Banana Bread

by | Jun 10, 2017 | Recipes

Today I am sharing our family’s favorite recipe for Banana bread. They love it because it tastes good, and I love that it has a low sugar and can be made with whole wheat flour without anyone complaining of heavy, dense muffins. The original recipe is from...

Easy Minestrone & Baked Deli Focaccia

by | Jun 4, 2017 | Recipes

Today I’m sharing two recipes from our menu this week.  Click on the links below for the original recipes, and I’ve listed the modifications I made as well.   Easy slow cooker minestrone – This is a great crockpot recipe.  Since I served it with a sandwich I...

Maple-Glazed Carrots

by | Jun 4, 2017 | Recipes

The recipe I’m sharing this week is for a wonderful side dish of Maple-Glazed Carrots.  It comes from the 21-Day Tummy diet cookbook by Liz Vaccariello.  I checked it out from the library to try out some of the anti-inflammatory recipes and found this one to be...

Salsa Verde Pork Tacos

by | Jun 4, 2017 | Recipes

I recently made these pork tacos, original recipe by Jenny Flake, from “Picky Palate” – Green Chili Pork Tacos and our family went crazy for them!    A few adjustments I made were to use garlic powder instead of the garlic salt and used just over 1...

What the Funk is wrong with me?

by | May 25, 2017 | Featured Articles

We’ve all been there – the Funk. That place that feels gray, dreary and heavy but we’re not quite sure why. Or we know why, but maybe not how to get out of it. Throughout my life I’ve struggled with depression, ranging from mild (the funk), to severe, where I...