Food For Thought: Don’t Panic – We Can Fix This!
Dear Friends, The freezer isn’t a cryogenic tank to park your food indefinitely. So many people buy food on sale (buy one, get one) or marked down (hit the grocery store first thing in the morning for great deals), but the only thing they really get out of the deal is inedible freezer-burned food! Let […]
Hurray for Crock Cookers!
One of my pet peeves is hearing people say, “I don’t have time to make dinner.” I took a survey once and to my astonishment found out that a lot of people fend for themselves for dinner on days they’re not going through the drive-thru. There is no set time to sit down and eat […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Cauliflower
CAULIFLOWER. Also known as Cabbage Flower, cauliflower is a member of the Brassica family of veggies, well-known for their cancer fighting capabilities. Mon petit chou means (in French, chou is pronounced “shoe”) “my little cauliflower” and is a term of endearment! How do you like that? Here’s today’s TRICK: Take the stem off your cauliflower […]
Healthy Foods: 3 Ways to Start a New Habit
Dear Friends, One of the pitfalls in trying to get a new habit going (like making dinner, for example) is not being clear on the goal. It’s one thing to say you’re going to make dinner every night instead of eating via the drive-thru, but it’s another thing entirely to quantify your goal. Here are […]
Dinner Diva: Holiday Aneurysm
Dear Friends, In the aftermath of Christmas, lie credit card bills in waiting, messes to be cleaned up both figuratively and literally, and most spectacularly, a gigantic hole in the heart for so many people. Why is this? In this joyous of all seasons, these moments captured by Kodak, why do we feel like this? […]
Healthy Foods: Water, Water Everywhere
I need at least one time a year when I can pontificate about the benefits of water for your health. I mentioned it last week, but this week I’m going to give it to you with both hoses–you really need this stuff! It may be the best weight loss tool you have in your arsenal. […]
Dinner Diva: Hungry, Thirsty or Bored?
Have you ever said these words, “I’m hungry!”? I’m going to bet 100% of us have uttered those words, and probably most of us said it today! The deal is though– are you really? How do you know when you’re truly hungry? That’s an excellent question because so many of us really don’t know. We […]
Food For Thought: Are You Drinking Your Retirement Away?
Dear Friends, Did you know you could be drinking your retirement away with a fancy coffee habit? Let’s take a look at the dollars and cents (sense) of it all, shall we? My favorite coffee drink is a tall, non-fat, extra-shot cappuccino. I like mine dry and really foamy. At my local ‘Bucks, that costs […]
Dinner Diva: What a Waste
I’m sure you’ve heard the old adage, “waste not, want not.” We’ve all grown up with that saying. In our parents’ and grandparents’ time, the very idea of wasting food was unthinkable. Today, it’s the norm with nearly 40% of food purchased wasted every day. When you consider that the most flexible thing in our […]