There are all sorts of spring and summer salads out there... but why not enjoy a salad in the fall or winter months?
Instead of working off the winter weight after the fact, just kick it in the pants ahead of time.
This salad is exploding with flavors of fall with baby spinach, bleu cheese, cranberries, pear, and even some pumpkin kernels!
Read MoreWhat can I say? I'm a Starbucks fanatic.
I have had a serious relationship with the Skinny Cinnamon Dulce Latte for nearly as long as I can remember. It's a lot more rare that I actually get anything to eat from there, and when I do... I always try to stick to things that are not in that lovely 'baked goods' display case perched so blissfully next to the cashier.
No, no. I dive downward into the cooler section and avoid eye contact with those pastries as if they were Medusa herself...
Read MoreThis is the perfect soup to serve up for your next game day spread. Plus, it's so easy to customize!
Want to make it more kid friendly?
Swap the beer for more broth and leave out the jalapeño!
Looking for something with more of a kick?
Add in a pinch of cayenne, leave the seeds in the jalapeño, and a drizzle of hot sauce - I like Frank's!...
These tacos are an absolutely perfect meal for the end of summer and the beginning of fall. There's a little bit of sweet, a little bit of heat, and even some crunch in there!
For about a year now, I've been working really hard to have at least one, and usually more like two, vegetarian dishes for dinner every week. We definitely don't eat red meat more than once in seven days and clean eating is something Im striving towards...
Read MoreThis is exactly the sort of fun thing that happens when I cook from my pantry.
I make a set meal plan every week for breakfast, lunch, and dinners. But somehow... by the end of the week, plans have inevitably changed. After a few weeks I end up with a handful of odds and ends from meals that either never happened or were converted into something else for whatever reason.
At any rate, I had a full pound of burger meat in my freezer that needed to have something done with it, and no buns. I also had some egg roll wrappers that I had intended for another use, but somehow managed to remain sitting in my fridge. I also had two lonely slices of cooked reduced sodium bacon sitting aside as leftovers from breakfast.
What's a girl to do...?...
Read MoreIt is raining here! Thank you Fall!
Nothing could have hit the spot better at lunch time than a nice warm bowl of one of my all time favorite soups. It's a take-out fake-out sort of day...
I think the very first time I had gnocchi soup was at The Olive Garden. To make this soup I basically used a copy-cat recipe for the infamous one served up at the italian chain...
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