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Have you checked out the label of your jarred pasta sauce lately? If not, go ahead. I’ll wait…. Unless you are buying expensive, organic sauce, chances are you noticed sugar in the ingredients list. Yes, sugar can do wonders in a tomato sauce, but what if you could have pasta […]
Growing up, my dad had a lot of talents, but cooking wasn’t necessarily on that list. He was certainly creative since he refused to follow a recipe, but his creativity usually resulted in some odd type of stew, consisting of ground beef and whatever vegetables and canned soup he could […]
Anyone who knows me knows I’m a fanatic of cheese. Whether it’s mild, melty mozzarella on top of a pizza, a smelly bleu with a side of apples, or—my favorite—sharp Cheddar with a glass of wine, I have yet to find a cheese I don’t love. Which is why even […]
While hummus has been easy to find in grocery stores since I can remember, I was never a big fan. Most were bland and there was always an odd aftertaste I couldn’t quite put my finger on. Plus, the list of ingredients included some things that didn’t seem necessary, like […]
“Cookie dough” and “clean eating” typically don’t go together in the same sentence. But I knew if I was ever going to stay with clean eating, I had to find a way to indulge in an all-time favorite junk food from time to time. After much researching and taste testing […]