My Favorite Fast and Fab Dinners – Balsamic Roasted Salmon with Tomato Salsa Cruda and Creamy Parmesan Baked Polenta

Here’s the sure way to pull dinner off without a lot of planning.  Maybe you didn’t get a chance to plan meals for the week, or maybe you only need a couple of easy recipes to mix into classic favorites that you already make on a weekly basis.  In the next few weeks, I am [...]

Quick Dinner Tips

Cooking is not my favorite thing to do, however I do know that it’s a wonderful thing to do for the family. Home-cooked food tastes better, looks better and is better for you. In my book, The Chic Mom’s Guide to Feeling Fabulous, I have included my favorite recipes. In addition to learning how to [...]

CocoXan Chocolates with Benefits

I am so impressed with Xan Confections’s CocoXan Chocolate with Benefits, which are fortified with healthful nutrients such as CoQ10 and DHA. Xan Confections, known for its “guiltlessly indulgent” artisan chocolates, unveiled all-natural and gluten-free dark chocolate truffles that are infused with healthy ingredients and taste incredible. “At Xan, we believe no one should go without chocolate and our new [...]

Feed Your Family Delicious Food – and Lose Weight?

The only thing worse than eating a plate of tasteless diet friendly fare while your family devours the dishes you actually want to eat is serving your whole family a bland diet dinner that no one actually wants to eat – including you. If only the bubbling casseroles, juicy burgers, rich chocolate cupcakes, and all [...]

Quick and Easy Dinner Ideas for Busy Moms

It’s a common statement heard in millions of homes across the country: “Mom, what’s for dinner?” When you’re faced with making a quick and easy dinner, ideas for working parents can be found in a number of places. Cookbooks, television programs, and the internet are a few of the places you may want to look. [...]