I love fall! Really, it’s my favorite season of the year. I love the crispness of the air, the change in the color of the leaves, the sound of the crunch of leaves underfoot, the earthy smell of the leaves on the ground. I…
It’s that time again! The next Tea Talk is coming! I can’t believe it’s time for Tea Talk: Food As Medicine #4. The last three were so much fun – tea, food, friends and learning. If you haven’t been to one of them, go…
I usually don’t do recipes that require special equipment or fussy ingredients. Not usually… But this time, it has to be done. It’s worth it though! It’s hard enough in the summer heat to even think about cooking, much less do it. It’s easier…
This week has been nuts! I worked all last weekend at the hospital and this is now my last week to get the oldest three kids ready for a week away at camp. The five year old is staying with a friend next week…
This one is for my non chocolate people! (I don’t understand you, but I love you anyway!) I’ve been trying to stay on the no sugar track, but I still really like my cookies. If you want to read more about why I’m avoiding…
I love chocolate. I’m sure I’ve said this before, but I think chocolate should be its own food group. The thought of giving up chocolate was the one thing that kept stopping me from eliminating sugar from my diet for more than a year. Eliminating…
I miss rice. When I was little, my mom told me that maybe I should have been Asian, because I loved rice so much. Didn’t matter what kind – white, brown, sticky, I ate them all. A little sauce and a big pile of…
I’ve been conducting a science experiment. On myself. Before anyone gets alarmed, let me say this is a nutrition experiment. I’m not taking any medications or new supplements. But I’ve radically changed my current diet recently to see how my body would respond to…
I love brussels sprouts. Guess I’m strange that way. I was the kind of kid who liked eating my vegetables (my mom was lucky!). But I didn’t learn to like brussels sprouts until I was an adult. The first dish I can remember was…
This my favorite season of the year: Fall! It’s such a beautiful time, with the colors of the leaves changing, the crisp air in the mornings, the rustle of the leaves of the ground (I always shuffle through the piles on the sidewalk during my…