We spent part of Memorial Day weekend at Watts Bar Lake with my family where my dad and step-mom live. It was a beautiful day with perfect weather, except still a bit too cool to go for a swim. But we could go for a boat ride! My dad took my sister, nieces, and us out for…
Strawberry Avocado Spinach & Kale Salad
One of my favorite summer salads of all time is a spinach and kale salad chock full of healthy and fresh ingredients, like strawberries, avocado, cucumber and feta cheese. I like to top mine with a serving of simply grilled chicken breast for a punch of protein, but that’s completely optional. This salad can totally…
Banana Split Cheesecake
A well known fact about me – I love ice cream. So much that before we started really eating healthy, I once bought 4 gallons of Blue Bell ice cream when it went on sale for $2.49 each. One of my favorite Blue Bell flavors is the banana split. If I did not control myself,…
Grilled Corn Salad
Summertime. It’s really hot. Summertime also means grilling out a lot (at least in my house it does). Burgers, hot dogs, pork chops, veggies, fish, etc. So how about a crisp, smoky, cool salad to go along with those juicy burgers? Instead of the ole stand by of corn on the cob… This is super…
Homemade Butter
Making homemade butter is surprisingly simple and easy, especially if you have a KitchenAid Mixer. Here we were, sitting in our PJ’s watching Alex Guarnaschelli on her show, ‘Alex’s Day Off’ and she just “whipped up some homemade butter” Of course she did. She’s an awesome chef. But after watching her make it, we said…
Low-fat Carrot Cupcakes with Low-fat Cream Cheese Icing
I have been CRAVING cupcakes lately like nobody’s business. However, our new “diet” does not allow for such things EVER. So when we came across a recipe from Nadia G at BK for carrot cupcakes topped with cream cheese icing claiming to be low-fat, we had to give them a try. [Disclaimer: Nadia is a very…