Dinner Diva: Sing Along with Leanne
I love food. I like to talk about it, read about it, write about it, buy it, cook it and definitely eat it. While I wouldn’t say I’m exactly obsessed with all things edible, I would say I’m definitely food-centric. It’s how I roll, y’all. So today as I was pondering my column, I started […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: A Great Gluten-Free Substitute and Recipe!
Buckwheat flour comes from a plant, not a grain, and is naturally gluten-free. The flour is milled from buckwheat groats, the seeds of the buckwheat plant, which incidentally is related to rhubarb. With lots of naturally occurring fiber, this is a good choice for a regular flour substitute for the celiac or gluten intolerant. Nutritionally, […]
Healthy Foods: Top Ten Green Foods You Need
It’s been a while since I’ve been able to stay up long enough to see David Letterman go through his top-ten schtick. But that’s okay-I can do my own top ten. And this time, I have picked some green foods to dish on. We all know that we should choose more green foods for better […]
Healthy Foods: Popeye was right all along!
I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats my spinach . . . Popeye was a smart guy. Well, if you can look past the chain-smoking, the violent tendencies he had towards Bluto, and the way he objectified Olive Oyl. But anyway, the iconic cartoon sailor has been helping to make spinach cool for decades. […]
Healthy Foods: Life in the Fast Food Lane
If you’re like me, there are times in my week when fast food is an absolute necessity. But here’s the rub: I don’t do drive-thrus. Instead, I make my own fast food. Consider how much it costs on a weekly basis to do drive-thru–even if you go cheap and get water to drink–it really adds […]
Dinner Diva: Food Fight
This morning as I was reading my email, I saw a Madison avenue styled ad for chemotherapy. Yes, you read that right. I’ve also seen cancer hospitals (one of them a chain) doing their thing in prime time on TV. A long time ago in a place not so far away, this would have never […]
Dinner Diva: The “I Don’t Like Cooking” Fix
I have received a lot of letters from various people from all walks of life who plain and simple just do not like cooking. Cooking for them is on the same par as toilet cleaning. However, they are diligent swish and swipers, incorporating bathroom cleaning into their regular morning routines. But because other options exist […]
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 […]
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 […]