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5 Heart-Healthy Foods & 30+ Recipes to Make with Them

February is all about love and what better way to show some to yourself than by enjoying heart-healthy foods and recipes! *Originally published February 2015. Updated February 2020* Pin this Post Heart disease and stroke are two of the leading causes of death in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Americans suffer 1.5 million heart…

Amazing Artichoke Recipe Roundup

Get inspired to use artichokes in the kitchen with this amazing artichoke recipe roundup! Pin the Roundup Do you know all the great reasons to love artichokes? Now that you do, try an artichoke recipe from the list below! Mediterranean Pasta @ The Foodie Physician Crispy Lemon Roasted Baby Artichokes @ Running to the Kitchen Smoky Artichoke Bean Dip @ Real Food…

Roasted Butternut Squash Sweet Potato Soup

Smooth and creamy roasted butternut squash sweet potato soup is the perfect way to start your Thanksgiving meal!   With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it was time to update the photos and recipe for my favorite fall and winter soup. This roasted butternut squash sweet potato soup came about six years ago when I received winter squash and sweet potatoes in…

Get Cooking with Clean Eating Cooking School + Beanballs with Marinara Sauce {Recipe}

Take the guesswork out of getting healthy meals on the table with Michelle Dudash’s Clean Eating Cooking School! Getting healthy meals on the table takes work and planning. For me, meal planning is key to ensuring I feed my family nutritious, delicious, balanced meals that everyone will eat and enjoy. Along with making my weekly menu plan, I write up a weekly grocery…

Menu Plan Monday: March 14, 2016

Packing a healthy lunch for kids and adults, handling food cravings, and tasty ways to use lemons in this week’s Link Love. Plus a nutritious and delicious menu plan! As everyone knows, we sprang forward this weekend, which was not much fun in the loss of sleep department, but it makes me super excited for spring for one major reason: better…

Menu Plan Monday: January 18, 2016

A veggie-filled menu plan Monday and this week’s Link Love.  Hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a low key one here – spent a lot of time playing games with the girls, which was a lot of fun and brought back fond memories of how I spent my weekends when I was a kid! In case you missed any…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of October 19, 2015

My favorite cold weather meals, link love, and this week’s Menu Plan Monday.  Brrr…it got cold here in NY this weekend, which has put me in the mood for warming foods like soups, stews, roasted veggies, and pasta. While I can – and do – eat all of these all year long, the fall and winter is definitely prime time…

Menu Plan Monday: Week of June 1, 2015

Why I’m cooking this NY Times fish recipe this week, plus the rest of my weekly menu and links I love!  This week is starting out rainy and cold – a far cry from the 80+ weather we had Saturday! Thankfully I don’t have anything planned to make on the grill until the end of the week. This week I’ll…

Moroccan-Inspired Quinoa-Stuffed Cornish Hens

Wow your guests with this elegantly presented Moroccan-inspired cornish hen stuffed with aromatic and flavorful quinoa.  When entertaining, serving buffet style is a pretty easy way to go and it offers lots of benefits. Your dining room stays cleaner as you avoid bowls and plates of food being passed around, guests can mingle as they walk around the buffet to…

Heart Health and Hearty Beef & Vegetable Stew

Celebrate Heart Health Month and do your heart and taste buds a favor by savoring this hearty beef and vegetable stew!  Pin the Recipe Beef gets an underserved bad rap when it comes to health, especially heart health. However, research shows that a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle that includes lean beef (like in this hearty beef and vegetable stew!) can…

Getting Dinner on the Table and Menu Plan Monday: Week of October 13, 2014

Every week I post my Menu Plan Monday with the hope that I’m inspiring your cooking and taking out some of the work of your meal planning. Whether you’re a parent, caregiver, personal chef, student, man, or woman, getting dinner on the table is no easy feat and everyone can use a hand or two to get it done. So when this weekend’s…