If you like snap peas, try our sesame crunch snap pea salad next! It cooks in just 5 minutes, so you always have time to add a healthy veggie to your dinner. The snap peas stay a touch crisp, which is delicious. And they’re coated in garlic butter, which takes them over the top. How to make this sugar snap peas recipe Once you’ve removed the string from the sugar snap peas (more on that in a moment), this recipe is SUPER easy to make....

Also, try our roasted garlic mashed potatoes and cream cheese mashed potatoes! We’ve made many varieties of mashed potatoes over the years and we have a couple of tricks. First, we boil the garlic with the potatoes in the pot to infuse them with lots of garlic flavor. We also reserve a bit of the cooking water to loosen them up and make them extra creamy. We like our mashed potatoes a bit rustic so we use a potato masher, but you can use a potato ricer to make them silky smooth....

Also, try the sweetest, heart-shaped Valentine’s Day cupcakes to ever grace your countertops! Whoever you’re making these heart-warming, heart shaped sugar cookies for, they’ll feel all the love in the air and in their tummies! This recipe makes 36 warm and tender sugar cookies, so let’s get to it! Outside of these ingredients to make the sugar cookies and icing, you will need a cookie cutter in the shape of a heart....

Serve these with some spinach and eggs with mushrooms for a delicious breakfast. And make sure to also try our egg sausage breakfast muffins! If you have a sausage maker (like a sausage attachment for your Kitchen Aid) you can use this recipe to fill the casings to make real sausages. But forming them into patties gives you all the sausage flavor without all the fuss! Line a baking sheet with parchment paper – don’t skip this step or the sausages will freeze to the pan and be VERY hard to remove....

For more delicious ways to prepare pork chops, look at this baked pork chops recipe, or get saucy with this smothered pork chops dinner. Thin pork chops: Use pork chops that are ½ to 1 inch thick. From the spice rack: Sweet paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, black pepper, and sugar make a well balanced and delicious seasoning. Cooking oil: Keeps it moist and prevents sticking. Honey garlic butter: Butter, parsley, honey, and garlic combine to make the perfect finishing touch....

The texture resembles rice and is the ideal base for saucy dinners. It’s also very easy to make. If the people at your dinner table wouldn’t be thrilled with pretending a vegetable is rice, you can easily put on a pot of regular rice and make this for yourself. When we make curry or stir-fries, I often make basmati rice on for my family and cook some cauliflower rice for myself....

You know how much I love coming up with all kinds of unique hummus creations. You can enjoy as a dip to encourage your child to eat their vegetables or as a sauce for pasta or oatmeal. And now you can enjoy hummus in a grilled cheese sandwich! Soooo easy to make and so DELICIOUS! Ingredients Which hummus is best? Anything! That’s the beauty of this recipe. You can use either store-bought or homemade....

Complete your meal by serving this delicious salad with lemon herb butter roast chicken and a side of mini hasselback potatoes with roasted garlic. Kale waldorf salad is a healthy spin on the classic hearty salad hailing from New York City. We give the original apple-celery-mayo combination an uplift by adding crunchy kale, fresh and dried fruit, and walnuts all mixed together in a tangy yogurt-based dressing. There are so many variations of kale waldorf salad so you can use what you have on hand....

For another roasted squash recipe, make this roasted acorn squash next! It doesn’t matter what I serve this with, my family always goes back for seconds. Spiked with cinnamon, this roasted butternut squash with maple syrup is all things cozy, so I like to serve it with a warm, feel-good main like my cranberry roasted chicken, some baked pork chops, or with bourbon steak. It also works well with pecan crusted salmon with maple glaze, too....

Start the day right with another mushroom breakfast! Try spinach and eggs with mushrooms next. For more Mexican fusion, try these vegetarian tostadas! Egg tortilla wraps: Eggs and ground flax seeds. Pesto: Fresh basil and parsley, pine nuts, parmesan cheese, olive oil, lemon juice, and sea salt. Adding parsley to your pesto brightens things up! Smoky portobellos and asparagus: Olive oil, portobello mushrooms, asparagus, smoked paprika, sea salt, and radishes....

For more delicious fall-inspired breakfasts, try our pumpkin oatmeal muffins or apple pumpkin oatmeal with maple pecan crumble. With a generous amount of butter and maple syrup, we can’t exactly call them healthy, but they are made from scratch with only real ingredients. They’re perfect for sneaking in an extra dose of vegetables and using up leftover pumpkin puree. If you’ve made pancakes from scratch before, you can make these pumpkin ones, too....

Salt vs. Sodium Oftentimes salt and sodium are used interchangeably, but they are not the same. Salt Table salt that we eat is made up of sodium (40%) and chloride (60%). We definitely need both of these electrolytes (as well as potassium) to: help send messages along the nervesenable muscles to contract, balance the amount of fluids in the bodyenhance nutrient absorptionregulate acid-base balanceabsorb potassiumcontrol the level of bacteria present in the stomach...

If you’re after the perfect game-day snack or appetizer, also try our sticky honey garlic chicken wings. To make them, just bake them in the oven until they’re crispy. No frying means less mess and clean up! While they’re cooking, mix up the easy-to-make sauce with just two ingredients: butter and sriracha. When the chicken wings are done, toss them in the sauce and serve them hot with some fresh cilantro or parsley....

Ingredients Here are some of the highlighted ingredients in this strawberry overnight oats recipe. The complete list of ingredients, and their measurements, is in the recipe card below. The result is a thicker, more dense breakfast meal than stovetop oats, similar in consistency to porridge. It is easy to add different toppings and flavors to keep this breakfast or snack interesting to your whole family. Perhaps the best part, cold overnight oats couldn’t be easier to make since the soaking does all of the work....

While you have Rice Krispies in the house, you may as well also make these peanut butter rice krispie treats! Twist your rubber arm, right? The foundation for the recipe is the same as classic Rice Krispies, except this version has strawberries! The strawberry flavor is sweet but doesn’t taste artificial since you’ll be using freeze-dried strawberries (instead of strawberry jello). It adds a nice fruity twist to this classic treat!...

This recipe is a big-time confidence booster – with just 3 ingredients and a few minutes of hands-on time, you’ll have the most amazing homemade ice cream. I have lots of ideas for flavoring the ice cream in the recipe card. You can also use it as a base and get creative with your own ideas! Get excited about what you’re making! July 1st: The recipe is announced and the first day you can submit your photo....

Of course, you can use your leftover Thanksgiving turkey to make this soup, but you could also use leftover roasted chicken instead and it will still be just as delicious and easy to make! It is a family-friendly meal that’s loaded with lean protein and vegetables. Pair it with homemade 1-hour whole-wheat bread or if you are a sourdough baker try these buttery sourdough biscuits. This dinner makes a perfect light meal the day after a big holiday feast....

It’s comforting to see my pantry stocked with canned tomato products of all kinds. However, there’s only so much red sauce that we can take. And then I feel a pang of guilt for being picky during this time when I know many people around the world are struggling to get meals on the table. So let’s give those glorious tomato sauces lots of lovin’ and even come up with different ways to enjoy them!...

Pour this gravy over our crispy garlic smashed red potatoes or some of the best stuffing ever. And while this recipe may be vegan, you definitely don’t have to be vegan to love this gravy. We’ve served this many times to people who eat everything and it’s always been met with rave reviews. How to make vegan mushroom gravy in three easy steps All that’s left to do is to pour it over everything on your plate!...

This post was created in partnership with Egg Nutrition Center. Thank you for supporting brands that I believe in and keeps this space running. As always, all opinions are my own! In this blog post, I’ll be discussing the importance of proper nutrition and the key nutrients your child needs for optimal growth and neurodevelopment during infancy/toddlerhood. I’m also putting the spotlight on eggs, one of the most nutritious foods you can offer your baby as early as 6 months....