Both of my parents immigrated to the U.S. from the former Yugoslavia and I grew up with Serbian food tradition

I love Greek food. We have a family-owned restaurant nearby that we love to visit and the chicken and pita bre

Do you ever find yourself in a vegetable rut? I do.  We gravitate toward salads, roasted veggies, smoothies a

I have attempted many times to make Spanish rice for my family, only to be left dissatisfied.  It wasn't unti

At the beginning of the New Year, I got sick. Not just run-of-the-milk sick, but stay-in-bed-for-four-days sic

When I saw these Banana Oatmeal Cups on Real Mom Nutrition I knew I had to give them a try.  The recipe was o

With the holiday season and cold weather officially here, this recipe for slow cooker turkey chili comes in ha

I used to get overwhelmed seeing the different squashes displayed at the beginning of fall. But after some exp

I've been working on simplifying meals at home.  One thing that helps is putting together spice mixes to use

Every once and awhile I have a meal out that I want to replicate at home. It's rare that I'm successful but I

This almost seems to easy to post but I love those types of recipes.  I made this Tuesday with our favorite p

I don't do complicated desserts.  I like the idea of pudding because it is wholesome and simple.  Every time

I went in to educate a nice woman about her diet at the hospital I work at and left with an education myself.

One of my husband and mine's favorite holiday movie is Elf with Will Ferrell. If you've seen it, you probably

I have been seeing recipes with cauliflower used as the base for a pizza crust for some time now.  When I spo

I get Cooking Light Magazine mailed to me as part of their blogger program. When I saw this recipe for Cheesy

Big A loves Rice Krispies Treats. I remember after having her first one at a friend's house, she came home dec

Little D and I are the muffin lovers in the family.  As I mentioned in my White Bean Banana Bread post, I pre

I realize this is my third macaroni and cheese recipe I've posted. The truth is I really don't make it very of

Salmon is one of our favorite fish dishes around here.  Little D used to be a fan but is off it at the momen

When I saw this recipe on Annie's Eats I knew I would love it. Not only was I right, but I have made it a bunc

When Real Simple asked me to blog about one of their simple, Month of Dinners, I jumped at the chance. These H

Lately, our bananas have been looking pretty sad not too long after bringing them home.  Someone at work ment

After looking up a couple of recipes for roasted and baked shrimp, I came up with this simple combination. I l

Big A loves fruit smoothies. The problem is that Little D doesn't. In fact, he's not a big fan of fruit overal

This is a guest post from Katie Sullivan Morford, MS, RD of Mom’s Kitchen Handbook. Check out her blog for m

I've had this Tex Mex recipe from Weelicious on my "recipes to try" list for quite some time. I finally made t

This recipe comes from my friend Jenny. Her 3-year-old loved this dish! She admits he didn't go for the green

If you've read this blog for a while you've probably figured out that I like black beans. My husband does too

I thought it would be appropriate for my first post of the New Year to be a vegetable dish.  I've been wantin

I was gearing up to make chocolate chip cookies when it dawned on me that I could make granola bars instead. 

When I got Real Simple's A Month of Easy Dinners in the mail, I knew I had to try the Shrimp Tacos on the cove

I was about to make baked macaroni and cheese when a friend told me to try it in the rice cooker. She got the

I'm always looking for ways to dress up veggies so when I saw this recipe in Real Simple Magazine I knew I h

In Monday's weekly meal plan I mentioned how Big A is finally drinking smoothies -- we've been having them al

Even though summer is winding down, frozen Popsicles are always popular with kids. I get weekly recipes sent t