Hummus is a delicious Middle Eastern dip made from chick peas (or “garbanzo beans”) that is full of fiber and protein. It is usually mixed with olive oil and tahini (sesame seed paste).  Here is how it looks: (Flickr) Here are a few suggestions on how to eat it: Use it in place of mayonnaise [...]

Cooking with your sweetheart can be awesome in a multitude of ways, but these few are my favorite reasons: 1) control over ingredients/nutritional content, 2) less expensive than eating out, 3) quality time together!  If your loved one(s) has/have different eating habits than you do, try a happy compromise.  The perfect compromise for my boyfriend [...]

It’s the kitchen, silly! You know…that place we hardly seem to frequent. That place where we store our take-out containers. Oh brother!  I used to spend a lot of time in the kitchen; but it was usually a Friday night and I was usually baking chocolate chip cookies for “everyone” while watching TGIF nights on [...]