Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The hourglass-shaped winter squash, in a (butter)nut shell
I love me some delicious, nutritious fresh sliced zucchini in a stir fry, but when winter squash season comes upon us in the fall, I tend to reach for butternut in favor of the milder flavored summer squashes. Like zucchini, pumpkin, cucumber, and melon, butternut squash is a member of the gourd family. You may not think of […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: The buzz about honey – my sweetheart!
Fifteen million years ago, folks were enjoying honey. We know that beekeeping has been going on since 700 BC. Before then, I guess it was brave souls sticking their arms in beehives! The Egyptians sacrificed tons of honey to river gods. Rumor has it that Alexander the Great was embalmed with honey. In ancient Rome, […]
Food For Thought: The bitter truth about sweeteners
It seems like folks are spending a lot of energy trying to find the best sweeteners on the go. The additive for our drinks and baked goods that will sweeten things up without negatively affecting our health. There’s so much information and misinformation out there that you’re likely having a tough time figuring out which […]
Healthy Foods: Gingerly approaching the topic of…ginger!
Okay, so there’s no need to cautiously approach ginger as a topic. It’s not like arsenic in rice or eggs causing strokes, but it does make for a cute title, dontcha think? According to folklore, ginger comes straight from the Garden of Eden. I’m not sure about that, but ginger is one of those warm […]
Dinner Diva: Thinking outside the lunchbox
Today’s Dinner Diva article isn’t about our evening meal, but it’s an important topic to cover just the same – I hope you’ll agree! I’m talking lunch today, and specifically, lunch boxes. My kids are beyond the “but Mawwwmmmm, everyone else has [insert your child’s most desired petroleum-by-product-based poison of choice here] why can’t I?” […]
Healthy Foods: When life hands you lemons, eat them!
The Egyptians were wise. They would consume lemons and lemon juice as a means of protecting them from the different poisons they were always getting into. (Really, what was it with the Egyptians and poison, anyway?) The amazing thing is that recent research has proven the Egyptians’ theory right. That doesn’t mean that you could […]
Dinner Diva: Quit stressing over dressing
You all know by now that I’m a big fan of salads. If you read any amount of my articles and if you cook from my books, you also know that I am not a big fan of commercial salad dressings. So what’s a Dinner Diva to do? Well, you can hardly eat a pile […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Buy some bison
Home, home on the range . . . I always picture a rancher in the old west when I think of bison meat. Is that weird? Anyway, whatever image it evokes for you, if you’re looking for a delicious and healthy red meat alternative to beef, buy bison! Bison is generally lower in fat, calories, […]
Healthy Foods: Why an apple a day keeps the doctor away…
Apples are sweet and delicious, they have a long shelf life and they make a mean pie! But why are apples so healthy? Seeing as how it is apple season once again, let’s take a look! Fiber. Apples are a great source of fiber and that fiber may combine with phytonutrients in the fruit to […]