This Avocado Corn Tomato Salad is a simple, no-lettuce salad made with healthy fats and a lime-cilantro dressing. It makes a great side dish or a light lunch! This past week was my first official week of working outside the home in over 7 years. Thankfully it went surprisingly well besides my youngest getting sick as …
Side Dishes
Check out my top 10 recipes of 2017 on Chocolate Slopes along with a few reflections on 2017 and exciting adventures happening in 2018! With taking the past few weeks off from blogging, I thought it was finally time to record a few thoughts of 2017 and the upcoming year, along with the top 10 …
Check out my family’s healthy weekly meal plan (week five) from this past week that is not only made with simple and nutritious ingredients but also family friendly! This is week 5 of my weekly meal plans and I hope you’re loving it as much as I am. Not only do these posts force me …
These Cornbread Muffins with Cream Style Corn only take 5 ingredients and pair perfectly with just about any meal! I am a huge fan of cornbread muffins, IF they are sweet enough. When I worked as a Head Start nutrition coordinator, the cooks made amazing homemade cornbread with just the right amount of sweetness. Since then, …
I’m back with my Healthy Weekly Meal Plan {Week Four}. Check out what I served my family with these not-so-perfect, yet realistic meals over this past week! Now that it’s fall time we are as busy as ever with children’s activities. Thankfully though, I am planning enough ahead of time that we are not running …
This Barley Bean Vegetable Salad is a simple salad that is full of nutritious ingredients. But don’t let it fool you because it still is super delicious! Lately I have been seeing a plethora of fad diets on social media, especially those “secret” ones associated with middle-level marketing (MLM). It’s a little disheartening that some dietitians …