Honey Sriracha Chicken Bowls with Rainbow Salad is one of my favorite quick summer meals. It is bright, bold, colorful, and just spicy enough that adults and kids both love it. I’ve made this Honey Sriracha Chicken Bowls with Rainbow Salad so many times. We had a few really hot weeks and since we don’t […]

Recipes for saying goodbye to summer. Fun and festive things to celebrate the end of summer and the beginning of fall.  The end of summer is quickly approaching. As much as I’d like to stop it from happening, we are staring right at September. This summer has been so great and I’m sad to say […]

How to make a delicious Strawberry Caprese Salad. Using ripe summer strawberries, fresh mozzarella, basil, pistachios, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I have a confession. I don’t like raw tomatoes. I like them cooked, but the texture of raw tomatoes isn’t my thing. Being from the Garden State, this is something I don’t admit freely. […]

Basil Mint Dressing is fresh, bright and perfect on any salad. Make a big batch and keep in on hand for salads all week long.  My friend Andie eats a salad every day. It’s a great way to get enough veg and variety in your diet. It also perpetuates more good choices. And we all […]

Chopped Salad with Spiced Chickpeas and Tarragon Tahini Dressing – A crisp Mediterranean inspired salad with lemon chicken, tarragon tahini dressing, and spiced chickpeas. From the book Eating in the Middle by Andie Mitchell.  A few years ago, I lost a lot of weight. About 30 pounds – a toddler. I have since gained a […]

We are finishing up our first week of school this week. Two out of three are thrilled and seem very happy in their new classes. The jury is still out on one of my littles. I’m almost positive it is because he is exhausted. The school day is really long and we are in the […]

I seriously cut the top of my finger this morning and am having a really hard time typing, so this is gonna be short. Always the top of my finger on the hand that I write with. Grrr…. This salad is inspired by one that I saw Nancy Fuller make on her show Farmhouse Rules. […]

I hope that you had a great Independence Day. We had a wonderful day despite being rained out. Hurricane Arthur made his appearance and cancelled the fireworks and festivities. We ended up spending the day reading books, watching movies, and catching up on some of our shows. Have you been watching Orphan Black? It is so […]