Healthy Mom for Junk Food Kids

Artichoke Tortellini

2012-02-24T08:42:00.000-08:00

I love cooking with Wine. I even enjoy wine clubs where you can find out more about wines and try ones you might not otherwise drink. I have read many articles saying that the healthiest women over 40 are women who drink one glass of red wine a day. Below is one of my favorite recipes with white wine.

1/2 Cup Marinated Artichokes

1 1/2 Tbsp Capers

1 tsp Lemon Zest

2 Cloves Garlic

1/4 cup of white wine ( I used Sauvignon Blanc)

1 1/2 Tbsp Pine Nuts

1/4 cup of oil from the Marinated Artichokes

1/4 Cup Feta cheese

1 package all natural cheese and spinach tortellini by Barilla

Directions; Chop the Artichokes, Crush Garlic and chop, place in a pan. Add oil and pine nuts saute until pine nuts turn slightly golden. Reserve feta cheese until the end. Add remaining ingredients warm while you Cook tortellini according to directions. Drain tortellini and toss with sauce and add Feta. Enjoy this was a huge hit with friends.

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Caprese Crostini

2012-02-21T09:37:00.000-08:00

I love to keep Crostini on hand to snack on. They are so versatile you can top a soup or whip up a quick appetizer.
I made these as a side for dinner last night they were a huge hit.

8 pieces of Crostini
1 tbs pesto
1 tbs chopped Fire roasted tomatoes
2 slices of mozzarella

Directions
Place crostini on a lined baking sheet. spread a bit of pesto on each crostini. Next place a small piece of fire roasted tomato. Tear uneven pieces of cheese and place on top. Broil in oven until just golden and serve.

Green Shellfish
Blue Soy
Orange Fish

Super Easy Blueberry Muffins

2012-02-18T07:37:00.000-08:00

I love to make things that are easy when the kids are home so I can spend more time with them. This is just the recipe.

1 package preservative free blueberry muffin mix
2/3 cups of water
1/2 cup of Ricotta cheese
2 eggs

Directions: If your mix has canned blueberries. Put them to the side. Mix all other ingredients together. When everything is incorporated fold in blueberries. Fill your muffin cups 3/4 of the way full. Bake at 350 for 16-18 minutes. Enjoy your family time.

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Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Orange Fish

Image: Stuart Miles / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Vote for me!!

2012-02-17T16:26:00.000-08:00

Over at The Mean Mom I entered a contest they are having and they choose my post for the voting part. Please go over to The Mean Mom and Vote for "No More Fighting".
Thanks for all the support!

Image: Clare Bloomfield / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Taste Of Summer Salad

2012-02-15T09:00:00.000-08:00

15 oz. bag of organic spinach

6 to 8 sliced organic strawberries

1 avocado

2 tbsp crumbled blue cheese

2 tbsp chopped pecans

Dressing:

1 clove garlic

2 tsp honey

2 tsp spicy brown mustard

2 tbsp Raspberry vinegar

2 tbsp balsamic vinegar

4 tbsp olive oil

Directions: peal and remove pit of avocado. Slice avocado and place ingredients for salad on plate.

Grate garlic and mix dressing ingredients together. I like to put the dressing on the side so that each person can adjust the amount they want.

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Blue Soy
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Image: Dino De Luca / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Valentine Fun

2012-02-13T11:22:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day. I am ready, are you?

In the morning I will be up making a special breakfast I don't have time for scratch on school mornings. However I found some great all natural orange cranberry scones I will shape into hearts and bake up in the morning. I will prepare some potatoes into shreds for hash brown bake today. I will mix all the ingredients tonight so it is ready to pop in the oven in the morning. Do a bit of decorating in the kitchen. Once the kids are in bed I will put our their gifts at their place settings so while they are waiting on their hot scones and hash browns they will be opening their gifts.

Hash Brown bake

1 lb shredded potatoes (organic)

1cup shredded cheddar cheese

8 oz. sour cream

1/4 cup melted butter

1/4 tsp white pepper

5 dashes of hot sauce

Directions: mix ingredients together. Spray an 8 inch baking dish with olive oil. Place ingredients in dish. Bake in oven for 45-50 minutes.

I have my husbands gift and card already to place out for him. I love these little holidays. Small gifts and fun.

I may even make some chocolate strawberries if I can find some organic strawberries today. I already tried one store but alas they did not have any. So another great sweet fruit treat is pineapple.

This is so simple but so good. And really pretty healthy. Pineapple is a great aid in digestion.

4 cups Cubed Pineapple

4 tablespoons Carmel Sauce

Directions:

Put a cup of pineapple in each dish. So you have four servings. Look for a store bought carmel sauce sometimes you can find an all natural one. Warm up Sauce and Drizzle one tablespoon over each serving of pineapple. Serve and Enjoy.

Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

Image: Ambro / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Rice! Is it in your pantry?

2012-02-10T18:18:00.000-08:00

Uncle Ben's is having a contest right now which is my inspiration for my article on rice.

Ben’s Beginners Cooking Contest you could win $20,000, along with a $50,000 grant

Rice is a huge part of my families meals. My Husband is from Cuba so rice is his potato. We use rice as a side or part of a side almost every night. Rice is always the go to when my kids are not feeling well. And since my part of the family is Italian I grew up eating rice for breakfast. My kids are a huge part of our cooking, They love to be in the kitchen with aprons on and spoons in hand. In fact my 12 year old is currently telling what her favorite things are with rice. She listed Rice and Beans (a cuban staple), chunky soups with rice and she mentioned my previous, when she is sick.

Our cuban staple of rice and beans is so easy, full of flavor and the kids get a great source of protein. Aunt Gladys' Cuban black Beans are super simple. I steam rice to eat with the beans.

1 can seasoned black beans

1 tsp olive oil

dash of Garlic powder

dash of cumin

salt to taste

Directions; mix ingredients together in a pot and let simmer for 5 minutes. Serve over rice.

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Purple Milk
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Another favorite around my house is my Confetti Rice. A colorful inviting dish that the kids can put together themselves. My 9 year and 12 year olds love mixing the ingredients, and are always eager to gobble up their creation. Confetti Rice can be served as a main dish or a side.

1 cup rice

1 can organic tomato sauce

1 pound cooked chicken (antibiotic and hormone free)

1 can organic black beans

1/2 cup organic frozen corn

1 tbsp adobe seasoning (look at the ingredients to make sure it does not have MSG)

Directions: Cube or shred chicken. Do not drain beans. Mix ingredients together in a bowl. Pour into a 8x8 glass baking dish. Bake covered with foil in oven at 325 degrees for 45 min.

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Purple Milk
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

When my kids are not feeling well they enjoy simple steamed rice. Rice is so soothing to an upset stomach. Rice naturally helps diarrhea and it does not irritate a sore throat. Colds and flues kill kids appetites, however some steamed rice stirred into some hot chicken broth makes everyone fell better.

Rice is always in stock in my pantry. I grew up eating rice a little different than my cuban relatives. My favorite way to eat rice was this simple recipe I enjoyed for breakfast or desert at the end of the day.Take 1/2 a cup of steamed rice in a bowl. Pour some warm milk over and sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Sorry for the lack of measurements, I have never measured only eaten hundreds of times. This is a great warm treat when you have one that needs a little warm milk to help them sleep. I hope some of my rice inspired ideas get your family in the kitchen.

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Artichoke Chicken

2012-02-10T11:24:00.000-08:00

I finally got a picture. My family loved the smell and as soon as I put it on a plate they ate it up. I only got one bite of the chicken because the kids asked for mine when they finished their portion. They ate so fast they were asking for more before I even made it to the table. Ok on to the recipe.

1 Can of artichoke bottoms

1 teaspoon adobe seasoning

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup olive oil

1/2 cup white wine

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

4 boneless skinless chicken breast

Directions: cut the artichokes into quarters. Put olive oil in skillet and place chicken in skillet. Put in artichokes in skillet. Pour wine in skillet. Sprinkle 1/2 adobe, salt, and garlic on chicken. Cover skillet and cook five minutes on medium heat. Flip chicken and sprinkle the rest of seasoning on chicken. Return cover and cook five more minutes. Uncover and cook additional few minutes until chicken is done and serve over rice. Enjoy my family did with rave reviews.

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Purple Milk
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Mom's Breakfast Sandwich

2012-02-07T12:24:00.000-08:00

This is my favorite breakfast.

1 organic egg with omega-3

2 pieces of whole grain toast

schemer of spinach and artichoke cream cheese

Directions:

Cook one egg over easy. Toast bread and place egg on piece of toast. Schemer other piece of toast with Cream cheese and place on top of egg. Cut sandwich Diagonal and enjoy. Great way to start the Day!!!!Br

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WEDDING PLANNING ON PINTREST

2012-02-06T12:45:00.000-08:00

WEDDING PLANNING ON PINTREST

Guest post by Gerard Mcdaniel

I worked really hard yesterday using my Clear internet connection to work on a wedding board on Pintrest. One of my really good friends just got engaged. She met her future fiancé at a wedding this past June and they are already engaged. Anyway, she wanted me to invite her to Pintrest. When I did, she started a cool wedding board. I didn’t know that you could make a community board where you could post things that you liked and all of your friends that used the board too could see the posting. I searched through all types of wedding websites looking at dresses, flowers, and all things wedding that I looked. I probably spent two hours searching through sites and pinning things that I thought she would really like. All of the other bridesmaids were doing it too. Now we have a great board and the future bride has gotten some really good ideas. I wish that Pintrest was around when I was getting married because I think that it so much fun and would have been a big help to me!

Disclosure:This is a paid post

Best Banana Bread

2012-02-06T11:24:00.000-08:00

2 Bananas (very Ripe)

4 tbsp. organic butter

1 egg with omega 3

2/3 cup organic sugar

1 1/4 cup organic flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tbsp rum

1 1/2 tsp Organic Vanilla

1/2 tsp Organic Nutmeg

1 tsp Organic Cinnamon

Directions: Cream Butter, egg and sugar. Peal banana’s and chop add to mixture and mix until smooth.

sift dry ingredients and mix with creamed mixture. Add Rum and Vanilla thoroughly mix and bake in greased loaf pan at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes. Serve sliced and warm plain or with organic butter.

Green Shellfish
Yellow Nuts (research says nutmeg is safe for people with allergy)
Blue Soy
Purple Milk
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

AshleyRita

2012-02-01T08:57:00.000-08:00

My refreshing version of the great margarita, just in time for Super Bowl Sunday!!

2 parts Club soda

1 part white tequila

splash of Triple sec

Ice

Salt for rim (optional)

Four wedges of lime

Directions

If you want salt, wet rim of glass and put into the salt. Put Ice in glass and remaining ingredients into glass. squeeze limes into drink. Stir and enjoy. This is a huge hit with all my friends.

Healthy Burrito

2012-01-31T12:08:00.000-08:00

This is great for a quick lunch!!

1/4 cup bean dip
1 tbs of shredded mexican cheese
half an avocado
6 sauteed shrimp
1 tbs salsa
1 tortilla

Directions layer ingredients and wrap tortilla and enjoy.

Avocado twitter party today. #iloveavacados

Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Ranched Up Mock Mashed Potatoes

2012-01-29T12:49:00.000-08:00

Trying to get your kids to eat Cauliflower? This is the perfect way. My kids never know they are eating Cauliflower. This is a great recipe my kids have eaten this for years with no complaints.

1/3 cup organic Ranch dressing

1 head cauliflower

1 small organic yellow onion

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cloves Garlic

2 small organic potatoes

2 tablespoons organic salted butter

Directions; Chop and rinse cauliflower, peel and chop onion, peal garlic, peel and chop potatoes. Place your veggies in a pot of boiling water. Add salt reduce to a low boil and cook for 15 minutes. Drain water and add in ranch dressing and butter. Use a mixer or hand blender to mix everything until smooth. Sevre them up the kids will love them.

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Red Eggs
Orange Fish

The Versatile Blogger Award

2012-01-28T08:02:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to announce that Healthy Mom for Junk Food Kids has been awarded the Versatile Blog Award by The Antics of An Autism Mom. I was so surprised when Jen sent me the message. If you get a chance please visit Jen's site The Antics of An Autism Mom. I'd like to say thank you to to Jen for giving me this award. I feel honored that my work is being recognized. Thank you so much!

Recipients of this award are asked to:

Thank the person that nominated their blog for the award with a backlink to them.
List 7 things about themselves.
Award 15 newly discovered blogs with the award and notify them of the award.

So here we go 7 things about me......

I love to cook as everyone knows but I hate the cleaning!!

I love to garden, sometimes I get lost in time in my own yard!

I would love to go to Italy and cook with local people.

I love animals, I am a total sucker for puppies and their chicken noodle breath!

I love to read and my friends always call me for that useless bit of info that is usually stuck in my head from all of my reading.

I love to fix and paint things!

I love to dig through cookbooks just to figure out ways to use one spice.

Now for the 15 bloggers that I am giving The Versatile Blogger Award to:

Thanks again Jen for the award! Congratulations to all the bloggers that I am giving this award to. I enjoy reading your blogs!

I Have A Problem

2012-01-24T08:41:00.000-08:00

I am writing something other than a recipe today. Because I wanted to let my readers know about my problem. The pictures I post, most of the time are my own of the food I make. I try to post something I have recently made at home so, I can give my readers a fresh picture of my food. So the dishes you see are my dishes. I have two small sets that I have mixed together.

After many years of being married, my dishes from when we got married are very few. So when we made this last move I bought some dishes that were inexpensive but I really liked. However these dishes get hot when I reheat food in the microwave. So last year my mother-in-law gave me a nice gift card for my birthday to a department store. So I used that to buy a really nice set of dishes. They are supposed to be microwave and dishwasher safe.

One day warming a piece of pizza in the microwave I hear a pop. I open the microwave and the dish has cracked all the way across. It was only in the microwave 30 seconds. So I thought, ok one bad dish no big deal. I took the dish to the department store and they exchanged it out. Not a big deal. However now I have two plates and a bowl that have popped in the microwave.

So I thought I would bring my readers along on my journey as today I am going to contact the company and let them know about my dishes and see what they respond. I really like these dishes and I am hoping for a good resolution, otherwise I will be in search of new dishes for my family. I will keep you posted on what happens next. I just hope that something good happens. I like to have a pretty dish to show my food.

Corn Chowder

2012-01-23T11:17:00.000-08:00

Ok this is super easy. Since I was sick last week. I needed a mommy day off meal and this fits the bill. I ate this when I was a kid and now my kids eat a more organic version. When my son was little he called it hot dog soup. We still laugh because he thought the Kielbasa was hot dogs.

2 cans organic potato soup
1 can organic corn
1 can cream corn
1 package hormone and antibiotic free Kielbasa sausage
1/2 cup sour cream organic
1 cup organic milk
1/2 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
1 tsp paprika
1/2 tsp white pepper
1/2 tsp garlic powder

Directions
This super easy! Cut sausage up in cubes. Throw everything in crock pot. Stir. Let cook on low for an hour or two. That's it mommy just gave her self a day off.

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Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Taco Night

2012-01-19T08:25:00.000-08:00

I know Taco night is So easy. I set mine up like a taco bar. My kids love taco night, they request it since everyone gets a taco just the way they want.

Make Bean Dip for taco night.
1 lb shrimp
1 lb ground sirloin
2 packages your favorite taco seasoning (preservative free)
1 package shredded mexican blend cheese
head of organic iceberg lettuce
2 organic tomatoes
2 Avocados
1 jar your favorite salsa (preservative free)
6 or more taco shells
tortilla chips
1 container sour cream organic

I little side note I have found some great seasonings, salsas and taco shells that are made local and are preservative free. Look around your grocery, you may find similar items.

Directions
Put beef and 1 package seasoning in skillet and break up while cooking until all meat is browned. In another skillet put your cleaned shrimp with shell and tail removed. Add other package of seasoning to shrimp and cook until shrimp are pink. Heat taco shells in oven according to directions. Cut your lettuce and place in bowl. Take one avocado cut open and remove pit, and remove skin. Cube Avocado and place in bowl. Cube tomatoes and place in bowl. Use other avocado to make Guacamole. Once everything is ready lay out all ingredients. So that it is lines up and everyone can build their own taco or taco salad to there liking. This will be a great hit at your house.

The great thing about this recipe is anything you are allergic to just leave out.

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Purple Milk
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Guacamole

2012-01-19T08:10:00.001-08:00

This is a super easy kid friendly Guacamole that my kids make themselves.

1 avocado
salt grinder
1 lime

Take one avocado cut in half and remove pit, then peal skin off. Place avocado pieces in mortar give the kids the petal and let them pound a squish away. Cut lime into wedges. Ok now the fun part have the kids squeeze in some lime juice and add salt. Have chips handy so the kids can taste their creation and keep adding salt and lime juice until they get it just the way they like. Remember add in little amounts at a time.

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Purple Milk
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Image: anat_tikker / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Bean Dip

2012-01-18T07:55:00.000-08:00

Yes I know bean dip is so simple. But I thought about it because my kids were requesting crazy stuff this weekend. Bean dip was one of them and there are great ways to use the leftovers. So today I post my bean dip and tomorrow you can find a great recipe to make using your bean dip.

added some avocado for garnish

1 can refried beans look for vegetarian or fat free

2 tbsp organic sour cream

1/4 cup shredded cheese mexican blend ( always have this stuff on hand) ( organic preferably)

1/4 cup favorite salsa

Directions;

Heat on stove top at medium heat. Stir occasionally until everything is incorporated and heated through. You should no longer see any bits of cheese. Serve with chips and keep watching for my other fun ways to use your bean dip. This is a great way to get protein in your kids. My kids and their friends love this!

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Crock Pot White Lasagna

2012-01-17T14:55:00.000-08:00

My Crock Pot is my friend this week. I am not feeling well and not up to cooking and cleaning this week. This is so easy I almost feel bad. However when my family runs in and is starving it will be hot a bubbly for them to eat.

I use a round crock pot.
2 jars store bought white sauce (all natural or organic) I used a four cheese.
1/2 cup of white wine
1 tsp garlic powder
1 package no boil lasagna noodles
24 oz Ricotta cheese (organic)
1 egg
1 tsp basil
8 oz mozzarella cheese
5 oz fresh grated parmesan cheese
1 lb cooked chicken breast shredded
8 oz sliced mushrooms

Directions, combine white sauce, wine and garlic and set a sidecombine egg basil and cheeses (salt to taste) reserving some of the parmesan and mozzarella for the end. Put small amount of sauce at bottom of crock pot so that you have a thin layer but can not see the bottom. Break pasta to fit your crock pot and cover sauce, can overlap. Continue layers with cheese mix, then pasta, sauce, mushrooms, chicken, pasta then cheese mix again. Continue layers until you are almost to the top of crock pot. top your final layer of pasta with last of your sauce and reserved cheese. Cover your crock pot and cook on low for 4 hours. Mine cooked longer because I was away with a sick family member and it was great to come home to after a long day. I hope you enjoy this was a huge hit to my very hungry family.

Green Shellfish
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Orange Fish

Yoplait smoothie coupon

2012-01-15T06:58:00.000-08:00

Today I have a $ 1.00 off coupon to share with my readers.

I received this coupon offer from Yoplait through MyBlogSpark to share with my readers.

Shrimp and Potato Soup

2012-01-12T06:55:00.000-08:00

2 cups of water

1/4 large chopped onion

1 cup chopped organic carrot

1 can evaporated milk (organic preferred)

1/2 pound fresh peeled shrimp

1 tbsp chicken base organic

3 large red skin golden potatoes organic

1/2 teaspoon of white pepper

1 teaspoon of sea salt

1 teaspoon butter organic

1 teaspoon olive oil organic

directions: saute onion and carrots with olive oil until onions are translucent. puree onion and carrots with 1/2 cup of water and chicken base. In a large pot put remainder of water and puree mix. If your child does not like the peel on the potato, peel and dice. Put potatoes in soup base and bring to a boil, reduce to simmer for 10 minutes. Saute shrimp in a skillet with butter and half of the salt and pepper.

When shrimp are pink add to soup base. Add the remainder of the salt and pepper and evaporated milk. Let simmer for another couple of minutes and serve.

Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Mango Pineapple Lassa

2012-01-11T09:56:00.000-08:00

I am so short on time today with no time to cook. So I whipped up a Lassa for my lunch. My friend is from india and they call smoothies Lassa. She sent me a recipe and even bought me a can of mango pulp. Which I love, However it has so much sugar and I am really trying to keep my sugar intake low. So this is my low sugar recipe with pineapple. I bought fresh fruit at the grocery already cut in spears to make it easier. That way I can make this on the fly.

2 spears fresh mango
2 spears fresh pineapple
2 pods of Green Cardamon
2/3 cup of plain greek yogurt (organic preferred)
handful of ice

In a blender put in your mango, pineapple and ice. Open cardamon pods and take out the seeds. Smash all the seeds in a mortar and pestle. Add to blender. Blend thoroughly, stopping to push everything down.
Add your yogurt and pulse a couple of times. Now it is ready to enjoy. This will be thick, so you might want a straw. If you want it sweet add some honey. I liked it not being sweet.

Green Shellfish
Pink Gluten
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Crescent Casserole

2012-01-10T06:57:00.000-08:00

I made this up Saturday. I had some crescents still laying around from the week and need to use them up. What baked up golden was a family hit.

8 x 8 glass baking dish
three large crescents from the bakery
1 package organic cream cheese
4 ounces of 5 cheese Italian blend shredded
5 eggs from chickens with out hormones
3/4 cup of milk organic
5 dashes hot sauce
1/2 tsp basil
salt to taste
1/4 tsp nutmeg

Directions
Tear crescents into pieces and spread around baking dish
Soften cream cheese. I pop it in the microwave for 30 seconds. Mix all the ingredients together with the cream cheese until thoroughly integrated. Pour mixture over torn crescents. Use a fork and push the crescents into the mixture so the soak up the liquids. Cover baking dish with foil. Bake in a pre heated oven at 325 for 1 hour, during the last 10 minutes remove foil so the top can turn golden.
Cut into serving size squares and serve with fresh fruit. This is a great way to start your day. You can even make ahead of time and reheat for a quick school morning breakfast.

Green Shellfish
Yellow Nuts
Blue Soy
Orange Fish

Me Time With A Purpose

2012-01-09T08:04:00.000-08:00

This weekend I thought hard about what to write today. I thought about the great breakfast casserole I made for my family this weekend. I thought about tea's. As I thought on Sunday and flipped through my magazines, I thought about how much I was enjoying my bit of ME time. I get up earlier than my family most of the time, we have puppies that rise early. So during my me time I went through magazines. Old ones that have stacked up around my house. I know it's a small thing. However I got out some file folders, labeled them and ripped out articles I found of interest.

Recipes, one of my folders, I want to try out on my family.

Garden ideas, I love working in the garden and not just mine but my in-laws as well. I put sticky notes on the torn out pages so I would remember what I was thinking at the time.

website, these were pages that gave me inspiration of what to write to my followers. Again I used my sticky notes.

Decor Ideas, I am always working on my house. Looking for simple ways to make an easy change or organize an area.

I spent maybe an hour on my magazines. A feeling of accomplishment was left with me as I finished a project that was relaxing. Once done my files went to my work area and a few magazines found a home in the recycling bin. ME time with a purpose. Try some out for yourself and let me know how your feel.

National Bean Day

2012-01-07T16:17:00.000-08:00

Today is national Bean Day
In honor I am posting

Aunt Gladys' Cuban black Beans

1 can seasoned black beans

1 tsp olive oil

dash of Garlic powder

dash of cumin

salt to taste

Directions; mix ingredients together in a pot and let simmer for 5 minutes. Serve over rice.

Green Shellfish

Pink Gluten

Yellow Nuts

Blue Soy

Purple Milk

Red Eggs

Orange Fish

Image: Naypong / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Junkfood kids has moved

2012-01-05T12:23:00.001-08:00

Thanks for visiting my new site. I am still working. Please look around and leave comments.

Previous Reviews

2012-01-05T12:15:00.000-08:00

This is just a Sample of some companies I have worked with.

Barilla

Pear Tree

Featured on Penelope's Oasis

soda stream

Servicelive

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anti lettuce salad

2009-07-31T20:08:00.000-07:00

My daughter had some fun in the kitchen this week. She came up with something good. Give it a try Anti-lettuce salad. http:junkfoodkids.com You can find it under Healthy sides. Look around I know you will find some other sides that would be fun to try this weekend.

Watermelon and feta salad

2009-07-13T18:17:00.000-07:00

This is a nice salad on a summer day.

1 small seedless watermelon

1 cup feta cheese

1 tsp white pepper

1 tsp sea salt

Directions:

Cube watermelon, if you want you can keep half the shell of the watermelon and use as a serving bowl. Mix Watermelon, pepper, salt, and feta together. Serve in chilled bowl or half of watermelon shell.

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Purple Milk
Red Eggs
Orange Fish

Why Junkfoodkids.com

2009-06-25T07:40:00.000-07:00

I started learning about food several years ago. My daughter had been sick for a while and was managed with treatment. We we found out that the headaches were migraines we started looking at all the triggers. We found through investigation. That enough sleep was needed. And that she had a very bad reaction to MSG. As we began to improve her diet we found other preservatives bothered her as well. I talked with more doctors and experts and found she was sensitive to pesticides. Within a month of getting these out of our diet not only did the migraines get less and less. Her asthma became under control, we had no idea these things were effecting her asthma. The doctor was so impressed he started telling others to go organic.

Around this time my health became a issue and I was told the same go organic as well as some other healthy tips. Now I have become an unplanned foodie with friends calling for advise and help with issues. With the encouragement of my supportive friends I decided to put the knowledge I have gained out for everyone. Hope it helps you.

I am so proud to say my kids are super healthy and happy.

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2009-06-25T07:29:00.001-07:00

You can find us at twitter at http://twitter.com/Junkfoodkids

MRS Florida is a Fan

2009-06-25T07:23:00.001-07:00

Thanks Mrs Florida for being our Fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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