Sometimes less is more. Food is love.
The first step in how to organize your kitchen and making sense out of chaos, is to develop work stations. Having your kitchen organized in this way results in making your kitchen work for you, not against you. It’s functional and operates smoothly with a “flow”. When you can take the fewest steps to get to what you need, all the cooking and cleaning becomes
Our skin is the largest organ of our body and it can absorb things we touch or wear. This means that our clothes, sheets, blankets, towels and everything else we wash with most commercial laundry soaps are transferring the toxins from these products into our bodies. “I didn’t know laundry soaps include toxins,” you say. Yes, they do. A few of which are: phenols, phosphates,
If you’ve tried fried zucchini sticks and fell in love, you’re in for a real treat! The best news is, these eggplant fries aren’t actually fried. They’re baked! 100 points for the health train! Their baked crispiness gives just the right crunch, while the great herb mixture is sure to satisfy tastebuds. Serve with marinara sauce, spicy mayo, ketchup, mustard or any other condiment you
Mmmmmm potatoes … no matter how you serve them up, they’re soooo good! I usually roast my potatoes with plenty of rosemary, thyme, and other spices mixed in (especially using little red potatoes:), but this time I decided to change it up a bit. Grabbed some yellow potatoes instead and used different herbs to introduce a new flavor profile to the dinner table: dill and
Leeks are such a great addition to soup and you’ll love this hearty soup with potatoes and other fresh veggies. A close relative of garlic and onions, leeks have a mild onion-like flavor that works well in many recipes because it adds just the right amount of flavor without being overbearing. One cup of leeks is approximately 54 calories, so if you are a calorie
The first time I had cherry berry on a cloud, I declared it the VERY BEST THING I had ever eaten! But this was a long time ago and I’ve since cleaned up my diet. Even though the ingredients are common, and I’d certainly had them in all sorts of different concoctions, it was never quite like this. If fancy had a flavor, this would
Grocery shopping is something we all have to do, and to some it’s more enjoyable than others. The grocery store is a great place to “people watch” as it’s a mosh posh of personalities, lifestyles, time restraints, and generations of age differences browsing the isles either shopping intently, shopping impulsively, shopping blindly, oooorrr just trying to keep their cool while their kid has a temper
They may not be potato chips, but they’re a close second. These organic oven-baked kale chips are crispy and nutrition-packed that are sure to be gobbled up quickly. They are super easy to make, loaded with good-for-you stuff, and easy on the budget. Kale is a powerhouse of well-being loaded with such antioxidants like carotenoids and flavonoids that protect cells from free radical damage (oxidation),
There are many reasons that people start baking with gluten free recipes. They (or someone in their family) may have celiac disease, a gluten allergy or sensitivity, or perhaps just want to see if restricting gluten from their diet has any impact on how they feel or on their energy levels. Regardless of the reason for baking gluten free items, it’s worth following a few
Not too long ago, when you were baking something sweet you used either white table sugar or perhaps brown sugar. But in recent years a number of new natural sweetening options have become more popular, including agave, stevia and honey. Why bother with anything other than good old sugar? It’s true that using honey or agave won’t cut many calories from your baked goods, but
Hey Smidgers, Have you ever had to throw bread away because it doesn’t get eaten fast enough? It happens all the time around the smidge household. We are not big bread eaters, and usually, forget we have a loaf that we need to eat. The Lovely Amy’s best friend found an easy bread pudding recipe one day, and in true Smidge fashion, I tweaked it
Hey Smidgers! I have great news! The Tiny House is home. It has been a crazy few weeks or so. Sit back and let me tell you all about it. I came home from work in early October with plans to get the Tiny house ready to move then, but life got in the way as it is prone to do. I have had a
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