Curry powder is a blend of many spices as unique as the person blending them. Most commercial curry powder contains a blend of cayenne, cinnamon, coriander, cloves, cumin, mustard, pepper and turmeric. The distinct yellow color of curry powder comes from the turmeric. We’ve added this fabulous spice to our Skinny Ranch Dressing for an [...]

We know that many of you have never tried chicken curry salad or any dish made with the exotic spice, curry. You’re in for a scrumptious treat.  This impressive dish is full of beneficial ingredients.  With lean chicken, lots of chopped apples, green peas and raisins, tossed in a light curry dressing, placed a top [...]

On a cold day this nourishing soup will warm you up fast.  It has all the color and taste sensations of autumn.  It’s so important for these four essential factors to be present: color, flavor, texture and harmony.  This soup gets high marks due to a few interesting tricks.  First, in addition to reduced-sodium beef [...]

Enjoy the fall season with this festive apple cocktail. You’ve probably heard of an Appletini. Since apple cider is so popular this time of year, I thought it might be fun to create my version of this popular martini featuring this lovely fall juice.  Also, if you’re a rum fan, go ahead and use it [...]

It just wouldn’t be the fall season without sharing one of my favorite bran muffins.  Adding pumpkin to these yummy muffins, adds nutritious benefits and makes these very moist.  If you are looking to add more fiber to your diet these muffins are terrific.  Each muffin contains 8 grams of fiber! I love to bake [...]

This delightful composed salad takes advantage of some of the fabulous fall flavors like sweet tasting figs, pears and succulent pomegranate seeds.  We’re drizzling a homemade Parmesan dressing over the top to complete this seasonal salad.  The dressing works great because it creates a popular paring of fruit and cheese. You’ll love how quickly this [...]

This is not by any means your typical coleslaw.  It’s so tasty and satisfying you might just want to serve it as a main-course salad.  In addition, we’re tossing the crunchy cabbages, chopped apple, walnuts and dried cranberries in our dreamy homemade honey mustard dressing.  It’s chock full of great-for-you ingredients.  This is sure to [...]

It just wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without some kind of cake. Since we just love cupcakes, we decided to bake a bunch for our special day.  These are so rich and chocolaty and we’ve made a yummy chocolate frosting too.  Cupcakes work well because they create an instant portion control, if you eat just [...]

We can’t believe today is our one year birthday!!! This entire year has been truly amazing thanks to all of you…Some of you have  joined us from the start while others are fairly new.  But, we couldn’t have done it without you. We’re celebrating and pulling out all the stops with this wonderful and SKINNY [...]