Food For Thought: Shop like a European!

A while back, I wrote about the issue of food waste in this country. It really is astonishing to think about how much perfectly good food is tossed in the trash in this day and age. We have access to more food than our mothers and their mothers had before us, and yet we’ve become […]

Food For Thought: Is there BPA on your dinner plate?

BPA. We all know it’s bad for us, but urine samples from studies show that roughly 90% of us have this chemical flowing through our systems. We take it in when we eat foods from containers made from BPA. That’s not acceptable, folks. What is BPA? At its most basic definition, BPA is a chemical […]

Dinner Diva: The Dirty Dozen—Which foods to always eat organic and why!

The word “organic” is on everyone’s lips these days, from choosing organic cotton bed sheets to buying organic fruits and veggies. I always reach for organic first whenever I can, and I recommend you do the same. But, I do realize that we don’t all live in places where fresh organic produce and meats are […]

Food For Thought: Saving Time is the Key to Saving Dinner

I’m big on preparing fresh meals from scratch, but I also like to be realistic. Cooking should be an adventure, but hopefully a fun one and not a frustrating experience! If you’re trying to transition from feeding your family with packaged meals and takeout to good home cooking, you deserve a big pat on the […]

Dinner Diva: Skip the supermarket this week!

I have a challenge for you this week if you dare. Actually, I am going to double-dog dare you to try this. Skip the supermarket this week. That’s right. SKIP. IT. Instead, go to the farmer’s market and buy all you can of their freshly grown local produce, purchase the farm fresh eggs and the […]

Healthy Foods: But Wait! There’s More From The Dinner Diva

Hey y’all! It’s time for Ask the Dinner Diva again! You have questions? I’ve got answers. If you want YOUR question answered, keep reading, I’ll tell you where to shoot your question! It’s a little complicated, or perhaps I’m just making it so, hence my reason for writing. I’ve been a fan for years and […]

Food For Thought: Are Your Pots Too Big?

Dear Friends, Ever heard of the term “too much”? When it comes to buying food and keeping food in your pantry, fridge, and freezer, we have a tendency to become somewhat pack rattish. What we need to do is refocus and look at our needs, not our peculiar desire to shove food into every nook […]

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 […]