Restaurant Style Mexican Black Beans Recipe

I love richly flavored black beans served in Mexican restaurants.  Now you can make them at home with only six ingredients and minimal effort.
Whenever I post about beans one person inevitably mentions avoiding them due to digestive issues.  I learned from Ali at The Whole Life Nutrition Kitchen that this is usually caused by a [...]

Kale, Mushroom, and Quinoa Salad Recipe

My goals for this year include eating more seasonal foods and locally grown produce when possible. We belong to a CSA and get locally grown, organic produce most of the year.  With the recent freezes in North Texas, the farmers lost most of their crops.  We won’t get any more CSA produce until the end [...]

Crispy Sweet Potatoes Recipe

Sweet potatoes made savory for the holidays – without marshmallows, brown sugar, or pecans. Instead, a simple brush with olive oil, butter, seasoned lightly with salt and pepper, then slow baked with shallots and thyme.
I wish I was clever enough to think of this all on my own, but the truth the fine people [...]

Recipe for Roasted Winter Vegetables

Roasted vegetables are a favorite around here – I roast broccoli, cauliflour, carrots, radishes, onions, tomatoes.  Roasting intensifies the flavors and the vegetables actually carmelize and become slightly sweet.  And, they’re naturally sugar free and gluten free.  Gotta love that!
Since it’s Holiday Food Fest, I wanted to share with you one of our favorite ways [...]

Recipe for Chicken & Butternut Squash Spinach Salad

This salad was made completely with left-overs.  In minutes I had a healthy, balanced lunch that was satisfying and delicious – and naturally sugar free and gluten free.  I actually came across the recipe when I was digging through Alta’s blog a couple of weeks ago – I was looking for a good recipe to [...]

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