If there’s one thing I love in the morning, it’s a hot breakfast involving eggs, meat, vegetables and a side of fresh fruit. However, I don’t have that kind of time and really love finding easy breakfast ideas with eggs. These quinoa egg cups are also sturdy protein breakfast muffins […]
If you spend much time poking around in the food blog world, you may come away thinking that January is National Quinoa Month. I’ve noticed that, in particular, there are a lot of vegetable quinoa burger recipes popping up. Great idea, I thought. What I tried to take away from […]
If you’ve ever walked past one of those holiday nut shops that’s making the cinnamon roasted almonds, you know the irresistible smells that it can create. This recipe for honey roasted almonds and cashews can come pretty close. Full credit for the original recipe goes to Simply Scratch and the tasty Honey Roasted […]
Homemade Garlicky Pickles – In 1 week Quick Garlicky Pickles As a shareholder in Angelic Organics, a great Chicago-area CSA, there are weeks where I just have too much of a particular item that I just won’t get to. Since I love pickles, and loathe throwing anything out, finding a […]
As a kid, I probably ate miles of Fruit Rollups. I’m sure the ratio of fruit to High Fructose Corn Syrup was so out of whack, I wouldn’t even consider giving them to my own kids. Which is why I decided to come up with my own homemade fruit leather recipe. […]
Hummus is the franchise player for food that’s both simple to make and tastes awesome. I sometimes joke that I could eat my weight in hummus if I had to. That’s how much I love it. So I’ve tried a lot of store-bought hummus and have come to one conclusion […]