Kudos to Alton Brown. And even more kudos to my husband.Alton for creating such a delicious pretzel recipe, Oscar for having the energy and patience to make it with our almost three year old. And not just once, 4 times already. It has become sort of a “daddy-daughter-pretzel-day” tradition when I have a wedding shoot andContinueContinue reading “Daddy Daughter Pretzel Day”
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Easy Dinner Idea- Mediterranean Shrimp Pasta
It’s 5:15 and Annie asks, “What’s for dinner Mama?” Uh oh… I should have probably thought about that by now. With just a few simple ingredients… its pretty easy to throw a healthy meal together.I used the following ingredients:Whole Wheat PastaFrozen, Cooked ShrimpCan of Organic Diced TomatoesOrganic Green OnionsOrganic Spinach BunchGarlicOlive Oil Start by sautéing the garlic inContinueContinue reading “Easy Dinner Idea- Mediterranean Shrimp Pasta”
How We Celebrated Chocolate Cake Day!
We made chocolate cupcakes, of course!Started with some good chocolate and tasty ingredients…Lots of mixing…Smelled the vanilla (yum).Tasted the batter.Made a little mess filling the cups.”Betty” came out for the frosting.Frosting in process…Tasting the frosting.Max even tried a little.Spreading the frosting…Annie’s final product: 30 for our friend’s bake sale:It was a ton of fun, butContinueContinue reading “How We Celebrated Chocolate Cake Day!”
Food Labels… Do You Know What to Look For?
On Monday, food manufacturers and retailers announced yet another front of pack nutrition labeling system. Let me tell you how I feel about it… Ugh. The system is called “Nutrition Keys” and its designed to show the calories, saturated fat, sodium and sugar per serving. Are Americans so clueless that they can’t turn a food package over to readContinueContinue reading “Food Labels… Do You Know What to Look For?”
Kids Should Eat Real Food
And so should you. “Wait, what?” you say? “We eat food every day, duh”.But do you?As an example, this is a list of ingredients from a turkey and cheese kid’s lunch product:WATER – SPRING WATER. APPLESAUCE – APPLES, WATER, CONCENTRATED APPLE JUICE, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C). SUB BUN – ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR ([WHEAT FLOUR,ContinueContinue reading “Kids Should Eat Real Food”
Spark Love and Wellness 