While it’s tempting to load my list with big-ticket items—the camping trip Ben and I have been talking about for years but have yet to take, riding a ferry across Lake Michigan—I want to focus on small, everyday activities too. Summers here in Wisconsin are precious and brief. Rather than wait for a one-time weekend camping trip, I’m challenging myself to live the summer high life in one little way each day....

Now THIS is what I call a proper salad! Plus it’s transforming leftovers from a recipe I posted a few weeks ago. Thrifty, convenient, healthy, satisfying and super tasty. What more can you ask for in a salad?? A TROPICAL CHICKEN SALAD!! This recipe is based on this Hawaiian Coconut Pineapple Chicken Skewers and Coconut Lime Cilantro (Coriander) Rice I posted a few weeks ago. It’s a re-purpose of leftovers and I enjoyed the salad so much, I decided to share it here....

When the question is, “should I?” healthy carrot cake responds with a resounding “YES!” Nuts? Of course.Pineapple? Absolutely.Spices? Mandatory (for this Pumpkin Sheet Cake too).Coconut? Not even a question.Raisins? Let’s go there. This healthy carrot cake recipe took one look at the kitchen sink and said, “Of course, we are including that.” Carrot cake (including in the form of Carrot Cake Cupcakes) will forever be one of my favorite desserts—it’s homey, signals that spring is near, and is an excellent excuse to eat irresponsible levels of cream cheese frosting....

Chocolate crackles are a retro Australian childhood favourite that date back all the way to the 1930’s! They were a MUST at birthday parties when I was growing up (along with fairy bread) and I was known to eat my fair share. These days I don’t have the stomach for the traditional chocolate crackle recipe. For those who didn’t grow up with them - they are made with a block of copha (vegetable shortening), icing sugar, cocoa powder, coconut and rice bubbles/krispies....

With Pumpkin Energy Balls, Pumpkin Overnight Oats, and Healthy Pumpkin Cookies all vying for attention, it’s easy to wonder if a simple loaf of pumpkin bread is really what you should be rushing to make when the seasons turn. Let me put it this way: if you haven’t baked this healthy pumpkin bread recipe yet, you can’t even call it fall. This is the BEST healthy pumpkin bread recipe you’ll ever make!...

Spectacular with cheeses and spreads, and for gifting! Stop press!!! Big news – DOZER HAS A BUTTON!! ↑↑↑ For all Dozer lovers out there who just want to skip straight to Dozer and see what cheeky antics he’s up to today, just click on the Dozer button and it will take you straight down to him, then you can come back and read the post!!! Oh – there is a button to jump to the Recipe too, which I’ve had for a while now, and I also added a button to jump straight down to the Video....

While everybody is obsessed with green everything for St. Patrick’s Day, I’m sitting here, sipping a glass of this creamy homemade Irish cream and feeling really proud of myself. There’s something magical about making your own booze or liqueur. It’s the same with making bread or cheese from scratch. It’s an extra step from just liking to cook, that feeling of “I care so much about food/drinks that I made this with my bare hands, even though I could have gone to the store to get something similar”....

Today I’m showing you how to cook sirloin steak in the oven! I’m a big fan of cooking steaks on the stove and then finishing them in the oven — I do this with other cuts too, including filet mignon and New York strip. This one has a little extra richness from the butter, and always comes out perfectly cooked. But that’s not the only reason to love this top sirloin steak recipe....

It’s the fat used in many traditional Indian curries for intense buttery richness, to make pan fried things like Potato Rosti super crispy, and a restaurant secret for extra lush Hollandaise Sauce (in 90 seconds!). I’ve used clarified butter and ghee in a handful of recipes and in each of those I keep repeating the same directions for how to make it at home if you can’t find it, plus it’s about half the price to make at home....

Since many fruits are naturally higher in sugar, anyone on a low carb or ketogenic diet needs to think carefully about what works on their personal keto fruit list. Pomegranates are a popular fruit, but are pomegranates keto friendly? How high are pomegranate carbs? Let’s answer those tricky questions here, and talk about ways you might be able to make pomegranate keto friendly. New to counting carbs or keto? Learn the keto diet basics here and grab my printable keto cheat sheet system to make it easy....

Spaghetti squash is one special pasta alternative. Unlike other squash varieties such as butternut and pumpkin, its long strands make it the perfect choice for veggie pasta dishes. But, is spaghetti squash keto? Get the definitive answers here, including carbs in spaghetti squash and delicious ways to have spaghetti squash on keto. Wondering about other keto foods? Take a look at the carb counts in this lengthy keto food list, or use some simple keto cheat sheets to get started....

This is a pan fried fish recipe so is best made with thin fish fillets. Use your fish of choice – anything suitable for cooking on the stove! Fish with Salsa The first official RecipeTin LITE recipe!!! Recipes that fall into this category are healthy meals that are less than 500 calories for the complete meal. The majority of the dinner meals I share are less than 500 calories a serving but that’s usually excluding the sides like rice or bread that it is served with....

Be sure to check out my Slow Cooker Sausage Gumbo recipe for another amazingly easy way to cook up juicy sausage. The cooking process might be a bit longer in the crockpot, but you just can’t beat that classic sausage and gumbo flavor. Can we all just agree that using the air fryer method for cooking is the best? It doesn’t really matter the type of sausage that you use as this cooking method works perfectly with all different kinds of sausages....

This spicy curried kala chana can be served with plain rice, plain paratha, roti or even with naan. It also goes well with jeera rice, ghee rice & turmeric rice. Most Indian households cook kala chana often since they are healthy, protein-packed, fiber rich and taste delicious. About Kala Chana Kala chana is the Hindi word for “Black Chickpeas”. In Hindi, the word “Kala” means “Black” and “Chana” means “Chickpea”....

One of our favorite local restaurants does a weekly “KFC night” as in Korean Fried Chicken. One full order of chicken is supposed to feed four people, but Ben and I always manage to polish off the entire thing on our own. It is too good to resist. Today’s air fried Korean fried chicken wings are inspired by our local KFC night, with the twist of the air fryer....

I’m here to fulfill your dreams of keto apple pie! Yes, you might have thought that a low carb apple pie was impossible. But it’s not! Your day just got a little sweeter. 😉 And there is a secret to this keto apple pie filling – it’s made from yellow squash! Yes, you can have your veggies AND your sugar-free apple pie all in one delicious bite. If putting summer squash in pie filling sounds a little strange, don’t be deterred....

You know I love anything pizza, right? And because I know many of my readers do too, I have new one to add to your arsenal – a keto chicken crust pizza recipe! This low carb chicken pizza crust has only FOUR ingredients (plus salt), and is one of the easiest things you can make. Making a chicken crust pizza keto is very straightforward, because all the ingredients are naturally low carb....

I love mangoes! I haven’t really put much thought into “what’s my favorite fruit”, but I think Mango is a strong candidate. One thing I have to say, though, is that mango in Brazil is a thousand and two times better than here in the States. :( Sorry, American friends! And I even tried searching for the mango that I like (the one that is orange, really sweet and soft inside and green and red on the outside) to no success!...

What is Vada? Vada are a kind of deep fried savory snacks mostly made with lentils, spices and herbs. The Word “Vada” may have been derived from the Sanskrit Term “vataka”. According to the popular Indian Food Historian, KT Achaya, vada dates back to ancient India, as far as 500 BC with mentions of the food as soaked and ground pulses, fried in ghee. Till day, traditionally made vada are offered to Deities/ Gods in Temples and Hindu homes during puja....

The success to making any good lamb or mutton biryani recipe is tender meat and cooking it the right way on a low flame or heat. Most folks fail to prepare a good mutton recipe or mutton curry, due to the wrong choice of meat. Using one that is not tender. Next overcooking or cooking on high flame too can make it hard. I have included clear instructions on how to cook mutton that yields soft and tender chunks....