Food & drink

There’s a magical appointed time every afternoon when stomachs begin to gurgle the song of hunger. Regardless of how late lunch was, once the chosen hour hits, everyone is ready for dinner much too early. And while the adults reach into their hiding spots for their favorite snacks, the children a room over, newly arrived home from a day at school, demand food, too. 
To keep them from discovering your stash of chocolate chip cookies or eating what’s already prepared for dinner now and then complaining in three hours that dinner wasn’t filling enough, have easy after-school snacks ready to serve. Use these 3 healthy recipes for after-school snacks that will tide everyone over until dinnertime. 

You don’t need to get creative to convince your kids to eat vegetables. You just need to add cheese! Cheesy Broccoli Bites are a delicious, healthy dairy appetizer. Providing a satisfying crunch with each bite, broccoli bites will keep your children happy until dinnertime.  
When the kids are starting to get hangry but dinner is still an hour away and there’s still homework to be done, reach for the blender. The easy-to-make Chocolate Banana Frappe uses unflavored and chocolate milk, vanilla Greek yogurt, a banana, and cocoa powder to provide an energy-filled, satiating drink perfect for afterschool hunger. 

Easter Sunday is a special day to sit down to a delicious home-cooked meal with family or friends. But we all know how busy that morning can get. That’s why we’ve put together a collection of our top simple and healthy Easter brunch recipes to make the holiday great.

On Easter, we love to fill our tables with fresh recipes that represent spring and provide balanced nutrition and plenty of options. From easy homemade sausages and healthy deviled eggs to the perfect Easter quiche and the best brunch coffee cake, here is an Easter brunch menu worthy of your special gathering with options for everyone, including vegetarian Easter recipes, gluten-free Easter recipes, and nut-free Easter recipes.

This gluten-free Easter coffee cake is perfectly spiced and always a hit. It’s naturally sweetened with fresh raspberries and honey and has just the right amount of lemon. This cake bakes fast, so it’s easy to put together in the morning, or you could completely check it off your list by making it the night before. Top slices with dollops of the 3-ingredient citrus sour cream sauce and serve with hot cups of coffee or tea to ring in Easter morning.

Gluten Free | Vegetarian

I think We finally found the solution after visiting my Grandmother and hanging out in the kitchen cooking food with her. I’m now quite convinced a love for food continues to be passed down to me. I understand that it’s something that will be apart of me forever. In fact, cooking food for others is completely my favorite thing in the world.
My future husband is one lucky man.
Kidding.
Wait… no I’m not.
My grandmother is Puerto Rican, thus much of the meals she cooks tends to be Spanish inspired; my Nana (Great Grandmother) trained her how exactly to cook everything from scuff when she was a girl. Since then, it’s been one of her favorite things to do. When my Grandma isn’t making homemade pozole, empanadas, and arroz con pollo, she is usually cooking muffins the size of my face or throwing together a absurd continental breakfast time for my Grandfather. Seriously give her a fifty percent hour and she’ll make you an incredible food, but provide her with a few hours and you’ll possess a masterpiece to eat.
She treats every meal she makes with affection, putting the most love into her creations – it’s an extraordinary quality. She pours her soul into stews and she throws her spice forever into spanish rice. Cooking is like a manifestation to her, and everything is always made with like.

Juicing can be a great way to get the nutrients and vitamins you need, while on the go. Read on to learn some handy tips which can help you get started in juicing.
To get the most out of juicing, using leafy greens in your juice blends is a great idea. Kale, beet greens, mustard greens and other leafy greens are all great for the task. Shoot for making your juices contain around 50-75% greens, and then throw in some other vegetables and fruits for flavoring. Fruit juices tend to be more sugary and unhealthy than juices based on greens.
Treat your juice like a meal. This will make a lot of sense when you look at the large amount of food that you will need to create a single glass of juice. Drink the entire glass as if it is a meal, so the nutrients and vitamins reach your bloodstream more quickly.
Think of your juices according to color. Every color provides different nutrients; if you can learn which colors are associated with which nutrients, you’ll be able to choose the right fruits and vegetables for your needs. The more varied the produce you use, the better the nutritional value and more enjoyable the taste.
Always keep your juicer in plain view on your counter. This will ensure that you remember to use it often and get the most benefits from it. It will be a simple matter to drop in a few fruits and veggies and make fresh healthy juice every day.