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When you work or have a full schedule, quick, easy, and tasty are factors that make a vegetable recipe more appealing to use. The beauty of this recipe is it is palatable to many ages. Plus, broccoli is a fighter you want on your team, with all its cancer-fighting phytochemicals, immune boosting vitamins and minerals, […]
Are you starting to feel under the weather and want some comfort food? Want to boost your immune system at the same time? Here is a quick way to add garlic to a meal, grilled cheese with garlic and olives. The combination of garlic and Kalamata olives taste wonderful! I start out with 2 large […]
When trying to cut back on processed foods and sugars, homemade gives you more control over what you are ingesting. Making recipes with honey in place of sugar also adds health benefits. So if you are wanting something sweet to eat, here is a lovely flavored granola recipe you are sure to enjoy. The young […]
This is a quick, easy and delicious way to eat spinach. This salad is always a hit when the ladies come over for lunch, along with my Step it up a Notch Cranberry Muffins. This recipe is a great go-to when trying to increase your plant-based foods. Hope you like it! Lightly toast walnuts in […]
With warmer weather slowly entering the Midwest, salads are more enticing to eat again. An old favorite is the Asian Chicken Cabbage Salad, laced with ramen noodles. You may remember it being served at many bring a dish to pass events. However, I decided to step it up a notch and make it plant-based. I […]
With the surge of new readers this week, let me share the reason why I refer to plant-based foods so often. This fall will be four years since I was diagnosed with lymphoma. When weighing out decisions to improve my health, Dr. Neil Barnard’s video Eating Right For Cancer Survival was a turning point for […]
If you are trying to eat healthier, this is a recipe you have to try! I had my apprehensions when my dear friend Jennie sent me the recipe. I am picky when it comes to textures; jello, custard, and mousse are not my thing. However, with all the enticing ingredients, I needed to check it […]
With Resurrection Sunday around the corner, salad may be an item you are serving at your Easter table. Various combinations to make a healthy, tasty salad is endless, but some days it is nice to let someone else do the creative thinking for you. Adding fruit to your salad is refreshing to your taste buds! […]
This dressing reminds me of a delicious salad at one of our favorite Asian Restaurants, Kuma’s Asian Bistro, in Rockford and in Naperville, Illinois. It is a refreshing, flavorful dressing that is typically served with iceberg lettuce and shredded carrots, but I say go for the gusto and pile on the colors for your salad […]
If a vegetable on your plate is a rare sight, it might feel like a daunting task to add more vegetables to your diet. With the internet available to easily search for new recipes, it’s not as hard as you may think. I find salads are not as enticing when it is too cold out, […]
Finishing the Race 