Eat a little. Weigh a little. Eat a lot. Weigh a lot. What thoughts do the saying, “You are what you eat”, trigger in you? The question has value and can make a difference in the food you consume. Think of the last time you ate a Black Angus hamburger. Did you feel healthy and strong or miserably stuffed for three days?Read More →

How About a Chili Relleno? Make a chili relleno when you grill hamburgers the next time. I did, and my hubby LOVED it! The last time my husband and I had a grilling night, we used our last of the ten-pound log of 95% lean hamburger from the freezer. That beef log saved me from meat shopping for a month. Less than $40, the hamburger provided for meals of hamburgers, meatballs, mini meatloaves, and chili – for up to a month. Grilling those last hamburger patties from the beef log made the perfect meal with roasted chili relleno. I love to eat chili relleno but hadRead More →

What is a haystack? Look the word up on the Internet and find multiple definitions: an app, digital business cards, piles of dried and cut grass stored for grazing animals. That’s not all. Do an online search for food haystacks, and you’ll come up with a zillion types of haystacks such as: a starchy food dish Butterscotch Haystacks vegetarian haystacks a haystack dessert Frito Haystack Amish Haystack Hawaiian Haystack Cherry Chocolate Haystacks Adventist Haystacks Mexican Haystacks Mennonite Haystacks Peanut Butter Haystacks Three Haystack Recipe Ideas This post contains affiliate links which means if you click on them and make a purchase, I make a commission. ThisRead More →

Strawberry Snacks Looking for a healthy snack to get you through the day? Try these strawberry nutritious shake recipes to give you a daily boost. Strawberry Cream Shake & Ice Cream I am an Independent Team Beachbody Coach and earn a 25% commission on Beachbody products that are purchased through links that I provide on this website. Love strawberry Shakeology recipes? Now is the time to make them with fresh strawberries at farmers markets and fruit stands. A two-in-one shake and ice cream recipe, this nutritious strawberry snack is filling and tastes thick and creamy. Try it out, and see how you like it. MakeRead More →

Make this Italian Sandwich made from spinach-grilled hamburgers and these four organic herbs.                   Four herbs to use for an Italian sandwich You’ll need the following four fresh herbs (a list I’ve described by their flavors) for this Italian-style open-faced sandwich. basil – has a sweet peppery, minty flavor cilantro – has a flavor similar to celery and mint mixed fennel – tastes like black licorice rosemary – a sweet minty flavor Nutritional Values and Uses for Basil Basil is a good source of Vitamins A, C, K, iron, and calcium. Did you know that basil can beRead More →

Here’s a Southern-style light slow cooker peach cobbler dessert. Feel like eating something sweet but can’t have the sugar? Pattycakespantry.com published Canned Fruit Cobbler. It is a fantastic recipe. I’d actually been craving peach cobbler for weeks when I made her cobbler. I so enjoyed every bite of Patty Cakes’ cobbler. Lighter Version of Canned Fruit Cobbler   I decided to make Patty Cakes’ recipe but with a variation. Southern-Style Light Peach Cobbler is a lighter version and cooked in the slow cooker. The texture is a little different, and it isn’t as sweet as the Canned Fruit Cobbler. But if you’re looking for a peach cobblerRead More →

Cheese & Herb Appetizer Got a kitchen herb garden? Make a Mediterranean basil and rosemary appetizer with cheese. This Caprese recipe is easy and quick. Eat it as a light snack for two, or make more if you choose. The more you make, the more you’ll want to eat. Kitchen Herb Gardens If you decide to make a purchase through my link, Amazon will pay me a commission for it. This doesn’t cost you anything additional. These commissions help to keep the rest of my content free, so thank you! Kitchen gardens, especially one with herbs, are treasures to home chefs. Grow your own herbRead More →