Oven Baked Olive Oil Potato Chips
Up the nutrition and cut the cost with these homemade Oven Baked Olive Oil Potato Chips.
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09/17/2011
Pear & Apple Slaw
A fresh, kid-friendly Slaw recipe for the whole family to enjoy. (more…)
09/17/2011
Meatless Monday Family Style: Portobello Sliders
Our family has been trying to eat less meat. With a husband who eats vegetarian, the cost of free range/organic/grass fed meats and poultry, and the known health benefits to a veggie-centric diet, we have committed ourselves to exploring new ways to make dinners without meat. But centering meals around vegetables hasn’t been as appealing to the kids as a big, juicy burger – so this new venture has been a challenge. (more…)
08/14/2011
Summer Fruit Salad with Orange Yogurt & Toasted Coconut
This summer fruit salad works as a lovely side dish, healthy breakfast or a light dessert. Take advantage of the fresh bounty at your local farmers market, and let the kids get creative with the fruit choices. You may find they learn to love something new.
07/07/2011
Homemade Oven Baked French Fries – Skip the Frozen
Rather than succumb to the drive-thru to satisfy our cravings for crisp, salty potatoes last week, we talked about how to make our own Restaurant Style French Fries. Crisp on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside, these fries made even our youngest critics happy. But for many of us, week night dinners do not include two quarts of oil and a fry thermometer (heard your comment, Susie!). So let’s slim down the fry in both calories and time by baking them – they will certainly make an easy, fresh and delicious accompaniment to any BBQ or Sandwich night. (more…)
06/30/2011
What’s in McDonald’s French Fries?
McDonald’s French Fries. As American as apple pie and corn on the cob. As common as state fairs in the summertime. I actually think it might be difficult to find an American who has never popped (or more accurately, crammed) those spears of crisp, salty potato into their mouths. If you are one of those people, I applaud you. I wish I could say the same. Back in our McDonald’s days, (I’m happy to report my family is now MDPF – McDonald’s Product Free), I would feed my children those little nuggets of “chicken” making sure they had eaten a few fries to round out the meal (I literally gag as I remember). One of the many things I didn’t know then is how many ingredients actually go into those puffs of salty decadence. French Fries should contain potatoes, oil and salt. They may not be a health food, but they should be natural. McDonald’s French Fries are as natural as…well, they’re just not. (more…)
06/30/2011
The “Corn Dog” Days of Summer
It’s summer! Across the country, state and county fairs are offering loads of delicious processed foods on sticks. Foods that kids love (and I hate to admit, some of us adults too). Today as my boys and I strolled through the brightly colored booths at the Ventura County Fair, we inhaled the decadence of fried fair treats, creating memories of summer. These are the memories we will eventually go back to on cold November afternoons, encouraging us to take out a box of frozen corn dogs in order to recapture the experience. Hey, why not? Frozen corn dogs are easy, inexpensive, delicious, and some brands are even made with healthy turkey dogs, right? But it’s what lies within the box, underneath the list of thirty seven, no thirty eight ingredients that should snap us back from our sweet memories of summer and encourage us to look for food outside of the box.
06/30/2011
Pre-baked Pizza Crusts
This recipe was originally developed to make pre-baked pizza crusts for quick and easy pizzas, but dough can be made up to step 7, then topped with your favorite toppings and baked at 500 degrees for 10-15 minutes or until brown and bubbling for a fresh, hot pizza straight from the oven.
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06/30/2011
Lunch Box Sushi Roll
Out of the Box Food's Lunch Box Sushi RollSM This one has been a HUGE…
06/29/2011
