Clean Eating Machines

This is not a typical elbow-pasta-slathered-in-orangey-cheese-topped-with-buttery-crumbs kind of mac & cheese. But it still ranks mighty...

Grapefruit, pear, blueberries, tomato, carrots, celery, and one great little sous chef. This was a fun and tasty way to refuel after a 4ish ...

At least, the little guy's summer vacation has begun. I feel a lot more work coming my way. Ha! I absolutely cannot believe he's a ...

A delicious way to refuel following a 5 mile run and 75 minute hot yoga class (after my "extreme peach" smoothie at the local deli...

This is what I'm working with this week, in terms of fruits and veggies. Of course I'm filling in the blanks with quality proteins a...

This afternoon I spent a few hours making some lunch/dinner options for myself. The H has a short business trip this week, so I made this cu...

that I grew my own acorn squash this year? We've gotten 10 or so from two decent vines (I stashed several throughout the yard), and have...

Seems like that's been the theme in my kitchen for the last two months. Yay, right? A friend of mine got me hooked on bruised kale salad...

Since I've made this recipe four times in the past few weeks, and countless times before that, I figured it was time to share the love. ...

I didn't really plan it, but this afternoon I did a giant amount of food prep while the little guy napped. It started with a trip to the...

This is one of the most flavorful rice dishes I've had in a long time, homemade or otherwise. Besides the amazing taste, here's what...

I might need to make a new tag for "hotel cuisine." We've made some pretty decent meals when we travel, thanks to our usually-...

This is another recipe from my favorite meatless book, "OK, So Now You're a Vegetarian." It's a recipe that didn't cat...

Monday marked Day 6 of our roofing job, and unfortunately not the last. Our house isn't all that big, folks, and the weather wasn't ...

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This recipe is another Squeaky Gourmet gem. While I can't post the recipe, I can tell you this: watching the little guy eat several bowl...

Indian food, or even Indian- inspired food, is probably the number-one thing I cannot get The H on board with. He'll put up with my rec...

Two weeks ago (April 10th) it was 84* here in my corner of the mitten state. Last week (8 days later), we got 3 inches of snow. How is that ...

Ever since we bought a half-of-a-half of beef this past winter, I've been thrilled to find new clean-eating ways to use it. This stir-f...

The other day I was slumping around the house after a few days of not-so-hot eating habits, bemoaning the fact that I "had nothing to e...