Why I chose this recipe: My son is a pasta-holic. He “needs’ pasta every single day, 365 days a year. I am not kidding. Needless to say, I am getting tired of making the same old pasta dishes. Given the very warm temperatures this summer, I felt as though I had to switch it up for my own sanity. I also felt it would be…
Why I chose this recipe: I am obsessed with quinoa theses days. Can you tell? The combination of the significant amount of protein, fiber and iron in one serving make quinoa a great grain for my young athletes (and we older ones) to eat. When you combine my obsession with quinoa and my daughters’ needs for lots of protein from all of their cross-country running,…
Why I chose this recipe: Maybe this salad should be named the ‘Kitchen Sink” salad as I do seem to throw quite a lot into it. Any salad with edamame, avocado and black beans incorporated into it I gravitate to. Not only do those items have great health benefits, but each of the additional salad items add color, flavor and pizazz to this recipe making…
Why I chose this recipe: Over the past year I have become obsessed with spinach, whether in salads, entrees, or sautéed with lots of garlic. I serve my family this spinach salad two to three times a week, literally. (Don’t the experts say it may take serving your child something twelve times before they actually learn to like the food? Well, I hope this works…
Why I chose this recipe: My eldest daughter has been taking this great food and nutrition class at her high school this year resulting in her coming home with foods she wants to try. Quinoa was her most recent request. While I have never really gotten into quinoa, I wanted to indulge her interest in this new food. So I came up with this yummy…