I don’t know about you but I’m always looking for healthy breakfast ideas. You can only eat fried eggs so many days in a row.

The croque-monsieur is a French hot sandwich made with ham and cheese. You see them everywhere in cafes in Paris.

If you’re like me, you love salsa. It’s true, I grew up in Texas. But salsa isn’t just for Texans anymore. Salsa is the number one condiment in America (mustard is number two).

This isn’t just any old salsa. This is lacto-fermented salsa.

In this video, I’m teaching you to make ceviche. For those hot summer days when you don’t feel like turning on the oven — heck, you don’t even want to have to spend time in the kitchen. This recipe is so easy — you’ll be amazed!

I know if you try it, you’re going to become hooked on ceviche, just like I am. It’s a great way to get more seafood into your family.

All kids love mac & cheese. The problem is, the boxed versions of mac & cheese are made with powdered cheese mix and noodles made from white flour. Not exactly nutritious! Also, boxed mac & cheese is gross. It tastes horrible! The so-called healthy brands are not much better than Kraft.

I came up with this recipe for real, homemade mac & cheese that your kids are going to love. In fact, when I sent this recipe out in my menu mailer, one of my subscribers said that her son came in after dinner and said it was the “Best mac & cheese ever!”

A few weeks (okay, months) ago, my friend and neighbor, Janis, had me (and our friend, Shirley, pictured below) over to her house to teach me her method for baking artisan no-knead sourdough bread. It came out so well — I’m very excited to share it with you.

All my life, I have loved shortbread cookies. I usually buy Walker brand, from Scotland, which are, thankfully, still made with real butter. I love the sandy texture, the sweet taste.

But most of all, I love the butter. Butter is not only delicious, it’s also very good for you.

Someone once told me I should change the name of this blog from CHEESESLAVE to BUTTERSLAVE. It’s a tough call. I love them both.

This Christmas, I’m going home to Texas. First to Dallas to visit my parents, and then we’re all going on a road trip, 3 kids in tow, down to Austin. We’ll be getting our fill of Texas comfort food from my childhood: migas and Texas BBQ, pecan prailines, chili, quesadillas, and chicken fried chicken with fried okra, mashed potatoes and cornbread.

Nothing says Texas like pecan pie. Okay, that’s not exactly true. There are many things that evoke the spirit of Texas: armadillos, longhorns, Willie Nelson, chili, pickup trucks and gun racks, two-stepping, and nachos (invented in Texas). But pecan pie has got to be one of the very best things in all of Texas.

This recipe is different from most recipes you’ll find for Chinese Orange Chicken. I used a healthy, traditional fat — lard. Unlike what you read in books like The China Study, lard, or pig fat, has traditionally been used in China for thousands of years. I also used a traditional, unrefined sweetener — honey. And I used whole grain sprouted flour instead of refined white flour.