Get the healthy secret to juicy, flavorful turkey burgers. Perfect for grilling and just in time for Father's Day! Do you remember that episode of "Parks and Rec" when Chris Traeger went to great lengths to craft the perfect turkey burger and everyone still preferred Ron Swanson's plain, Food N' Stuff hamburger? Yeah, that's a real thing. ...
Strawberry Papaya Smoothie
A healthy tropical fruit smoothie with sweet, nutritious papaya. Perfect for breakfast, a post-workout energy booster or an anytime healthy snack! January is typically a time to focus on healthy eating. Whether it is one of your new year's resolutions or you are simply trying to reset after a holiday season filled with indulgence, the start ...
Tropical Smoothie Bowl for Breakfast
Today, I am resetting your expectations about what breakfast can be with a quick and easy recipe that is packed with nutrition but tastes like a trip to a tropical island. This tropical smoothie bowl will fit right into your busy morning routine while making you feel full and energized until lunch. What’s a smoothie bowl you say? So glad you ...
Healthy Eating: Homemade Granola Bars
It’s okay to snack. Really. Snacks are part of a healthy diet. No one should be expected to go from lunch until dinner without some fuel, especially given how busy weekday afternoons can be. What do you think will happen when you sit down to dinner utterly famished? That’s exactly how overeating happens. In fact, smart snacking may be the key to ...
Healthy Eating: Nicoise Salad
It is also the time of year when we atone for our sins during the holiday season and eat healthier. But healthy eating does not have to be depressing. The goal of this recipe is to show you that eating light and healthy can still satisfy your soul, even in the dead of winter. Packed with protein from tuna and hard-boiled eggs, and full of crisp, ...
Asian-Inspired Chicken Soup with Spring Onion
It's spring, spring, spring! Really and truly spring. Chicago had its soul-crushing, hibernation-inducing winter. Then it had March and April which count as spring elsewhere but not here. Now it is finally May and gray has turned to green. We have traded parkas for trips to the park. Citrus and root vegetables have given way to strawberries, ...