Who loves snacks? I thought so. Me too. The trouble with most snacks is that, despite being delicious, aren’t the best for us. Don’t get me wrong; I like to make sweet sloppy love to some salty potato chips, sugary donuts, and fatty dips. At the end of the brief love affair, though, I’m leftRead More
Kale If I Know part 1
Touted as a super food, kale packs a nutritious punch. Great! The difficult thing is that it’s not always easy to choke down. It can be tough and earthy not to mention GREEN. Many are adverse to anything GREEN. Luckily I am not and I love a good challenge. The best way to eat vegetables is, ofRead More
(fill in the blank)-free foods are no fun
A lot of the time food labelled “(fill in the blank)-free” aren’t that much fun. Fat-free. Sugar-free. Gluten-free. I’m not advocating a full-fat or all-sugar diets but there’s gotta be a balance somewhere. Gluten-free seems to be all the rage right now. And I understand there are certain illnesses that require one to have aRead More
Summer is here! Let the Grilling Begin!
We celebrated Memorial Day about a week ago which to me means summer is here. And with summer, my food brain goes to fresh ingredients & easy, no-fuss cooking. That’s where the grill comes in. One of my favorite things to throw on the grill are packets: fish packets, veggie packets and, of course, potato packets.Read More
All Hail the Kale
Fresh.Local.Healthy. Maybe some buzz words of late but no less good ones to live by food-wise. With that said, the last few years we have grown a small garden in our small backyard. We didn’t exactly plan and plot it out. It is in what used to be a flower garden that got overran byRead More
Lentils are My New Best Friend
I do not mean to sound like a pompous asshole when I say this next line: I work out. I work out usually five mornings a week. I get up at 5:30 and am starting exercise class at 6:10. We usually go about 50 minutes with very few breaks. It kicks my ass! But IRead More
Catch up (or is it catsup?)
If April is the cruelest month, then February is downright despicable. One might understand if you live in the frozen tundra of the Midwest of the United States. Short days, cold nights, cutting winds; there is one great thing about it though: a warm kitchen. I enjoy the winter months for being able toRead More