Cereal bars sure are convenient, but the packaged ones leave a lot to be desired. Today’s recipe for homemade Whole Wheat Cereal Bars includes black walnuts – something I honestly had never heard of before working with Hammons.
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Spaghetti Squash Carbonara
One of the things I love about eating spaghetti squash is that my mental veggie consumption checklist for my family goes … check, check, and check! Plus it tastes great too – especially in this Spaghetti Squash Carbonara recipe.
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The Case for Family Rituals + Quinoa Salad Recipe
Guest post: Four reasons celebrating smaller family rituals are every bit as important as celebrating the big ones + quinoa salad recipe.
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What’s in my new Fast and Fabulous cookbook – out next month!
I’m so excited to share some more details with you about my new cookbook, 100 Days of Real Food: Fast & Fabulous – due out next month!
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School Lunch Roundup 9
Here’s another installment in my School Lunch Roundup series! I know some readers love to sit down and look at these pics with their kids so they can point out what they want (and, more importantly, what they’ll actually eat!).
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Breakfast Cookies (made with Chickpea Flour!)
I’m always on the lookout for solid protein sources. As a mom, I also value recipes that pack a nutritional punch and that my kids get excited about. This recipe for Breakfast Cookies checks all of those boxes and, bonus, it’s super easy to make!
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5 Buzz Words Abused by Food Companies
Food marketers spend billions of dollars per year (yes, billions!) trying to convince us to buy their products. Do you fall for these buzz words?
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Snack Idea: 3 Creative Trail Mixes
Well, if I wasn’t already prepared for the first week of school, I am now because I am armed with snacks! While trail mix is nothing new, I’m excited to share some creative combinations we came up with as well as a great resource for your supplies.
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What is the Best Diet?
I’m guessing that I got your attention with the title of this post for one of two reasons. 1) You’ve asked yourself, “What is the best diet?” at some point in your life, or 2) you want to know the answer.
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Too Many Names for Sugar: Which Ones to Avoid!
As I’ve mentioned before, added sugar is considered the most dangerous part of the Standard American Diet. These are all the names we found for added, refined sugar that you should look out for when checking ingredient labels.
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The Best Ever Steak Butter!
This Steak Butter recipe is inspired by my first-ever job in the food world. I was 16, full of energy, and soooo excited to be working as a hostess at The Chop House in Knoxville, TN (where I grew up).
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