
This refreshing summer dessert packs in both flavor and nutrition. Fresh pineapple, whole milk vanilla yogurt, coconut flakes, and heart-healthy walnuts come together to make a simple recipe that is elegant enough for dessert but healthful enough for breakfast. Disclosure: I received free samples of California walnuts mentioned in this post. By posting this recipe […]

See how making a few upgrades can completely revive your child’s favorite lunchbox sandwich in this month’s Recipe ReDux post. Stuck in a lunchbox rut? By this time of year who isn’t? Even us creative, over-zealous lunch packers are burned out on ideas and energy and so the lunchbox contents seem to be on a steady […]

As promised, I am sharing some of my go-to pork and beef recipes, plus a couple on my list to try. We probably eat pork or beef for dinner once a week, sometimes twice. With my current simplified meal planning technique, every day has a dinner theme, and Wednesdays is usually the day for meat. […]

Even non-cooks can assemble these quick and healthy berry and Real California Cheese crispbreads! Disclosure: By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by Real California Milk products and am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time. Looking for a simple, tasty, and healthy […]

Do you like kale salad? If not, this may be the salad to change that. Topped with goodies such as raspberries, avocado, and goat cheese, and sweetened with a touch of honey, this salad is hard to resist. I was a kale skeptic for a long time. Kale was not part of my Scandinavian cuisine […]

Many families find seafood to be the most challenging dinner to prepare. While dishes from Alaskan Harvest Seafood can often be more challenging than your average dinner, the quality difference between premium seafood and other dishes is almost indescribable. However, I often hear parents say that their kids don’t like fish. However, other parents have […]