Spicy Turkey Burgers With Avocado Cream
Enjoy a burger with a healthy twist, created by Carolina Bretherton, author of “Family Cookbook” and “Desserts.”
Recipes
Superfoods to the Rescue
Experts agree there are hundreds of “super-good-for-you” foods, and making them a part of your everyday life may be easier — and more delicious — than you think.
9 Easy Snacks for Kids Under 200 Calories
Try these nutrient-rich, easy snacks to keep kids energized and healthy.
New Cowfish Burger Benefits Local Charity
In April, Cowfish will donate $5 from every sale of the Motor Keeps Going burger to A Child's Place.
Menu Makeover at Great Wolf Lodge Concord
You can now feel better about the food choices being served to your kids at Great Wolf Lodge.
Peachy Green
This smoothie is perfectly green and full of peach flavor.
Candy Corn Smoothie
This smoothie looks like candy corn, but it's so much healthier.
Sleepytime Honey Almond
Almonds are not only full of protein, but they are also full of magnesium, which is a natural muscle relaxant. You get almonds from the almond milk and the almond butter in this smoothie, giving the kids a nice dose…
The Produce Box Brings Fresh to Your Doorstep
The Produce Box is helping Charlotte get healthy with doorstep deliveries of fresh produce.
Kids in the Kitchen: Creating a New Generation of 'Foodies'
The benefits of exposing kids to cooking, food and kitchen skills at an early age.
Crockpot Strawberry Cobbler
It's strawberry season again and those delicious berries are yours for the picking!
Strawberry Grilled Cheese
It's strawberry season again and those delicious berries are yours for the picking!
Homemade Hot Chocolate
A warm treat for cold winter days.
Veggie Stew
There’s nothing as cozy and satisfying as a warm soup cooking on a cold winter night! Put a local spin on your stove with this delicious recipe using North Carolina local vegetables. 1 onion, diced 1 lb zucchini, diced…
Butternut Squash Soup
There’s nothing as cozy and satisfying as a warm soup cooking on a cold winter night! Put a local spin on your stove with these delicious recipes using North Carolina local vegetables.5 cups butternut squash (1 large), blanched or roasted…
Chocolate Peppermint Crème Brulee
Nothing is more fun than a bite-sized dessert, and this one is just perfect for the holiday season. Find cute little holiday glasses about the size of a paper Dixie cup or use a clear glass votive candleholder. Find small…
Simple Pear Salad
Pears are a nutritional bargain. At only 100 calories per serving, one pear provides 6 grams of fiber; that's 20 percent of the RDA for fiber. They are also a good source of vitamin C and are known to be…
Gingered Cranberry Raspberry Relish
Traditional doesn’t have to mean boring. When you’re trying to come up with side dish ideas for this year’s Holiday menu just think a little outside the box; take a traditional dish and make it contemporary and chic…like adding rapberries,…
Sweet Potato Breakfast Spread
Just one medium sweet potato provides more than a day's worth of vitamin A and 35 percent of the RDA for vitamin C. Sweet potatoes are a source of fiber, vitamin D, and iron. Try this recipe and add sweet…
Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Pumpkin is incredibly rich in vital antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and fiber. One serving provides 300 percent of the RDA for vitamin A. Pumpkin is also rich in vitamins C, E and iron. In addition, pumpkin seeds are a good source…
Orange Salad
One medium orange meets the RDAs for a day's worth of vitamin C. But did you know that oranges also provide potassium, calcium, vitamin A, fiber and folate! Orange slices make a wonderful addition to salads. Oranges complement the flavors…
5 Healthy Additions to Your Thanksgiving Dinner
Thanksgiving meals don’t have to be gut-busting.
Apple and Sausage Stuffing
The best recipes this time of year are family recipes — the ones that with just one bite, you are automatically transformed to a time and place of your youth. This recipe is from many a family Thanksgiving of my…
Old-Fashioned Potato Latkes With a Twist
When I was growing up, potato pancakes — or latkes — were a staple side dish in our house. My mom had to make tons of them because my brother and I, and Daddy, too, would eat them right out…
