This must be one of the easiest and simplest vegetable dishes ever! It exists of various steamed vegetables, consumed with a spicy peanut sauce. Talking about NO fat! Or maybe it’s low-fat due to the peanut sauce
In daily Javanese cooking however, vegetables are seldom mixed and this dish is usually served on special [...]

All I can say is WOW!
Yes, it has already been a year since we started this blog. Actually, our one-year anniversary was a week ago and the date just fell “between” the posts (in spite of my friend’s reminders), but it is technically still September, so we can still celebrate!
As mentioned before, Grace and I started this blog because [...]

This is going to sound weird, but I never knew there was a red beet salad recipe, until several years ago when Wilma put together this salad at my house. Before that I only knew how to use it

in Huzaren Salade and
as pickles to enhance a meal.

I was pleasantly surprised about how refreshing it was and have to admit that I really enjoyed the salad. At [...]

If you enjoy lobster, crab claws, oysters, and clam chowders at an affordable price in a causal, welcoming and relaxed atmosphere then head on over to Spondivits!
You’d have to travel to San Francisco, New Orleans, or the Florida Keys to enjoy comparable seafood quality and service.
Being so close to Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport provides Spondivits [...]

Walnuts are a super-food and one excellent source of Omega 3 fatty acids and fiber. Walnuts are great for adding to yogurt, cereals, trail mix or salads.
Below is a simple but truly delicious combination.
Ingredients:
¼ cup chopped walnuts
8 slices of French bread
1 Goat’s Cheese
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
Dijon Mustard
1 bag leafy salad
1 small thinly [...]

The secret to making a nice, thick smoothie is to use frozen fruit.
To freeze bananas, take RIPE bananas, peel them, place into a Ziploc or freezer bag and put them in your freezer. That’s it! They’ll last 1-2 months.

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A No nonsense Approach to Weight Loss
I am constantly looking for new resources for my blog and found a great book I wanted to share. I just finished reviewing the No-Diet Plan Blueprint from no-diet guru Liz Palazzi who’ll be sharing tips on weight loss and diets with us on this blog in the coming [...]

Summer has ended but that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy smoothies anymore. I found this easy smoothie recipe a while back, and it  is published here with permission of  Dinneen of  Eat Without Guilt.
The secret to making a nice, thick smoothie is to use frozen fruit.  I always buy frozen berries at the supermarket [...]

France is a great country! I love their relaxed way of living especially at the country side. Last month my husband, our foster child and I went to France. We stayed at the holiday home of our friends which is situated in the middle of France. The area is called ‘Le Creuse’ and the small village we stayed at is [...]

A couple of weeks ago we went to a concert at Chastain Park in Atlanta with some friends. Everyone would bring a dish and since it was a hot summer night, we decided to bring salads. As appetizer we made a smoked chicken salad on crackers and shrimp potato salad served as the main dish [...]