**I’m super excited to be sharing a special post with you today! Dana blogs at RealFood-RealFamily and will be a monthly contributor here. She’s got some great tips for creating healthy snacking habits for kids and evens shares an extensive list of snacks that kids will love! Be sure and stop by her blog and…
Clean Eating Tips, Tricks and Recipes
When talking to people about clean eating, I have realized that there is a lot of confusion about what it really is. Many people seem to think you have to eat all fruits and vegetables and never get to have any good food. But that’s not the case at all! As with anything in life,…
5 Ways to Kick that Sugar Habit
We’ve all heard that sugar can lead to weight gain but it’s really hard to give up all those delicious treats that are sugar-laden. I’ve tried giving up sugar in the past and failed miserable. The sweet cravings were just too overwhelming sometimes and I just didn’t have the will power to resist. But the…
Crock Pot Lemon Garlic Chicken
You guys know by now that I’m a huge fan of using my slow cooker. It’s just so easy to add a few ingredients. And as much as I enjoy soups and chilis from the slow cooker, sometimes the family wants something else. So I delivered with this moist and juicy lemon garlic chicken. We…
The ABCs of Healthy Eating
Healthy eating can be really confusing. With all of the information out there (and misinformation), it’s hard to know what to do. Every new diet claims to be THE one. All you need to do is eliminate fat, or carbs, or grains, or meat, or whatever else. But you don’t need some kind of complicated…
Homemade Broccoli Beef
I don’t typically eat a lot of meat and tend to lean toward a more plant based diet but I love broccoli beef. I really can’t explain why either. There’s just something about the flavor of the beef and having it mixed with beautiful green broccoli florets. It’s actually one of the few Chinese-inspired dishes…
Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup
When I told my family we would be having lasagna soup for dinner, they looked at me quizzically. You see, lasagna is always a big hit at my house but we don’t have it frequently because it takes so long to make and it’s probably more cheesy goodness than we really need. So there has…
Sauteed Spinach with Garlic
I can’t believe that I’ve never posted this recipe before now! This is one of my all-time favorite dishes! We eat it frequently at my house and always have an abundance of spinach on hand. My teenage daughter likes to snack on spinach leaves right out of the container. It’s hard to complain about a…
Mr. Real Food’s Beef and Red Bean Chili
Mr. Real Food loves chili so I challenged him to come up with a recipe that I could share with all of you. According to Mr. Real Food, chili is must have food for football watching. Considering that I’m not a football fan, I had to disagree. But I went along with this idea and…
Watermelon Juice Benefits
I am so pleased to share with you a guest post from Ajay at UrbanWired.com! I love eating watermelon throughout the summer but I had no idea that there were SO many health benefits. I knew watermelon was super healthy and light and refreshing, but Ajay shares with us all of the wonderful things watermelon…
