Every Tuesday, I pick up my CSA farm share at Tangerini’s Farm in Millis, Massachusetts. I call Tangerini’s ‘my happy place’ and truly… it really is! Rows of vegetables growing in the sunlight, kids enjoying soft serve ice cream, chickens clucking and little farm kittens running a muck! And the sunflowers are amazing! Every Tuesday, […]

I hope your week is off to a good start.  We started with a bit of rain this morning but the sun is shining which means I will take my furry friend Lucy for a walk shortly.  I love taking Lucy for a stroll during the day–she’s a good friend and walking buddy! Here’s she […]

I been really into kale lately….trying new ways to add this superfood into my diet.   So, this weekend, I tried adding some baby kale to a simple hummus recipe…and voilà…here it is…If you have a food processor…this recipe is so simple to prepare. For my FODMAPers..no need to panic, this recipe has been modified […]

Let me introduce you to Stephanie Torres, a health coach and FODMAPer with a personal history of digestive issues.  Stephanie shares her thoughts on gastroparesis and the low FODMAP diet.  Gastroparesis  is a condition in which there is a delay in the emptying of food from the stomach. It can be quite debilitating.  The low FODMAP […]

With all the rain we are having in the Boston area, a nice cup of warm something sounds pretty relaxing. But, ingredients in a warm cup of relaxing and soothing tea, can make a difference for those with IBS or FODMAP sensitivities! Tea, coffee and cocoa are some of the recent products tested by Monash […]

One of my clients told me she used quinoa in place of granola in her yogurt parfaits.  I LOVE this idea! So I whipped up a recipe to share with you! Check out this yumminess.  Russ and I love to add quinoa to our hot breakfast cereals.  We toss in steel cut oats and oat […]

With my recent peanut butter give-a-way, I can’t get peanut-y treats out of my mind. So…I whipped up some flourless peanut butter cookies today and threw in some roughly chopped peanuts fresh from the shell…and some 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate chips.  Woooooo….Yes! So very yum.  I ate 3 right out of the oven. oops! I […]

I was recently asked to participate in a cookbook project created by the National Peanut Board. I submitted one of my favorite peanut based recipes….Of course, I chose my fabulous peanut butter granola bar recipe.  And today, I received the finished cookbook!  It is SO darn cute and is LOADED with delicious peanut-y recipes. I feel […]

Russ and I bought a big bowl of chopped fruit salad from Whole Foods this past weekend.  Sometimes it can be less expensive to buy the fruit all diced and sliced then purchasing a bunch of the whole fruits and then doing all the work.   The bowl was full of cantaloupe, honeydew, kiwifruit, strawberries, […]