Savory

Quick Tip: Increase the Flavor of Any Savory Meal

Posted by HealthfulMama on Aug 29, 2012 in Quick Tips | 0 comments

Thanks for visiting Healthful Mama today! Sign up for my newsletter to get monthly post round-ups, recipes, special deals, and giveaway news! Quick Tip: To increase the flavor of most any savory meal, try adding a tablespoon or two of tomato paste. Whenever I’m cooking and feel like the dish just needs “something,” I reach for my tube of tomato paste. (I like this kind. It comes in, yes, an easy tube that can be kept in the fridge. No more buying an entire can for only a few spoonfuls!) I find the tomato paste trick to work especially well with soups or my go-to meal:...

Fill Your Belly: Savory Oatmeal

Posted by HealthfulMama on Oct 25, 2011 in Breakfast, Yums | 3 comments

I’ve always liked a healthy breakfast. As a kid, my favorite cereals were Cracklin’ Oat Bran and Grape Nuts. Why, yes, I had Progeria of the digestive tract, apparently. I liked me sum’ fiber! Let’s skip over my bout in high school where I couldn’t stomach breakfast before 10:00 (why is that? manic hormones? disrupted sleep patterns?) and the couple of years in college when I would down an entire Lumberjack Slam from Denny’s. Right. Skipping ahead… As I grew older and worked in restaurants, I grew to appreciate a perfectly-cooked egg or a...