With just a few more weeks of summer left, I’m hoping the sun will stay shining so I can grill most of my meals this week! Gotta take advantage while I can! This week’s menu has a couple of oldies but goodies from the recipe archives. Check them out and let me know what you think! Week of August 18,…
I’m back and can’t believe August is here. The summer always goes by so fast, don’t you think? With just a few weeks until Labor Day, I will certainly be trying to make the most of the warm temps and summer produce. Some of my favorites are at their peak right now: tomatoes, corn, squash, blueberries, and nectarines. Keep your…
Menu Planning Tip: A good way to design your menu is to base it on perishable ingredients you have on hand that you don’t want to waste. I’m heading out of town next week, so this week’s menu is designed with the above tip in mind – afterall, I can’t let cilantro, tomatoes, corn, and summer squash go to waste! A…
How is it already mid-July?! I don’t know about you, but I always feel like the summer goes by so fast. It feels like summer just started, yet when I tried to get a new bathing suit today, it was slim pickings and a complete mish-mosh in the store. Guess I’ll have to get my act together earlier next year!…
Hope everyone had a fabulous holiday weekend! Other than rain on the 4th itself, we had beautiful weather and lots of time outside with good friends and good food! With temperatures in the 90s this week, we’re keeping our Nutritioulicious meals a little bit on the lighter side this week (well, not Thursday, but I had a special request for…
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Summer is definitely here in our house: we’ve been grilling and enjoying lots of seasonal fruit and veggies. I can’t believe the end of this week is already July 4th! The summer always goes by so fast! If you have plans to grill this holiday weekend, check out some of my Nutritioulicious summer recipes and…
Apologies for my absence – it’s been a while since I posted my Menu Plan Monday. The last couple of weeks of May were hectic and then I was in Spain for a week, but now I’m back in the swing of things and ready to get cooking again. This week we’ll be having some of our family favorites (fish…
Floral Flavors “Nothing brightens up a dish like a real flower! Whether you live in the northern or the southern hemisphere, edible flowers can add flavor and aroma to salads, breads, spreads, desserts or dips. Make your recipe bloom with rose water, flowering herbs, floral teas, dried lavender blossoms or even fresh flowers like nasturtiums, violets, borage, squash, sunflowers or…
Hope everyone had a great weekend! Last week’s menu didn’t go quite as planned as a result of sick kids and not enough time to cook as a result. So this week we’ll be having some of what we missed last week. Here’s what’s on tap! Week of May 19, 2014 Monday: Shakshuka, Salad, and Cute Little Cornbread Tuesday: Poached Salmon Salad…
Happy belated Mother’s Day to all who celebrated yesterday! We were very lucky to have a beautiful day to celebrate, which meant a lot of time outside and dining al fresco: brunch on our patio and a BBQ with extended family!! Other than some crankiness from my little girls, it was a great day and I am very lucky and…
This post was written by Tiana Yom, MPH, CHES By now your spring cleaning is done and the shelves and drawers in your kitchen are clean and ready to be restocked. Before you put back all the old stuff, make sure you have the top items every kitchen should house! Top 5 Pantry Essentials: Olive and Canola Oil: Heart-healthy monounsaturated fats…
