Light and Healthy Sweet Potato Salad

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Memorial Day. Over the weekend I BBQ’d like many of you, and decided to make a Sweet Potato Salad to go with our meal. After viewing various recipes I came up with this one that turned out light and delicious. It...

Stuffed Jalapeño Chile Poppers

Looking for a fun appetizer this Memorial Day? Look no further. These hot little peppers are incredible on the grill. Cut the tops off, scoop out the seeds and stuff them with any variety of cheese, bacon, chutney, you name it. Once you’ve had these succulent little poppers you...

Pineapple Sorbet

I just happened to be going through the grocery store yesterday when they were having their samplings of various summertime recipes. The one I sampled was so smooth, cool, refreshing and delicious that I went through the isles to pick up the three simple ingredients that were required to...

Cool Beans Ice Cube Tray

Cool Beans Ice Cube Trays are cool in more ways than one: It cools your iced coffee, iced cappuccino or latte. It looks cool doing it. Since you make Cool Beans ice cubes with coffee or espresso, your drink won’t dilute, like it would with regular ice cubes. The...

High Energy, HIgh Protein Granola Bars

It’s that time of year when everyone starts coming out of the woodwork. With the weather warming up we tend to stay outdoors for hours or all day doing yardwork, biking, swimming, running, hiking, etc. However, oftentimes that means being out someplace where you don’t have access to the...

Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides

I think most of us try these days to eat a healthy diet. Of course we all have our moments when we have to eat pizza or ice cream or even chocolate plus a whole host of other junk foods. What I hate though is when you try to...

Roasted Vegetable Tower with Sauteed Tomatoes

I had such a craving today for vegetables and fruit. So I loaded up with grapefruit, pears and cantalope and then hit Whole Foods during the lunch hour and purchased lots of great veggies for dinner tonight plus some salmon which I always love. When selecting my vegetables I...

My Favorite New Tool!

The tools that I use most in my kitchen and are perfect for almost everything are my knives. Let’s face it, if you have a great set of knives they can get you through almost any task in your kitchen. However, it’s fun to pick up a gadget or...