Healthy Makeovers

Whole Wheat Muffins

August 27, 2008

I wanted to do a healthy recipe today to show you that I have not given up on trying to eat healthier. I decided to join in on Nourishing Gourmet’s portable healthy food challenge. These are healthy and they work great for lunches. I really have been cooking healthier, especially for our main meals, even [...]

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Cream Soup Questions

August 12, 2008

In my quest to cook healthier I am trying to find a substitute for cream of chicken and cream of mushroom soup. I am having two problems. First, most of the meals that I use cream soups in are my quick and easy meals. They are ones that I can put together on a busy [...]

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Eating Healthier Update

June 23, 2008

I thought I would give a brief eating healthier update. I am continuing to try to cook more healthy. However, I have had a few complaints from my family. I don’t mind the complaints form my kids so much, but there have been a few things my husband has not liked. Brown rice, 100 % [...]

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Asthma

June 9, 2008

For Grati Tuesday I am thankful for Dr.’s and medical care. My daughter was recently diagnosed with asthma. I have posted about it several times already. She has shown no allergies but is sensitive to chemicals. I am now trying to incorporate more whole grains and healthy eating into our diet. But what I am [...]

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Healthier Banana Bread

June 1, 2008

In my quest to try and use more whole grains in my cooking I decided to try and make my banana bread a little healthier. I used my regular Martha Stewart Banana Bread recipe. I used 1/2 whole wheat. I did use the white whole wheat though. I really like it. In fact no one [...]

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Fish Mama’s Trail Mix Cookies

May 27, 2008

In my quest to cook healthier I decided to try the Trail Mix Cookies that Fish Mama posted today. I was wanting to make something for dessert tonight but did not know what. When I saw these on her blog this afternoon I decided to give them a try. Now, they are still not super [...]

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Trying To Eat Healthier Question

May 26, 2008

I posted the other day about trying to eat healthier because of my daughter’s asthma. I decided instead of posting a tip I would ask for some tips about cooking and eating healthier. If you have any thoughts please leave a comment. I have done some cooking with whole wheat in the past but mainly [...]

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Trying To Be Healthier

May 24, 2008

Last week we finally found out what was wrong with my daughter. She has asthma. After about six months of chronic, severe coughing we figured it out. I thought that is was probably asthma all along because of a strong family history, but it was a hard case to detect. She was not having the [...]