My daughter has been asking me to make spaghetti squash so I thought I would try something a little different this time. I usually just roast the squash and serve it in place of pasta with spaghetti (here’s the recipe for that). It takes a while to roast the squash but it doesn’t really require…
Now that some cooler, more winter-like temperatures are here, it’s time for some chili! I’ve had an on-going debate with Mr. Real Food for some time now about whether or not chili should have meat. He says it does and I disagree. To me, chili needs to be hearty, filling and warm. This black bean…
I’m what some people (mainly Mr. Real Food) would call a messy cook. Any time I whip up a meal, my kitchen ends up looking like a disaster area with a sink and counter top full of dirty dishes, empty containers and packaging. This didn’t really bother me much since we have a rule in…
I don’t really like to spend much time in the kitchen preparing food. Interesting, since I blog about food and cooking healthy food! I do like eating it though :). So this is what I came up with for dinner last night: Mushroom pasta and roasted vegetables. This delicious meal met all of my requirements…
Our hearts are really amazing organs, don’t you think? I am completely fascinated by how hard this little organ works all the time and meets all the needs of our other organs. At only the size of a large fist, our heart pumps blood throughout the entire body and supplies oxygen to our cells, while…
There is a restaurant in my area that my family frequents that serves an appetizer appropriately named the “Avocado Cheese Bomb.” Obviously it’s loaded with avocado and cheese, but it also has chicken in the center. The whole thing is breaded and deep fried. That would make the “bomb” part of the name and what…
I started blogging about food last October after I realized how easy it was to make healthy, delicious, and unprocessed foods. As a marathon runner, I was really concerned about what I put into my body and wanted to feel good about what I fed my family. That led to lots of experimentation and some…
Over the past few years, I have eliminated most, if not all, of the unhealthy foods that my family used to eat. We no longer eat anything fried, we reduced the size of our main dish while increasing the sizes of our vegetable portions, and we make sure that anything we consume contains only real,…
I have been trying to cut down on meat. While I haven’t committed completely to vegetarianism for several reasons, I think it is a good idea to decrease our meat intake and increase our vegetable intake. Mr. Real Food still wants to eat meat so these burgers were my attempt to compromise and give him a…
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve been experimenting with some different uses for quinoa. Now don’t get me wrong, I love, love, love plain quinoa and could eat it for almost every meal but certain other members of my family like a little more variety. I like variety too but sometimes I just don’t…
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #PowerfulFusionClean #CollectiveBias I found a great deal on pork tenderloin last week and stocked up on it. I love pork tenderloin because it is so easy to make but seems like such a fancy meal. It’s one of those…
After whipping up a batch of pesto, I was looking for a super easy dish to throw together for lunch. Pesto chicken pasta might be my new favorite go-to quick and easy lunch! Chicken and pesto are always the perfect combination in my opinion so I decided that was definitely the way to go. Since…