Recipes

An easy Chicken Pho recipe (Pho Ga) with step-by-step photos, just like my mother’s recipe. Make an authentic and delicious Vietnamese Chicken Pho in less than 30 minutes with your Instant Pot or pressure cooker! Instructions for stovetop, Instant Pot and pressure cooker. Pho Noodle Soup A fragrant and soul-soothing Beef Pho Noodle Soup is often what I crave when only a steaming bowl of noodle soup will do. But when time is sparse and I don’t have 3 hours to potter about in the kitchen, a Chicken Pho is a rather wonderful alternative. For that reason, this Chicken Pho...

Here are the 23 best green smoothie recipes for detox and beauty. Now I could forgive you for thinking that any green drink isn’t going to taste good. And believe me, some green smoothies really just taste like blended salad. But not these recipes. All of these recipes are my favorites because not only are they super delicious, some tasting just like cake. But they also are very filling which is perfect for me because I’m always busy. Drinking one of these for breakfast and also lunch keeps me going until my next meal, staving off hunger and cravings too....

These lettuce cups are a knock-off of the super-popular P.F. Chang’s appetizer, and I think the reasons to love them are obvious. But just in case, let me elaborate: You eat them with your hands. The cool lettuce contrasts with the warm, succulent chicken. The sauce is sticky and savory and sweet and then—pow!—there’s the crisp snap of water chestnuts. Asian Lettuce Cups with Almond Green Beans Serves 2–4 | Total time: 35–40 minutes | Whole30 compliant

New greens recipe going on repeat right here… bringing my love of baked broccoli together with frozen peas and broad beans, plus some pickled veggies for good measure. The pickles take literally no time to whip together and keep really well in the fridge as a nice crunchy, slightly sour addition to meals. The nature of apple cider vinegar (used in the pickle liquid) also helps to break down and more readily digest food too. If you don’t have pickles, ingredients to make pickles or don’t want to make them you can omit or use some sauerkraut or kimchi instead....

 We've been eating more fish in our home in recent years, and moving away from red meat.  Poultry and fish is what we eat most of the time now, with the odd piece of red meat.  Not only is fish delicious but it is a lot better for you at the end of the day. Fish is filled with omega-3 fatty acids and vitamins such as D and B2 (riboflavin). It is also rich in calcium and phosphorus and a great source of minerals, such as iron, zinc, iodine, magnesium, and potassium. The Heart Association recommends eating fish at least two...