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After a few days traveling I contemplated hitting up Burger King on my way home.  Then I remembered I had frozen cherry tomatoes and this tomato soup was ready in 30 minutes. Seriously, I don’t know why my brain goes to junk food when I don’t have a plan or travel.  I have to remember it’s not my birthday every day – ha! Can you...

Did you think that I wouldn’t post any more delicata squash recipes this year?  Think again!  These delicata squash twice baked potatoes are divine. I added this recipe to my Thanksgiving Dinner Roundup for my monthly Daily Herald article that comes out later this week.  Dinner for four which consists of a sirloin tip roast, glazed carrots and my new brussels sprouts recipe with crispy...

Brussels Sprouts with Crispy Pancetta and Apple Cider Gastrique will be the hit on your holiday table! Last weekend I had the privilege to have a delicious dinner with a new friend in . . . IDAHO! One of my instagram followers husband reached out to me several weeks ago and invited me to visit the weekend of his wife’s birthday. Without hesitation I said...

While I am usually team savory for breakfast, I would have to say my favorite breakfast food is pancakes.  Here is the Top 10 Pancake Recipes on my blog. In no particular order: Cottage Cheese Blueberry Pancakes Pinky swear that you won’t be able to taste the cottage cheese.  It adds protein to these pancakes which make them super filling.  You can find the recipe...

It’s delicata squash season!!  I am so excited.  Not sure where my love of delicata came from, but I look forward to it’s short availability every year.  Below is a round up of my favorite delicata squash recipes. What is delicata squash? They call delicata squash the “lazy man’s squash” because you don’t have to cut the skin off – it’s completely edible.  It can...

Sneaking vegetables into your diet is easy with this pumpkin pancake recipe! Recently I met with a nutritionist.  First, she wanted me to track my grams of sugar each day, which was around 20 grams per day (a little higher if I ate more fruit).  Secondly she suggested that I eat more vegetables.  I know I am not alone in this problem, so I’ve been...

One of my favorite things to bring to a cookout (besides the meat!) is a good summer pasta salad. There are two stars to this salad – the giardiniera dressing and the Galileo® Salame.  Best part is that this can be made ahead of time and it’s good in the fridge for several days. I love that there are both cooked and raw veggies in...

Broccoli cheese soup was my go to choice at Panera.  Hannah used to work there and I’ve talked about how I envisioned her making this soup from scratch. Sadly, she told me that all the soups came frozen and all they did was reheat them at the store.  Bummer! Let’s talk about this mini bread bowl.  At first I thought it was useless because it...

Safe + Fair's Seasonal Chocolate Candy Cane granola is the star of these Brie and cherry danishes. These are 5 smart points no matter with @ww plan you chose. These taste like grown up Hostess cherry pies!

Taco potato skins bring back so many memories and I am so happy to have a healthy version to share with you! I worked in a bar in my early 20’s.  On Wednesday nights I worked the kitchen to give our only cook one night off a week.  He was the Uncle of the owner of the bar, and he drank Heineken and shots of...