I whipped up a pasta salad for a family picnic this past weekend but while I was chopping and dicing the vegetables to mix in with the pasta, I realized that I really liked the vegetable mixture all on it’s own.  A nice refreshing blend of summer veggies with a lemon dill dressing and topped […]

Hope you enjoyed the weekend!  We visited with our extended family in New Hampshire and enjoyed a little lake time.  I love watching the kids hanging out together…even though they don’t see each other that often, they re-connect like no time has been lost. We finished our evening with a campfire…we experimented with a few […]

Hope you are having a GREAT week. I have been feeling a bit beat, on antibiotics (ugh!), but trying to keep it all in perspective and get over my BIG self!  I have been doing lots of cooking this week which always makes me happy. I love Asian inspired recipes so this recipe is a […]

Who doesn’t like a good old-fashioned PB & J sandwich? Today I was inspired by a recipe I found in Family Circle magazine that made little muffin tins full of grains–oats, sunflower seeds and quinoa mixed with a bit of peanut butter with a smidge of strawberry preserves and I thought….this recipe is onto something. […]

Happy Monday Everyone! Mondays aren’t my most favorite day … perhaps because Russ and I always have SO much fun on our weekends!  This past weekend we headed to Saratoga Springs, New York! We visited with my friend Dianna (who I met during my dietetic internship at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital) her husband Neil […]

I hope the week is treating your right so far! This week, I am reading a book called, The How of Happiness and in this book the author discusses scientific research about how one can increase their long term happiness.  I am by nature a happy person I think 🙂 but the book intrigued me and […]

I hope everyone had an amazing weekend.  I took a little road trip to Wickford, Rhode Island with my girlfriend Michelle on Saturday.  Wickford is a small coastal town with fun shops and a handful of restaurants.  It’s always good to put special time on the calendar to get caught up with friends.   Outside […]

I LOVE summertime fruits! And….berries are on the top of my list!  Are you with me? Today I made a blueberry and strawberry crisp.  No special occasion…just craving a smattering of sweet stuff. Fruit crisps, to me, are the most perfect comfort food dessert! Oats, butter, brown sugar and cinnamon are definitely good starters but […]

When I was in Australia last fall, I found a delicious seed mixture called Savoury Seed Sprinkle-a mixture of sesame, sunflower, and pumpkin seeds with almonds and a hint of chili flakes and tamari.  I used this to sprinkle on salad greens or on top of chicken….very yummy. I decided to create three different seed […]