Garlic Mashed Potatoes (with Cauliflower!)

Thanksgiving is one leaf drop away! Many of us are thinking about the meal whether it be consuming, cooking, or both!

Today I’m sharing a recipe today for garlic mashed potatoes made from cauliflower. You seriously can not taste the cauliflower. But if the thought of no spuds is hard on the crew try using both.  You’ll give your

standard mashed potatoes a nutritional boost by incorporating cauliflower. [Read more…]

Cinnamon Muffins (Gluten Free)

Hey “ya’ll”! I was down south last week and I’m having trouble transitioning back to “you guys”!

Last week was a wonderful time of renewal and growth. I hope to share more about it in the near future. But I promised in my most recent post that I’d get you up to speed on the whole recipe front! [Read more…]

Aronia Berry Smoothie

Have you ever heard of aronia berries? How about choke-berries?

Not long ago I made a jaunt into our local health food store in search of a nutritious berry for smoothies. The clerk was informative and eagerly shared her knowledge. Her top pick? [Read more…]

Vegetable Marinade

This recipe is perfect for summer cookouts but I’ve been known to bake and then broil them mid-winter.

Vegetable options are listed but you can add or mix according to you or your family’s taste.

The balsamic vinegar lends just the right amount of zip to make it a tasty side-dish to virtually any meal! [Read more…]

28 Planned Meals to Add Fun (and time) to your Summer!

Summer is its own brand of crazy!

It doesn’t matter whether it’s time spent traveling, time at softball, or time at the beach. It’s all fun! Of course, all that time out and about can boomerang and we end up with little time in the kitchen!

That’s what inspired us to plan 28 days of meals.

We want you to have more time doing the things you love, with the people you love, so we decided to DoAhead for you!

Here’s what you’ll find: [Read more…]

Lemon, Wine & Butter Sauce

Confession. I don’t eat fish. Perhaps it’s a hazard of living in the Midwest as opposed to ocean-side. Friends and family will testify——–I rarely have fish on my plate.

Until now.

My daughter and I tweaked a recipe for lemon sauce and I have to say it was downright delicious!

Drizzle a bit of this over your fish of choice and rice. I promise you’ll like it! [Read more…]