic vinegar Juice of ½ lemon 1 clove garlic, minced Salt & Pepper to taste Makes 4 servings Cooking Instructions Whisk all ingredients in a small bowl, or shake in a dressing container before serving.
This project that I decided to undergo was my first time canning. When I think of canning I think of hundred of peaches, my grandma and a huge sticky mess. However, today I canned salads. Yes you read that right... Canned Salads!! First you put in the dressing then all the toppings and oddly enough [...]