Comments (31) I talk about “balance” a lot here on Health for the Whole Self, about finding the middle ground between the extremes. And while I often look at it through the lens of food and exercise, the idea of balance can be applied to almost every aspect of our lives. Including personal finances. Most of the [...]
This dish brings together two of my greatest loves: casseroles and the flavors of the Southwest. I love casseroles because even though they’re not always the prettiest dishes, they’re often the easiest. Not to mention the comfort food factor. And when it comes to Southwestern/Mexican food, I just can’t get enough of it! So I jumped [...]
Have you ever made a recipe soley so that you could play with a particular kitchen gadget? Because I only made this Potato and Parsnip Soup… …so that I could get some use out of this! My immersion blender! I bought one probably four months ago, because I just knew I would use it all [...]
You’re finished your holiday shopping, right??? Well, just in case you’re a procrastinator, I asked my cousin Kelsey to share with us her favorite holiday gift: Chocolate Drop Pretzels. Take it away, Kelsey! _______________________________________________________________________________ So, what do you do when Christmas rolls around and you’re short on cash but have an abundance of love, joy, [...]
Need I say more? Probably not, but I will anyway. Remember my brother, the keyboard player in my healthified holiday jingles video? Well, I wanted to find a yummy way to thank him for providing such beautiful background music for my silly lyrics. So I decided to make one of his all-time favorites: peanut butter [...]
Long story short: I’m a bread woman. Bakeries make me swoon. Open-faced sandwiches feel…incomplete. I can easily make a meal out of bread and cheese alone. So why not just bake them into one? Unfortunately, for as much as I love bread, I rarely make it myself. Not because I don’t want to, but because [...]
Have you ever stopped and thought about how your tastes have changed over the years? While there are some foods I have always loved (sweet potatoes, chocolate) and some foods I will probably always detest (coconut, mayonnaise), in many ways my edible preferences are constantly evolving. Just two years ago I ignorantly made Moroccan-style carrots [...]
One more day to enter the Intuitive Eating Giveaway! I know, I know, this post would have been a whole lot more helpful before Thanksgiving! I fully intended to share this recipe before the big feast, but what can I say? Life had other plans for me. But I decided it’s better late than never. [...]
I’m excited to eat many things this Thanksgiving – turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pie. But I just might be most excited about this dish. Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Cranberries and Pecans I love sweet potatoes, always have. So when my mom called me up and said she’d volunteered me to be in charge of sweet potatoes [...]
Remember that time I shared the astonishing fact that I don’t really love pasta? That my attitude towards it is mostly “take-it or leave-it”? Well I should have qualified that confession a bit more. A warm dish made just by boiling dried pasta and topping it with sauce? Eh, doesn’t do much for me. But fresh pasta is a different [...]
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