There is nothing, and I mean nothing, like a sensational bowl of pasta. When you think of “family style” food pasta surely must be among the top 5. And it’s simple to prepare; making it the perfect star attraction when trying to come up with easy dinner recipes for the family.One of the things I … [Read more...]
Main Dishes
Our meals center around amazing, robust-tasting main dishes. We have a great collection of recipes for you to try out.
Clean Cuisine Family Meal… Including Healthy Mac and Cheese
Start with a salad! There is no reason children can’t like salad and getting your kids to eat more green veggies is one of the most important nutrition steps you can make. Greens are jam-packed with all sorts of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients. The phytonutrients are what … [Read more...]
Gingerbread Pancakes & More – Healthy Breakfast Recipes for Christmas
Breakfast with Santa just got a whole lot healthier! Try one of these healthy breakfast recipes for Christmas morning and I guarantee you'll have more zip, pep and go the remainder of the day. Gingerbread Pancakes, Almond Butter Mini Muffins... and don't forget the Egg Nog! Gingerbread … [Read more...]
3 Super Healthy Easy Butternut Squash Recipes
Someone recently sent me an email asking if I had any easy butternut squash recipes, which got me to thinking that I should talk just a bit about how incredibly healthy butternut squash actually is.Did you know butternut squash is bursting with anti-aging and anti-inflammatory nutrients? This … [Read more...]
Video on How to Make Gluten Free Pizza
Video on How to Make Gluten Free Pizza As much as I do really love healthy food I’m not so dietetically pure that I’m going to try and convince you I don’t like foods like ice cream, French fries and pizza. Let’s be frank: who doesn't love to eat pizza?Homemade Pizza is the Best In my clean … [Read more...]
Easy Indian Recipe: Healthy Lentil Dal Recipe with Zucchini
I absolutely fell in love with Indian food (especially lentil dal) in my early twenties while living in London. I’ve never been to India so I can’t say definitively that the Indian food I loved so much in London was truly authentic, but it was good enough that to this day it is still one of the … [Read more...]
20 Minute Meal: Linguine with Clam Sauce
Linguini with Clam Sauce is one of those wistful dishes I remember eating (and loving!) as a little kid when I’d go with my parents out to fancy restaurants. I hadn't had this dish in ages, but after seeing a beautifully photographed recipe in a seafood cookbook the other day I was suddenly craving … [Read more...]
Eat Clean Recipe for Summer Scallop Salad with Mango, Red Pepper & Avocado
I got the idea for this summer scallop salad from the August issue of Bon Appetit magazine. The recipe was featured in the “Fast, Easy, Fresh” section of the magazine and promised only 15 minutes of prep, which was right up my alley.The problem is, the recipe featured shrimp (which my husband is … [Read more...]
Easy Recipe: Gluten Free Tex-Mex Polenta Pizza
Did you know October is National Pizza Month? Or that the word "Za" is actually considered a real word meaning "short for pizza" if you are playing Scrabble (my husband came in 2nd in the country in the National Spelling Bee when he was in 7th grade and so I have learned a LOT of new words … [Read more...]
20 Minute "Eat Clean" Meal: White Bean Butternut Squash Ragout & Polenta Squares
Here’s a “family-friendly” eat clean recipe featuring a savory white bean butternut sqaush ragout over polenta squares. I created the recipe a few years ago for the soccer moms on my son’s soccer team (the dish got such rave reviews from the moms and kids that it ended up in my cookbook.)Soccer … [Read more...]
20-Minute Curried Salmon Stir-Fry
Before I was conscious of what I ate I absolutely loved ordering Chinese takeout. Piling a sweet syrupy vegetable stir fry on top of a mound of sticky white rice, I’d be good to go. Ignorance was bliss.The more I learned about nutrition the more I realized my tasty takeout meal … [Read more...]
Recipe: Slow Cooked Salmon with Citrus
Like pasta, I don’t think you can ever have enough quick and easy salmon dinner recipes. This slow cooked salmon with citrus happens to take less than 10 minutes of "hands on" time, which makes it a perfect weekday winner in my book!However, when buying salmon, it really is super important to go … [Read more...]
Eat Clean Recipe for Chipotle Spiced Shrimp
Is there anyone who doesn’t love shrimp? Even people who won’t touch any other form of seafood have no problem polishing off a shrimp dinner. Not only are shrimp delicious and loved by millions, but they are incredibly easy to prepare. However, since my husband is highly allergic to them (he goes … [Read more...]
Ultra Healthy Whole Wheat Pizza Recipe
To be honest, I never ever would have attempted to make pizza from scratch if it weren’t for our good family friend, Joe Riti (that's Joe cooking in my moms kitchen in the photo above!) Joe is truly a master of Italian cooking and he’s been making pizza since he was a kid. I can honestly say he … [Read more...]
