Delicious Holiday Appetizer Roll Recipe – Beef, Kale, and Broccoli
Carol with me peeps: ‘Tis the season to eat some appetizers – fa la la la la and all that stuff dontcha know! I have filled the crescent roll with some out of this world deliciousness for you to share...
View ArticlePost Holiday Comfort Food Pot Roast with Garlic and Cauliflower
You survived the holidays – whew! Whether you had to endure preparing a meal for 42 distant relatives or perhaps reined in drunk Aunt Betty’s attempts at hula-hooping, you are a superstar. And you...
View ArticleBest Chicken Marsala Recipe on Earth
Love comes in many forms and without a doubt this recipe is filled with it. In fact, I like to call this recipe my little secret weapon of love – perfect to get boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands, and...
View ArticleAvocado Salad Recipe and A Cool New Avocado Slicer
Avocados. They are either the most delicious treat from heaven or the spawn from hell because I would eat an entire avocado every day of the year if I could. I love them, drool over them, and crave...
View ArticleGet Healthy in 2013 With Fresh Veggies and SELF Magazine’s #13for13 Healthy...
New Years Resolutions are being touted all over this interweb thing. You know, unrealistic ones like, “I’m going to make a million dollars this year AND lose 100 pounds AND get a new life.” The real...
View ArticleWhich Beef Broth Tastes Better?
Several weeks ago I published one of my favorite Chicken Marsala recipes of all time. I placed a photo on the post of Campbell’s Beef Broth and there was a general outcry that I should be using an...
View ArticleSimple Tomato Soup Recipe and a Chipotle Clothing Contest
Perhaps simple food needs to be redefined. Simple food should be fresh, with only a few ingredients, and easy to prepare or healthy to eat. I once joined a cooking class and the chef taught us how to...
View Article8 Cup Giddyup — Yucatan-Style Beef Vegetable Soup Recipe
Nothing better to get your giddyup on then a bowl of creatively delicious soup for a cold winter’s day. Using some of my favorite flavors from the Yucatan, 1 lb of beef stew meat ($5), 8 cups of...
View ArticleWhich Organic Chicken Broth Tastes Best?
Discovery: Foodies are broth crazy. It’s true – after I published the beef broth review I was surprised at the number of requests from readers for a chicken broth review. Use broth instead of water in...
View ArticleBest Guacamole Recipe Ever!
When I flew out to Denver, Colorado this winter to speak at TEDx, I stayed at Dafna (See photo with me) and Michael Jenet’s home. They are both close friends, amazing people, and together run the...
View ArticleFrankenstein Italian Vegetable Pasta Crockpot Soup Recipe
Today it is a cold and rainy summer’s day and I have a miserable cold/flu thing that’s slapped me down hard like a professional wrestler. The only thing I can concentrate on is the next cup of hot tea...
View ArticleButterfly Salad: Fresh Broccoli, Cucumber, Pasta, and Rotisserie Chicken
Summer is in full swing and we are all searching for a delightful healthy summer salad that is cool and yummy – perfect for July 4th. This chicken salad recipe is easy to fix and I love it for lunch....
View ArticleMoroccan Style Chicken and Lemon Pasta Salad
Ryan Hutmacher and I spent a summer filming some great recipes in my front lawn and Aquascapes water gardens. Here’s one of my favorite of our recipes together and focuses on simplicity and healthy...
View ArticleHow To Make A Latte At Home That Tastes As Good As Starbucks
Ninety degrees in the shade, with a heat index of 105 and your family is melting hot! Everyone hops in the car, turns the air-conditioning on high, then you drive three miles over to the local coffee...
View ArticleWhite Fish Recipe Baked With Lemon Thyme and Garlic
When I was a little girl my Mom would sometimes fry up a big tub o’ pork chops and gravy with buttered mashed potatoes, then fix herself a “diet food recipe”, which would be a little hunka dried...
View ArticleCrockpot Chili Recipe Made From Onion Soup, Ground Turkey, and Vegetables
Chili made from onion soup? Yessirree Bob! I came up with the idea while reaching for an organic chicken broth box at the grocery store, when one shelf up I saw the organic onion soup and thought,...
View ArticleGarlicky Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
A few seasons ago we grew pumpkins and had the most fun in the fall making Garlicky Pumpkin Seeds after we had carved our jack-o-lanterns. This is a great treat recipe for your pumpkin carving...
View Article“The Shawna” Martini Recipe – Blood Orange, Gin, and a Sugared Rim
I was chatting with a girlfriend in Cleveland at a gorgeous Italian-style bar when the bartender asked what I would like for a cocktail. I looked him square in the eye and say, “I’m feeling...
View ArticleQuick Rotisserie Chicken and Macaroni Noodle Soup Recipe
Fall is here and I am craving the warm and hearty. Carbs and comfort food baby. That is what I need, and the craving is sending me into the kitchen to create a super quick and low cost chicken and...
View ArticleHow I Lost 18 Pounds plus a Salmon and Arugula With Tomato Salad Recipe
Yeah yeah, I know what you are thinking: salad in December? Shawna, have you gone mad? In actuality I have gone healthy. Nearly every day since December of 2012 I have eaten salad, in one form or...
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