Real Mom Nutrition
A no-judgments zone about feeding a family.
This Creamy Greek Yogurt Poppyseed Dressing mixes up in minutes and has a tangy-sweet flavor that’s perfect your favorite leafy greens. When it comes to salad dressings, are you Team Creamy or Team Vinaigrette? I was Team Vinaigrette all the way, eating my near-daily bowl of leafy greens with a dressing I boldly dubbed the …
Thanks to ALDI for sponsoring this post! Apologies if I seem un-American with this confession, but I’ve never been wild about traditional backyard cookouts. I know most people love them, but I’m just not a big fan of foods like hot dogs and baked beans. Thankfully, I’ve noticed cookout menus are expanding, featuring foods beyond …
Give your greens a flavor boost with this Creamy Shallot Vinaigrette that’s made with just a handful of simple ingredients and mixes up quickly in the blender. I eat a salad almost every single day, and I happily drizzled my Everyone Loves This Vinaigrette over my greens for years and years and years (creature of habit …
These recipes for homemade salad dressing are tasty, easy to mix up, and missing the artificial ingredients that the bottled kinds often have! I’m not exaggerating when I say that we’ve made a batch of the Everyone Loves This Vinaigrette every single week for the last few years. But I’m always looking for new dressings …
My 20s were full of change and adventure. After college, I moved from a small town to New York City and worked at two magazines. Then I relocated to Chicago to be with my boyfriend-now-husband and begin a career as a freelance writer. It was a thrilling time, personally and professionally. But it was a terrible time, nutritionally. I was still clinging to the …
This simple cucumber salad with vinegar and red onion makes a light and refreshing addition to your summer meal. I was a terribly picky eater when I was a child (read: My Picky Eater Recovery). There’s a long list of foods that I wouldn’t eat then that I love now. This cucumber salad with vinegar is one of them. …
As the weather heats up, keep the oven off and toss together one of these light and healthy salads for a delicious summer lunch or dinner! If you’re like me, warm weather means my appetite for heavy food takes a nosedive–as does my desire to turn on the oven or get anywhere near it. So salads …
I’m a chronically early person. If I’m meeting you for lunch at noon, I’m there at 11:45 looking at the menu. Invite me to your shindig and I’ll arrive unfashionably early (on the upside, I’ll also help with last minute prep!). But when it comes to food, I’m often late to the party. Like avocado toast. It was all …
I’ve got a thing for restaurant salads. But I’ve also got a thing called a budget. So I try not to eat out very often, recreating my favorite salad combos at home instead. At Cosi, the Signature Salad is my go-to order. The salad base is easy: A bed of mixed greens topped with Gorgonzola cheese …
