When I was a kid, my mom often made something she called Italian Rice. It consisted of layers of tomato sauce and cheese sauce over fluffy white rice. I figured out a long time ago that there isn’t much Italian about this dish, but I loved it anyway. Names don’t matter, right? (The author in…
Why haven’t I made coleslaw for so long? I don’t even know. We’ve been doing a lot of cooked cabbage over the winter, so maybe it’s just a desire to have fresh cabbage again! I created this recipe many years ago to kick my mom’s coleslaw recipe up a notch, and adapted it to Trim…
Happy Hempy Porridge is my new favorite breakfast on cool, rainy days. Or snowy ones, which thankfully we don’t usually get in April. I can see enjoying this warm, comforting cereal while camping this summer, too. Imagine fog lifting off a high mountain lake, a loon calling, a mug of mocha, and a bowl of…
Glory Be Dressing has been my favorite salad dressing for many years, long before Trim Healthy Mama was even a teensy twinkle in my eye. Imagine my excitement to discover that it was completely compliant to THM! That didn’t stop me from tweaking the recipe, though, especially as I became aware of the different types…
A few weeks ago I blogged about Trim Healthy Mama, My Heart, and Me. I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my health and my food choices over the past 15+ months… and this after decades of being health-and-nutrition conscious, actively gardening, farming, cooking from scratch, preserving food, and focusing on local foods where…
I was the scrawny kid who turned into a pudgy teen who slimmed out again and stayed under 120# until I was nearly 30. I’m 5’ 3”. I lost pregnancy weight very quickly after the births of each of my two children. After the first baby, I wore my pre-pregnancy jeans home from the hospital….