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Valentine’s Dinner for the Family at Home

January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Plan a special family Valentine’s Dinner with a restaurant at home.

Romance is in the air this time of year but with three children in tow, sometimes it can be tricky to find alone time to go out to a nice dinner with hubby. When we were dating, we'd plan our Valentine's dinner weeks in advance, making sure to secure a prime table at our favorite romantic dinner spot, complete with chocolate fountain and bubbly drinks. Nowadays, Valentine's Day takes on a different look, with chocolate kisses perched on the placemat of each son's spot at the table, alongside a ... Continue Reading

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New Year’s Eve Dinner in a Snap

December 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Prepare a healthy and easy New Year’s Eve Dinner your family will love.

Every year we choose to stay in for New Year’s Eve and celebrate with our sons: less crowds, no driving on slippery roads and an incredible meal at a fraction of the cost. The only issue with staying home on New Year’s Eve is, you have to cook and clean, versus being waited on in a crowded restaurant. Here’s the perfect solution.  A couple of days before Ryan Seacrest kicks off the New Year, zip out to the store and get the ingredients for the celebration menu.  This meal is so easy to ... Continue Reading

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Cookies Good Enough for Santa Baby

December 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Healthy cookie options for Santa and the holiday season.

Who doesn’t love a good cookie? Come on, fess up. If a big plate of warm chocolate chip cookies, all sweet and innocent, with wafting waves of chocolate bliss, was sitting in front of you, you’d be a stronger woman than I am if you were to decline. What is it about these circular little lovies? My guess: it’s the salt, fat and sugar that, combined, makes cookies so addicting. Even Santa knows a good cookie when he sees one. After Mrs. Santa Claus called me this week to discuss her ... Continue Reading

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The Soups of the Season

November 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Recipes for making sweet potato soup and apple acorn squash soup.

I love to cook and experiment in the kitchen; and the holiday season is the perfect time to test out new and interesting ideas for recipes. One of my favorite meals to prepare is soup. You can add lots of vegetables (complex carbs) and protein sources to add dimension and nutrients to each spoonful of goodness; it's the perfect make-an-extra-batch type of food, that you can freeze (in single servings) and re-heat to enjoy on a cold winter afternoon-coupled with a warm piece of buttered bread. ... Continue Reading

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Fall Harvest: Four Picks From the Farmer’s Market

October 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Head to your farmer’s market to get this amazing fall harvest produce.

There’s nothing like going to the farmer’s market on the weekend to put you in the healthy-eating frame of mind. All summer long, there are piles and piles of fresh produce grown within miles of your home, guaranteeing freshness and flavor for your plate and sustainability for the local farms. Today, on a gorgeous Indian Summer fall day, I found myself skipping a little faster down the sidewalk to get to the weekend fresh market because I know that like the summer fare, the fall harvest can ... Continue Reading

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Add a Little Spice to the Holiday Season

October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Learn more about your favorite spices and how to incorporate them into holiday recipes.

As the days grow shorter, nights get colder and the leaves begin to change from green to an array of harvest colors, we naturally begin to crave more comfort foods. We find refuge from the cold in a steamy bowl of soup, fragrant slice of pumpkin pie or a creamy cup of hot cocoa. What is it about these foods that evoke such pleasure? Is it the aroma, the taste or simply the satisfying feeling you get when you eat it? It could be a variety of those things, but let's take a closer look at some ... Continue Reading

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Haunting Halloween Recipes

October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Find haunting Halloween recipes for all your favorite spooky treats.

It's almost Halloween and time for Halloween recipes. As I look outside my window, I see the beginning signs of fall, just a pane of glass between us, the leaves wave to me as the wind whirls them back and forth on the branches, as if to say, "Hello". I love the fall season-football games, back to school (and new back to school outfits), chilly nights, and the fall colors-all put me in the autumn mood. When I think of fall, my thoughts wander to the visions of candy corns dancing in my head, ... Continue Reading

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Healthy Snacks for Fall and After School

September 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Find tips for healthy snacks and snacking habits after school this fall.

I love to snack, just like my kids! It's only human to want some nourishment between meals. When looking for snacks this fall, remember that after school is the perfect time to recharge and keep your kids (and you) motoring along, nourished and ready for after school studying and activities. Here are some of my favorite tips to keep in mind when in between meal noshing: Go for healthy. Try granola-topped yogurt, celery or carrots, whole-grain toast or whole grain crackers, apples or oranges. ... Continue Reading

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Fall Favorite: Baked Chicken with Honey and Apples Recipe

September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Add apples easily into your diet with this fall recipe, Baked Chicken with Honey and Apples.

The fall is one of my favorite times of the year, with the change of colors and the bountiful harvest of apples. I love going apple picking in the autumn and enjoying the sweet/sour juicy taste of ruby red apples-right off the tree. Eating apples are also a great way to stay healthy and trim down for adults and children, alike. With no saturated fat and scoring only 65 calories per piece, apples are the perfect snack or lunchtime sidekick. They pack a fiber-filled punch, too, with 3 grams of ... Continue Reading

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Labor Day Greek Style: Salad Niçoise Recipe

August 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Check out this tasty Salade Niçoise recipe for your Labor Day Picnic.

Labor Day often marks the end of summer for most of us, but for me, it also represents a time of year when I can get back to organized living and on a school schedule. When my kids go back to school I often automatically refresh my eating habits and include healthy fall options. In celebration of our end of summer special holiday, I've taken inspiration from the Mediterranean Diet, which, like me, aims to bring joy back to healthy eating. Based on the dietary traditions of Crete, Greece, and ... Continue Reading

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