Do you grow basil in your garden, or maybe in pots on a sunny porch? If so, you know that it’s one of the great pleasures of summer. It’s easy to grow, smells divine, and tastes delicious. You can add it to pizza, spaghetti sauce, or salad dressing. Layered with [continue reading]
Easy Real Food Breakfast – Yogurt, Fruit and Nut Bowl
On busy days, we all need a breakfast that’s quick, easy, delicious, and loaded with ingredients that energize and nourish our bodies. We want one that uses “normal” ingredients – things we’re likely to have on hand – and that takes almost no time to prepare. And we’d like one [continue reading]
CalmHealthySexy Cooks! Easy Dough for Pizza, Bread or Rolls
A couple of weekends ago I visited my mother, who lives in another city. On Saturday she asked me to go to the “fancy” grocery store near her house and buy a bag of refrigerated pizza dough in the deli, so we could make a pizza for dinner. I’d never [continue reading]
As-You-Like-It Granola
To me, homemade granola is a near-perfect real food – it makes a delicious breakfast or snack, everyone in my family loves it, and I control the ingredients – so I know it’s good for us. As-You-Like-It Granola is my favorite recipe, because I can customize it with the ingredients [continue reading]
Spicy Italian Beef
Here’s a cooking confession – I make a shredded beef dish in my Crockpot almost every week, either this delicious Italian beef or Tex-Mex Shredded Beef. They’re easy and healthy, I can throw them together in 5 minutes, and everyone in my family loves them. The beef can be eaten [continue reading]