Cabbage Soup with Secret Super Food
Do you know the thrill of creating a recipe from scratch? I can’t tell you how tickled I get when I manage something like this…
Mary and Martha Moment: Balancing Time, Family and Food
There are a few topics – even in the kitchen! – that I am so underqualified to write about it’s not even funny. A few…
How to Read a Bread Bag: Searching for Whole Grains
My poor mother-in-law has to deal with an awful lot with the Kitchen Stewardship® lady as a daughter-in-law, let me tell you. I try not…
Food for Thought: What Makes Oats So Much Healthier Than Other Whole Grains?
Are oats healthy? Oat is one of the healthiest whole grains. What makes oats such a healthy grain? Read on to find out! Oatmeal Whole…
Recipe Connection: Banana Flax Muffins
We’re thinking about omega-3s this week, and one way to get them into even your baking is to use ground flax seeds in place of…
Summer Foods: Broth and Beans???
I’ve been pushing you all pretty hard to eat healthy foods, and eat lots of them. I don’t want you to forget some of the…
How to Use and Store Flax Seeds and Flax Oil
We know flax has heart-healthy omega-3 fats, and even though they’re not as power-packed as salmon (and have some side effects), it’s still not a…
Food for Thought: Power-Packed Omega-3 Fats in Salmon and Flax
Last week we focused on Super Foods with monounsaturated fat, and this week we’re going to learn about two Super Foods that are stars in…
California Chicken Wraps Recipe – Easy Weeknight Dinner
Easy to make and cheap because you can use what’s left in your fridge! These California chicken wraps will become a family favorite. Homemade hamburger…
Mary and Martha Moment: Stewards of the Food Budget
This is the second Mary and Martha Moment in a series exploring each of the four pillars of Kitchen Stewardship®. Read the others at: Earth: …
Olive Oil Primer: How to Buy, Use, and Store and Some Precautions
Putting together the post on monounsaturated fats for you all really underlined the vast wealth of information (and confusion) about olive oil. It’s a Super…
Homemade Guacamole Recipe
Only three ingredients! No need to buy processed guacamole with questionable ingredients and preservatives when you can DIY at home. Pair it with my homemade…
Monday Mission: Search Out Trans Fats
The FDA actually FINALLY made a final call regarding trans fat in Sept 2017: FDA update from 9/29/17 FDA update from 2015 – “trans fat” has officially been…
Kitchen Stewardship: Why Do It?
The foundation of Kitchen Stewardship® is simple: God gave us everything we have and asks only that we take good care of it. God gave…
Cheaper than a Visit to the Doctor’s: Garlic Soup
Our family was so healthy this winter, I just praise God for all the sicknesses we missed out on as friends and family around us…
Honey, We’re Having a Crudite Platter Tonight!
…Or, I’m too lazy to cook the vegetables, but doesn’t that sound sophisticated?! I first saw the word “crudite platter ” while playing Catch Phrase…
10 Tips to Avoiding Using the Microwave
Our world is pretty dependent upon microwaves! When I started questioning the safety of my microwave, I thought I’d never be able to do what…
Recipe Connection: Green Smoothie with Kale
It seems green smoothies are all the rage in the blogosphere right now. So much so that I almost hate to post about them; I’m…
Try This Cauliflower Trick Instead of Mashed Potatoes
You know I’m not big into the “low-carb” movement (see here for more), but if you have a family member with diabetes or simply want…
The Health Benefits of Cruciferous Vegetables
Let’s explore a family of vegetables called the cruciferous vegetables. They’re super healthy for you, but you need to know something about goitrogens and oxalates…