Can REAL Sweet Iced Tea be sugar free? This southern girl is here to tell you YES it can! I’m an artificial sweetener despiser, but I promise that a good brand of stevia is all it takes to take your sweet tea from flab to fab. I’ve read many a story of a true southern…
Easy Sourdough Starter Tutorial
This EASY sourdough starter is on tap for this Trim Healthy Tuesday! Somehow, sourdough has never really held much appeal until now, but this woman wants some yummy homemade bread that’s Trim Healthy Mama friendly! And that means that it needs to be slow glycemic…either sprouted or sourdoughed. And it needs to be EASY. Because…
Tomato Cucumber Salad
Tomato cucumber salad is the quintessential summer salad in the fridge of grandmothers all over the south. Grandmother Porter used bottled Italian dressing as the marinade, and simply added more veggies to the bowl after each meal, creating an everlasting summer side dish. It’s best with fresh tomatoes, but the mix even elevates grocery store…
Portobello Pizza Recipe
Lunch: portobello pizza recipe. Check. Delicious? Check. Enjoyed without the scrutinizing gaze and looks of disgust from the fungal-phobes…CHECK. The truth is, my husband and kids wouldn’t touch this with a ten foot pole, and would make all sorts of death wails and moans of despair if I even attempted to serve this as dinner. …
Perfect Peanut Butter
Perfect peanut butter recipe? YES! But I’m not just tooting my own horn here. There’s a perfectly logical reason behind the name that I’ll get to later. All you really need to know right now is that it’s amazingly simple, and absolutely toasty-warm-creamy-licious-peanut-buttery perfection. If you’ve ever tasted warm, freshly ground peanut butter at specialty…
Taco Seasoning Recipe
This Taco Seasoning Recipe is brought to you by special request this Tuesday. First, I want to tell you a little about WHY and HOW I got into making my own spice mixes. The WHY part is because I started reading about Monosodium Glutamate or MSG, and how frequently it’s used in our foods. Not…
Low Carb Lime Tortilla Chip Recipe
This low carb Lime “Tortilla” chip recipe is such a great way to feed that crunchy-chip craving. I used to LOVE the salted lime flavored tortilla chips from the store…you know the ones that are full of all sorts of non-healthy junk and carbs. Yeah. those. <hangs head in shame> But I’ve got a new…
Lime Chicken Soft Taco Recipe
This Lime Chicken Soft Taco recipe is really a staple menu item for the summer. I found the recipe years ago on AllRecipes.com, and it was an immediate hit with the whole family. It’s a fantastic Fuel Pull meal starter that is super quick to pull together. And it can easily be converted to all Five ways…