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 […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Sweet Molasses
Molasses is a by-product of sugar making. Molasses is what is left when the sugar is separated from the juice from the sugar cane. There are three grades of molasses: light, dark, and blackstrap. Here’s today’s TRICK: When using molasses, lightly grease whatever you’re measuring it in so it doesn’t stick and drops out easily […]
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 […]
Asian Roll-Ups
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Dinner Diva: How to Build a Better Burger – Even in the Winter!
Have you ever gone to a cookout, having saved all your calories for a great grilled hamburger only to be grossly disappointed? That was me this past weekend (we had unseasonably warm weather!). The burgers were barely edible and had I known going in, I would have opted for the grilled chicken which was also […]
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 […]