This wonderful vegetarian dinner was easy to make. It used 15 different vegetables and only took about 15 minutes to prep. The baking time was 1-1/2 hours – and it was unattended. The house smelled wonderful and now we have leftovers for tomorrow, too.

One of our subscribers called and requested healthy appetizers for the Super Bowl. We got to work right away on the project and decided to have a little fun with a tapas theme. Tapas means …

Our guests were delighted that they were sampling our “super bowl snack fare” – and much to our delight all of the veggies disappeared! Here are three time-saving, calorie-saving holiday entertaining ideas – from Calorie-Free Holiday Tea (great warm or chilled) to a GingerBread house that saved us a lot of time, mess and calories from baking cookies – plus everyone here got to help!

If you use a large serving bowl for dessert you will probably fill it. Does this mean the portion size is right? No.

We have been working on some lovely ideas for pears for the fall and for the holidays. Thanks to Cindy Silver, MS, RD, from Lowes Foods, for her request for pear recipes and ideas.We believe …

How lucky we were to find quite a few farm stands! Here is a shot of the summer fruit that is from this area: raspberries, peaches, sour and sweet cherries, yellow plums, currant and blueberries.

You see, I like to be clever when serving guests. There is no way I am going to abandon my healthy cooking strategies but there is also no way I want to take out the fantastic flavor and fun factor.

A traditional pesto has more ingredients – like garlic, pine nuts, other herbs, etc. and you can certainly add all of those, but there is also nothing wrong with simply preserving an herb in olive oil and freezing it and using it like pesto.

After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) in 1982, I became a pastry chef. I have 20 years of strong industry experience, including almost 10 years as Executive Pastry Chef for Hyatt hotels.  Fifteen …

Frugal Heart Healthy Proteins
Stacey L. Krawczyk, MS, RD, LDN
The Webster’s Dictionary defines the word Frugal as: characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources
Who isn’t looking for the opportunity to save a little …

Living environmentally friendly is more important than ever.