Living Pure and Simple

Our family loves fruit in all its forms, including dried. My struggle with buying dried fruit is that it often has added sugar and preser...

My kids expressed their hunger while shopping at our health food store and I came across a small bag of toasted hemp seeds. $1.29 later...

I just finished reading Dan Keoppel's book, " Banana:  The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World ". Published in 20...

Some recipes call for cacao "nibs".  A nib is simply a small piece of the larger cacao bean. Many people don't know that ...

We had some great family time today that included building a fire in the fireplace.  After dinner we decided to make even more use of the o...

Double Dipping became famous in an episode of Seinfeld when George Costanza famously double-dipped his tortilla chip much to the dismay...

Everyone has a favorite binge food.  Our son's is Nutella.  And I am okay with most of the ingredients.  The primary ingredients are ...

I wanted to make some fresh hummus for lunch today and reached for a can of garbanzo beans (chick peas). We don't have many canned ...

Your favorite peanuts + a high-quality blender (with a tamper) = amazing and healthy peanut butter! We ran out of peanut butter this morn...

This may prove to be one of my most controversial posts because it directly relates to a beloved tortilla chip from  Michigan.  This compan...