Packing a lunch for work is possibly one of the healthiest and most frugal ways you can spend your time. It's normal to feel as though you don't have time for this. I understand that every night when my husband is doing dishes and I'm packing our lunches up for the next day at 9pm. [...]
Pad Thai Recipe
When you find yourself very hungry in the middle of the week, you want... Answer in comments below. I want to know, because maybe I'll make it for you. Or, more likely, maybe I'll show you how to make it for yourself. Now for what I crave on those middle-of-the-week Wednesday nights:
The Way to Consistent Menu Plans
Instead of giving you yet another list of recipes, I'd like to present the way I keep things creative. The way I get this Menu Planning thing done each week. The key to having homemade meals on the table even after a long day at work. I present: Creative Outlets for Menu Planning Whole Foods [...]
Menu Boosting Wednesday
Hey Foodie Thinkers! After coming off some terrible sickness, we got HUNGRY. So I'm sending love your way and a few recipes to fill your tummies. This week, we needed a bit of a pick-me-up. I lost four pounds just from having no appetite while I was sick! So I was HUNGRY last week...to say [...]
Menu Boosting Wednesday and Portland, Maine Adventures
One of my all-time favorite types of trips to take is simply staying in a city, walking until I drop, eating more than normal, and discovering all the perfect coffee shops/restaurants that the city has to offer. Since I've lived in New York and near Washington D.C., I've gotten to experience those cities to the [...]
Peanut Larabar Recipe
It's a Saturday Morning and you are thinking...how can I be productive today but still relax and restore for next week?? My answer: Make Larabars Make a healthy snack for next week in just a few simple steps with 3 ingredients. This is a frugal and healthful choice. As the Nike commercial says, "Just do [...]
Menu Boosting Wednesday and 4 Gluten-free Healthy Grains
So my good friend Amy (author of a fantastic blog: Love from Amy), asked me a question about grains. Do you think that grains are harmful to a good diet? I don't know why they're not a good thing for Whole30, but I want to keep eating them. I just feel like I need more [...]
Homemade English Muffins
In case you need a good excuse to bake on a Saturday...Check these out!
Menu Boosting Wednesday
Have you ever eaten at a restaurant and wondered: what made my food taste so good?? If we are talking fine dining, you can probably bet that the food was particularly well seasoned and prepared in a manner that made the key ingredients shine. But if we are talking fast food, you can also probably [...]
Menu Boosting Wednesday and Colorful Breakfasts
It's another regular work day and we are having breakfast.. What?!?! You mean that a regular work day for us foodie thinkers involves a hot breakfast?! Why yes, I am proud to say that it does. For several reasons: We wake up early, between 6 and 6:20 I plan what we are having for breakfast [...]