Posts filed under: Food & Nutrition
I am always trying to get my kids to eat more veggies. I adore spring peas (and shhhh, I want them to, also!). Yes, they are starchy and comforting, but they...
It’s May! Yay. Let’s celebrate the foods of the season with tacos. I love mini tacos a.k.a. “street” tacos. They are not only small enough to eat with one hand,...
Spring is in full force here, and in typical Chicago fashion – it’s rainy and cold one day and blissfully sunny and warm the next. You truly never know what...
It’s Spring time! With March still in full swing, I chatted with a fellow registered dietitian nutritionist/chef, a food blogger/photographer and a health coach for National Nutrition Month on how they...
I am making banana bread today. . . Grant, my 12 year old, has been asking me to make banana bread for awhile now. To be honest, I always have...
Happy month of LOVE. Who doesn’t LOVE chocolate on Valentine’s Day? One of my fondest memory as a little girl was waking up on Valentine’s Day morning and coming downstairs to see...
I LOVE chickpeas, almost to the point of obsession. I love ’em pureed into a dip, raw in a salad or roasted like I am going to do today. A...
Although, I am not a gadget gal, I am acquiring kitchen appliances. I have Vitamix blender and a Cuisinart food processor and my latest acquisition for Christmas was a Smart Chef Air...
Do you want a simple dish to whip up? Try chickpeas aka chana as it’s called in Indian cultures. Lately, I’ve been loving chickpeas as they are super comforting and nourishing. Loaded...
We all think about food at this time of year and rightly so. Food is festive, fun and best of all, it’s social. Who doesn’t light up at the scent...
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Hi, it’s Vicki here. Want to nourish your total body with real food first? You’re in the right place.
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