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Archive for the ‘food’ Category
23 Feb
Re-growing Green Onions!
I joined Pinterest. I don’t follow many people or many topics, but gardening is one of them. I saw a pin last week that you could take green onions that have had the green cut off, plunk them in some water, and they re-grow. I had some green onions and thought I’d give it a [...]
13 Feb
Addiction
What do you think of when you see or hear “addicted”? The Merriam-Webster definition of addict is: to devote or surrender (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively Typically, we refer to addiction in the context of alcohol, gambling, nicotine and other drugs. Sometimes sex. Maybe coffee/caffeine. Can you stop eating sweet/sugary foods? If there’s a [...]
6 Feb
Education Isn’t Enough…
I just saw this a couple of days ago. It’s sad … and gross. What do you think?
26 Jan
Our Bodies Prefer Healthy Food
The Big Man and I went to Costco the other day, just to check it out, see if joining would help meet our needs. I’ve been to Costco before and know what it’s like in there. I guess it’s just been a while… The over-abundance made me kind of nauseous. But what we talked about [...]
24 Jan
Product Review: Funky Monkey Snacks
Full disclosure: I received samples from these folks for review. I receive no other compensation. I get quite a few e-mails from places that would like me to review products on the blog. Most of them are products that I wouldn’t want to sample or to recommend. Just because it’s labeled healthy doesn’t mean it [...]
9 Jan
Choosing Oatmeal
In your grocery store, there are several different types of oats/oatmeal that you can buy: instant, rolled, quick-cooking rolled, and steel-cut. I mentioned in passing the other day that steel-cut oats are far superior to instant. Do you know the difference? All of the following types of oats have the same beginning process: the hull (or [...]
5 Jan
Healthy Eating Plate
Not too long ago, the USDA put out the new MyPlate to replace the food pyramid. There were thing about it that bothered me — particularly the recommendation to ingest so much dairy. (It is not a secret that dairy farmers and the USDA are in bed together, which is also why milk is served [...]
3 Jan
Anti-Binge Tip: Keep Yourself Sated
I had an errand to run this morning that was time-sensitive. Fortunately, The Kid was more or less amenable to my schedule this morning, but I didn’t have a lot of non-kid time except to get dressed and have a quick breakfast. No oatmeal pre-readied (instant doesn’t hold a candle to steel-cut), so I had [...]
2 Jan
Who Is In Control — You Or …
Do you control food, or does food control you? Countless times, I have heard people talk about their best intentions being derailed by food that was “irresistible.” That means the food is in control. You are not alone; I have gotten back into the habit of letting food control me. My plan to deal with [...]
