Creamy One-Pot Chicken and Mushroom Pasta Serves 4 Time: 45 minutes • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil • 1 shallot or small onion, chopped • 1 tablespoon minced garlic • 2 cups mushrooms of your choice (2-3 varieties) cleaned, trimmed, and sliced • 8 oz pasta like mini farfalle or penne, or long pasta...Read More
My Go-To for Fighting Viruses and Bacteria This has been my best discovery ever! It was first recommended to me to protect myself from germs and viruses while traveling. Then, it was recommended for my kids’ acne breakouts, and then for a cold sore, for treating a cut on my dog, and even disinfecting my...Read More
Watermelon Cucumber Salad 4 Cups of cubed watermelon 1 cup sliced cucumbers 3 oz cubed feta cheese 1 T. chopped mint 1 T. chopped basil Juice of one lime Salt and fresh ground pepper to taste Combine watermelon, cucumber, feta, basil, and mint in a large bowl. Squeeze the lime over the salad, season with...Read More
ELECTROLYTES: Do You Need Them? Tips for Staying Hydrated! Electrolyte drinks are popping up everywhere and in so many forms… liquid, powder, and dissolvable tablets. And SO many brands! The choices are overwhelming and confusing. First, what are electrolytes? Electrolytes are essentially charged metallic ions that, with the perfect ratio of salts and minerals, keep...Read More
“At what point do we realize we’ve had enough moments of silence and understand what we really need is momentous change?” ~Anonymous The Nashville school shooting was my ‘last straw.’ Should it have come sooner? Probably. I guess I just felt it was the responsibility of our elected officials to serve and protect,...Read More
White Wine Pasta (Serves 4) 3 strips turkey bacon 2 T. butter 1 small yellow onion, diced 1/4 – 1/3 cup 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 tsp each dried oregano, rosemary, thyme 1 cup mushrooms, chopped 1 bell pepper, color of choice, chopped ½ cup dry white wine 1 ½ cups fresh baby spinach...Read More
Chicken, Shrimp & Sausage Jambalaya 3 T butter 1 large chicken breast, cubed 6 oz andouille sausage (less if you don’t like it spicy), cut into ¼-inch slices 1 lb large shrimp, peeled, deveined, and cut in half 2 T. paprika 1 T. ground cumin ½ t. cayenne pepper 14 oz diced tomatoes 2...Read More
Serves 8 Prep/Cooking Time: 3 hours… and worth it!! 4-4 ½ lbs. boneless beef chuck, trimmed of excess fat, cut into 1-inch pieces 9 T olive oil (plus more for sauteing meat) 8 C beef stock 1 ½ t. Worcestershire sauce 1 t. soy sauce 1 t. kosher salt Freshly ground pepper 3 medium carrots,...Read More
January 2023 Where Have All Our Friendships Gone? I feel their eyes on me before the door even closes. I know no one. Looking straight ahead as I walk down the hall, I try to act cool like I know where I’m going, relieved my racing heart is not actually...Read More
“How you start your day is often how you live your life.” ~Louise Hay Many of us wake up to an alarm, and our first thought is, “NO!” Then we may feel an ache, a pain, or negativity from a bad dream, watching the news, or about the day ahead. The cells in your body...Read More
