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Red Lentils- Super Easy and Healthy!

Here’s a quick, inexpensive and very healthy vegetarian recipe we made earlier this week. In all honesty, I gave it to the kids “deconstructed” with the lentils on the side and the rice by itself. You can even leave out the spinach from the recipe if you want to keep it even simpler.Red lentils are aContinueContinue reading “Red Lentils- Super Easy and Healthy!”

What We Ate For Valentine’s Day

Yes, the thought did occur to me that not everyone really cares what we had for our family Valentine’s Day dinner, but it was really good. Seriously. So here it is… I included the recipes for this kid and adult friendly meal!Pretzel Crusted ChickenButternut Squash SoupMixed Greens SaladChocolate and Vanilla Pudding ParfaitsPretzel Crusted Chicken2 cupsContinueContinue reading “What We Ate For Valentine’s Day”

Feeding Kids is Not Always Easy!

Sometimes it’s actually downright hard to keep your kids eating healthy. They have minds of their own… each with individual preferences, tastes and opinions. And they can be stubborn. Very stubborn. Last night I made chicken tacos for the family. We had corn tortillas, shredded chicken breast, tomatoes, cheese, rice, black beans and yellow peppers.ContinueContinue reading “Feeding Kids is Not Always Easy!”

Daddy Daughter Pretzel Day

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”

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!”