On New Year’s Resolutions. Or not.

One of the reasons why I don’t make actual New Year’s resolutions is because I know full well that my expectations tend to be way too high. Thank goodness I didn’t plan to “workout every day” this year since I have been basically sick since we returned from France and working out after a full … Read more

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Baby steps: on cooking with kids and being a Food Revolutionary

Trust the Food Revolution community to ask its Ambassadors a thought-provoking question as the year draws to a close…  For December‘s Food Revolution Ambassador Monthly Challenges one of our challenges was: Share your greatest Food Revolution moment from 2014. Whether conquering a certain recipe, getting your picky eaters to try new foods, or joining FRD2014 … Read more

Slow cooker curried squash soup with naan on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Food Revolution Ambassador Monthly Challenge for November 2014: Slow cooker curried squash soup and Naan

I’m completing two of November’s Food Revolution Ambassador Monthly Challenges today – working with slow cookers and making something starting with the letter “N” !  First up, let’s talk slow cookers. I know we often think about using a slow cooker for something like chili or stew but how about a soup?  Normally when I … Read more

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Vegetable-stuffed baked squash

Another one of this month’s Food Revolution Ambassador Monthly Challenges was all about getting creative with leftovers.  If you read my post a couple of weeks ago about ideas for Thanksgiving, you’ll remember I was working on developing some vegetarian (Thanksgiving or otherwise) recipes for JamieOliver.Com.  These dishes were inspired by a simple vegetable casserole, … Read more

Jamie Oliver corn chowder on eatlivetravelwrite.com

Food Revolution Ambassador Monthly Challenge for October 2014: Simple corn chowder

The Food Revolution Ambassador monthly challenges this month include one of the best comfort foods around soup.  But not just any soup – a hearty corn chowder!  Over on Jamie Oliver’s site they’ve been talking a lot about comfort food recently, with the release of Jamie’s new book, so making one of the most comforting … Read more