Let’s face it: when you’ve got a lot of responsibilities to juggle and are prioritizing your own well being, making complex, time-consuming meals isn’t high on the list. However, eating a variety of tasty, healthy meals is appealing. So how do you make delicious, healthy meals when you don’t have a lot of time? The answer is to cook basic foods and dress them up with sauces and condiments. The goal is healthy, easy, quick, and just enough flavor to make it interesting.

Grated golden beets add a sweetness to any salad and are a great addition to the colorful, yummy combination of veggies in this glorious, nutrient-packed salad. Golden beets are packed with fiber and nutrients such as folate, beta-carotene, magnesium, iron, and fiber.  Beets can be eaten raw or cooked, but they add a wonderful crunch when grated raw. And while they can be coarsely chopped into a salad, their sweetness really shines when they are grated.

Ever since a family trip to Israel a few years ago, we’ve loved the version of a Chicken Shawarma sandwich we came up with when we got home. Everyone can build their own creation depending on the ingredients they like best. Really, whatever you have on hand will work. You can marinate the chicken and […]