Dinner Diva: Chicken Nuggets
Admittedly, it doesn’t take much to get my nutritional feathers ruffled. I’ve seen a lot of things that have made me crazy over the years and you’ve heard me harp on them—from “healthy” whole wheat donuts to artificial sweeteners, Olestra and acrylimide. I’ve sang the siren’s song about good nutrition and what I believe too, […]
Menu Plan for Pete’s Sake!
When you choose to not plan, you choose to live in an unprepared state. Think about what that means for a minute. Being unprepared means chaos, confusion and regret. Living life in a state of perpetual unpreparedness is highly stressful. Why do we do this to ourselves? In the kitchen and in the food department […]
Fun with Fiber
Fiber is essential to healthy eating, especially if you remember the other corresponding component to filling up with fiber—water. Think for a moment about your garbage disposal. In order to get it flushed out, you must run the water before flicking the switch. This is how you get things moving and cleaned out. Your own […]
Eat Your Veggies
There are times in a child’s life that he or she needs training. We all remember teaching our children how to use the potty, or how to cross the street or call 911. What we hate to admit as the older, wiser adult is that we (albeit old dogs), need to learn a few new […]
Embrace the Present
Embrace the Present…It’s a gift! I love emails like this—I had to share it with you for two reasons. One is what she said in the email itself and two is because of the Sarah Ban Breathnach quote that accompanies Tiffany’s email. Both have two wonderful lessons in them. Here’s the email in response to […]
Cooking is the Answer
Cooking is the answer – do you know the question? There’s nothing like a pandemic to get your appetite going! Am I right? Let’s just say the sourdough starter/bread-making/pizza phase didn’t last too long at my house and I’m just going to give a shoutout to my inner Wise Woman for telling me to shut […]