Healthy Roasted Garlic Mashed Sweet Potatoes A Holiday CLASSIC that is equally Delicious and SIMPLE year-round for meal prep! These sweet potatoes and garlic roasting in your oven smell soooooo good! Make this recipe for your weekly food prep (simply substitute sweet potatoes for your typical healthy carb such as brown rice or quinoa). The Read More!
Festive Chocolate Pomegranate Cups It’s officially time to turn up the Christmas music, and make some holiday treats and memories with the people we love! Pomegranates hold many special childhood Christmas memories for me. I remember my mother bringing home a few pomegranates only once each year…right around Christmastime, and ohhhh boy did my siblings Read More!
Salmon Stuffed Avocados These are insanely DELICIOUS Lemony + Briney + Fresh herbs + Flaky baked salmon = An ABSOLUTE treat that comes together in just minutes! Lots of HEALTHY fats happening here! Why is fat important for us? Not only can eating healthy fats lead to weight loss by increasing your metabolism, it can Read More!
Shaved Fennel + Celery Salad On our Family Thanksgiving table this year… This is a very SIMPLE dish, with a satisfying complex flavor & crunch! Equally great to serve during the holidays OR the Spring & Summer months. Think: Easter, or BBQ’S, Picnics, and Patio Dinner Parties. Great to make a few hours ahead, cover Read More!
Easy Roasted Carrots for a Healthy Side Dish Idea! A bit savory, a bit sweet; THE PERFECT simple side-dish carrot recipe for all of your family meals! If you haven’t yet tried roasting your carrots, then you are definitely in for a treat! The key to beautifully roasted carrots is to choose carrots similar in Read More!
Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Muffins Wait! We’re not quite ready to put away our #Pumpkin yet… Ummm…..Pumpkin spice (+ chocolate) season is STILL going STRONG over here at CFC HQ (my family kitchen) what about y’all’s?! Thanksgiving will be here SOON, so be sure to create a few more magical Fall memories in your kitchen…including THESE delectable Read More!
Bacon-Wrapped Butternut Squash Fries This little food experiment worked out REALLY well because the bacon grease takes the place of the oil needed in typically baked fries, and crisps these babies up nicely! Also, the sweetness of the squash combined with the salty bacon is surprisingly one of the best combos I’ve recently tasted!Yeah…I like Read More!
CFC’s FAVORITE Homemade Five Bean Salad Okay….This salad is completely ADDICTIVE with all its tangy flavors and textures. Our CFC Five Bean Salad is FABULOUS for parties, BBQ’S, and especially Holiday Celebrations (think: double/triple this recipe) because you can make it the day before, set it in the fridge…then simply pull it out and Read More!
Moroccan Spiced Turkey Soup There’s just something ultra-satisfying, and extremely comforting about a big stockpot of homemade soup sitting on the stove. Your kitchen smells delicious, soup is totally economical, and it’s great because dinner is ready anytime even if you often have a few stragglers who come home late after work or sports. Soup Read More!
It’s quickly becoming that time of year again when the leaves change, the temperature drops and the days aren’t quite as long. For some of us, it might also be the time where we have a little tickle in our throat, a stuffy nose we can’t quite shake, or just that feeling of being a Read More!