Tweet The Health Education Council has launched the Rethink Your Drink campaign. They are encouraging healthy drink choices, like replacing sugar-sweetened beverages (think soda, sports drinks, and energy drinks) with water. Their goal is to read 8,000 pledges by the end of September. As someone who constantly carries around a water bottle, I am on board [...]

Tweet  I love smoothies because they’re easy, fast, and so simple to customize with your favorite flavors. Last spring I posted chocolate raspberry smoothie and tropical green smoothie (spring is clearly the start of smoothie season for me). This year I’m feeling a little more decadent, plus I’m still going through my Costco supply of Nutella, so I knew [...]

TweetIf you started reading 52 Kitchen Adventures anytime over the 2011, you may have wondered how this blog got its name. In 2010, I explored one unusual ingredient each week, demystifying different foods from strange looking produce to exotic pantry items. Once a week for a year = 52 adventures in the kitchen. (Click here to see all [...]

Tweet Salted caramel has been a big trend for a while. I’m all for jumping on a bandwagon if it’s a delicious one, and it doesn’t get better than sweet and salty in one package. A while ago I made this wonderful salted caramel cupcakes recipe and on Friday I’ll share my recipe for salted caramel pears [...]

TweetHave you entered to win a food processor yet? The giveaway ends on Friday so go enter now! It’s hump day, which means we’re already done with half the week…but still have to tackle the rest of the week (depending on whether you view the glass as half full or half empty I guess). Either [...]