You probably know that eating cooked dark leafy greens is one of the best ways to lower your risk for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). But what do you do with a 91 year old mom who turns up her nose at cooked dark green veggies? My solution? Mix them with pasta! Since pasta is the one ...
Health and Nutrition
Healthy Breakfasts Made Simple
Happy New Year! A lot of us begin each new year with the very best of intentions. Have you ever resolved to lose weight or eat a more healthy diet? Three of the best resolutions to start your new year off right are to minimize refined sugar and red meat, and to maximize the amount of whole ...
My Kimchi Conundrum
I really, really, really wanted to like Kimchi . . . Friends had raved about it . . . I'd read online blogs about its powerful probiotic punch . . . And since I adore sauerkraut and am totally sold on the powerful health benefits of probiotics, I thought I would give making my own Kimchi a ...
Beating the high cost of organic produce
Every week, I spend at least $100 and 2 hours of my Saturday morning shopping for organic produce at the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market. I don't know about you, but that's a lot of time and $$ to me! In an effort to free up my Saturday mornings, I decided to try Absolute ...
Aduki Bean Sweet Potato Chili
Wow, it's been a long time since I found the time to blog! Our phenomenal annual scuba diving trip to Pirates Point Resort on Little Cayman followed by a business trip to Detroit really cut into my cooking (and blogging) time! When I return home from a trip, I'm always faced with a less than ...
A Cure for the Juicer’s Dilemma
In my quest to control food waste, I've been vexed by the sheer volume of pulp created by juicing. I juice several times a week for breakfast, and am always astonished at the relatively small amount of juice I get from a huge amount of veggies. And although I've been religiously using the pulp ...
What does it mean to be 80% Vegan?
Happy New Year! One of my goals this year is to re-think my cooking and eating so that I am eating 80% vegan. I've tried many times to eat 100% vegan and find that it is not sustainable because I am just craving too many delicious ingredients that I love. Take last night, for ...
Fool a Carnivore – British Style
Did you see the Daily Mail article about the British woman who tried to fool her carnivore husband with meatless meals for a week to see if he would notice a difference? Joanne Gould gave a day-by-day assessment of how well her meals satisfied her hubby carnivore’s cravings. I found it ...
