1 in 6 Americans are facing hunger. 1 in 6 Americans live at or below poverty level. 1 in 7 Americans use SNAP benefits (food stamps.) 1 in 8 American’s are currently served by Feeding America. More than 50 million people, including nearly 17 million children, are facing hunger. Nearly 6 million Americans are fed…
Author Archives: Toni
Can We Please Skip The McDrive-Thru? #MomsNotLovinIt
I’ll admit. When our son was younger (he’s now 13) and before the instant education of the internet, I fell into the pit of fast food meals. Why not? As a busy parent of a young child, it was all too convenient to just drive-thru, pick up a quick meal and get on with the…
How To NOT Make Fresh Mozzarella Cheese
Spring is here…summer is coming…you can already taste those ripe, meaty tomatoes growing in your garden… Yeah… Caprese salad…garden tomatoes so fresh they still think they are on the vine, aromatic basil freshly picked and creamy HOMEMADE mozzarella cheese all drizzled with olive oil and balsamic. That was me today. I was already tasting this…
Everyday Bolognese
“Bolognese sauce, known in Italian as ragù alla bolognese, is a meat-based sauce originating from Bologna, Italy. Genuine ragù alla bolognese is a complex sauce which involves slow cooking using a variety of techniques, including sweating, sautéing and braising. Ingredients include a characteristic soffritto of onion, celery and carrot, different types of minced or finely…
Let Me Help You With That Iced Coffee
Venti quad low-fat iced vanilla latte. That’s my poison. Drive up. Straight out the window, I drop my six dollar tithe to St. Arbucks. Yeah…you know what I’m talking about. You know EXACTLY what I’m talking about. It’s the over-priced-can’t-do-without-gimme-gimme-gimme coffee drinks that we’re all so familiar with. The ones we wish someone would deliver…
Celebrity Chef: Mike Isabella and Roasted Potato Gnocchi
I’m a dreamer of culinary school. Cooking. Pastry. Baking. It doesn’t even matter. I just want to go to culinary school. Unfortunately, the keyword is “dream.” Now, I know some of you out there are saying, “It wasn’t what I thought it would be,” or “I went and I feel like it was a waste…
Healthy Snacks: Apple Cinnamon Soft Pretzels
Baseball season has begun. Between practices and games, you can find us at some baseball field (around northern Indiana) from now until late October (regular ball plus Fall ball.) That’s a lot of NOT being at home, which includes a lot of meals on the run. Since our family does not eat fast food or…
#Michiana Whole Foods: It’s a Big Deal
For many, many years, the entire northern half of Indiana (from Indianapolis to Chicago) lived without a Whole Foods Market. Can you even believe that? How sad?!? Most people never knew the goodness of an entire store…an ENTIRE GROCERY STORE…filled with good, clean foods*! (*That’s not to say you still shouldn’t check labels, even on…
Crunchy Granola (And I Don’t Mean Dirty Hippie)
Somebody slap my hand because I can’t stay out of this homemade granola. I’m like a kid and a cookie jar. I talk about this like it’s a bad thing. It is, kind of. I mean, all of the ingredients are organic, healthy, whole foods, but I’m sure the calorie level is not okay when…
#HomemadeWithLove : Lunch with Jennie
Disclosure: I openly received the luncheon invite and gifts without any writing obligations. 100% my honest opinion. Affiliate link included. Recipes copied with permission from author. Disclosure policy here. In the elevator. Pushing a button for the 19th floor. “Where IS this event?” The elevator doors open and immediately, the comforting smells of home cooked…
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