Thank you, Irving Naxon. While attempting to reproduce his grandmother’s cholent stew, he invented the slow cooking Naxon Beanery All-Purpose Cooker in the 1960’s. The Rival Company wisely purchased the rights to that innovative kitchen cooker in 1970 and reintroduced…

Green smoothies are a great way to get a lot of extra nutrition in your diet. As the name indicates, they include plenty of greens along with other fruits and veggies. Let’s take a look at the different types of…

Smoothies can be a delicious and nutritious addition to your diet. But every once in a while you mix up a smoothie, or come across a recipe that just doesn’t cut it for you. That’s ok. Not everyone is a…

Greens are good for us. We know it and we work as many salads into our diet as possible. Let’s be real here though. There are only so many salads you can eat in a given week before you start…

Do you know you’ll have a day this week when you’ll be running around all day? Do the kids have a full schedule of after-school activities that have you driving from one ball field to the next? That’s the perfect…

Are you ready to give cooking in a slow cooker a try? It’s a wonderful way to prepare your family’s meals without having to spend hours in the kitchen stirring pots. Make a pot of beef stew that tastes like…

We all know that to lose weight we have to eat less and most importantly we need to eat foods that are high in nutrients, but lower in calories. If they taste great and keep us full for hours on…

Fry! Stay back! He’s too powerful! I don’t ‘need’ to drink. I can quit anytime I want! Hello, little man. I will destroy you! Kids have names? You won’t have time for sleeping, soldier, not with all the bed making…

We want to eat better and fix more nutritious and healthy meals. The problem is, healthy eating takes some time and effort. Instead of grabbing a convenience meal at the store or hitting the drive-through on your way home from…

Mornings can be busy and can mean that breakfast becomes a quick bite on the go. Dinners can be equally as chaotic with evening schedules and to-do lists. This makes lunch one of the only meals that you can actually…