Recipes
A cross between sunflower seeds and pumpkin seeds, butternut squash seeds are a great seed to snack on once roasted. Since your making all the effort to cut apart a butternut squash, you might as well use every part of it!
This recipe uses a combination of powdered garlic and salt, but any spice combination savory or even sweet works great.
There is nothing like a creamy, yummy ripe avocado! Choosing a ripe avo can be a guessing game. When you bring home your avos from the pantry, it may take up to 7 days to ripen an avocado on the counter. This easy tip can help you speed this up…
Life is crazy busy— especially in the morning. Green smoothies are the healthiest fast food! This bright green gem will delight your taste buds. You’ll even have an extra pep in your step when you realize how great you feel!
You do need a blender or Nutribullet to blitz the fresh ingredients. This makes 4 smoothies.
Make your own hot chocolate mix using pantry ingredients! It’s rich and deeply chocolaty, without being excessively sweet.
This makes about 1 3/4 cups of mix which is enough for 9 cups of hot chocolate
Celery, such a versatile vegetable! Can be eaten raw or cooked. Great in stir-frys, soups, dressing, or snacks. Think slathered in peanut butter or your favorite salad dressing.
You’ll find two tips below;
What a treat it is to be able to pick up a whole bag of beautiful brown sugar from the pantry. However, it is hard to store the whole bag and make sure it doesn’t become a solid brick of brown sugar…here are 2 simple tips for storage
Promise, this tip will help peel a whole ‘lotta garlic. Fast.
A chef volunteered to make me a pasta dish when my original order was wrong and then delayed…his simple broccoli and buttered pasta dish has been forever seared on my palate. Maybe it was the simplicity of it that truly left a deep etch. This is an ode to that dish…although I’ll admit, I’ve never gotten it exactly the same…
Noodles slathered in butter and garlic seems simple enough, and it really is. A great option for a quick dinner or lunch. The veggie, broccoli, can be swapped out with anything on hand.
Makes enough for 4.
Check out the tip for peeling a whole head of garlic in the following recipe.
Ultimate comfort food here! Don’t be intimidated by the steps???? A little extra effort, with the broth step, makes a true homey yet complex dish.
Use your favorite pie crust for the topping (or check back for a future recipe). You can use frozen biscuits, or the frozen Italian bread dough. You may want to roll out flat and pre-bake the dough to prevent it from getting soggy when baking.
Will make enough filling for a large 9×13 casserole dish or two 8 inch pie pans.
To make juicy, tender, flavorful baked chicken breasts that can be sliced and added to salads, pasta, pizza and sandwiches.
