{from scratch holidays} Sweet Potato & Kale Casserole

I don’t think I’d ever made a casserole before.  I wasn’t even sure I had a casserole dish.  My venture in to this new territory was made even more exciting for me because I didn’t strictly follow a recipe.  I found a Martha Stewart recipe that resembled something I imagined was both healthy and tasty…

{snack time} Faux Nuts Two Ways

{drained and rinsed} This recipe obsession started months back when I was visiting my cousin and her family for a birthday party. I believe this was mid/late summer. There were a stack of old {now-defunct} Cookie magazines sitting neatly in a basket, next to the toilet, and I snagged one on my way out to…

{How You Do It} My New Found Love…

Editor’s Note: Erica, one of our two regular Guest Contributors won Mark Bittman’s Food Matters Cookbook back in October. We asked her for an update. Since this drawing, none of the ladies on our “Who Are We” page enter the giveaways, at the time of drawing Erica was not a club regular. -Christina I have…

{Side Dish} under 90 calories!

I have to admit, I do watch calories and portion size.  Something my husband and I learned and worked at for over a year and half now. Combined we lost over 100 pounds and have successfully kept that weight off.  So…this is one of our favorites.  A huge portion for about 85 calories (a good cup…