I put off trying to make granola for a long time. I wanted to do it but kept finding recipes that didn’t feel right. Plus… lazy …. Finally I landed on this recipe, which felt like the proportions suited my taste; I also really like it because it gives a basic formula and then you […]
I’ve posted a few times about making the switch several years ago from cooking a turkey for Thanksgiving to cooking this far easier chicken, sage and sausage dish. Nigella Lawson has this basic recipe with slight variations in more than one spot on the internet. There are several things I particularly like about this recipe. […]
The last time I posted about turmeric ginger tea I gave a recipe for making one cup with dried spices. I like the taste better with fresh but I’ve been unwilling to peel and grate on a daily basis. I finally tried an experiment last month with making a big batch (i.e. one big round […]
In the last six or eight months I’ve been doing a lot of research about alternative health care possibilities to help my mother with her unending arthritis pain. I was very impressed by some medical school studies on turmeric and the positive results from drinking turmeric ginger tea. They found that participants who cut out […]
Somewhere near Christmas my mother handed me a recipe for a baked french toast and hinted strongly that she’d like to have that for Christmas morning breakfast. It seemed easy and you basically did all the prep the night before and refrigerated before baking, so it also seemed like a great thing to bake while […]
As part of my Journey2Peace series about health on the other blog, I put up a companion piece here last week as the opening in a series. Today’s offering explores my journey of discovery regarding red meat. There are such strong opinions about eating meat these days and a lot of misinformation floats […]
Over on my main blog, I’m doing some posts about how our healthy or not healthy bodies affect the health of Earth. This exploration includes taking a look at various aspects of eating, exercising, and sleeping for maximum health. My belief is that every body has its own best diet, exercise and sleep plan and […]
After years of hearing people talk about substituting cauliflower for potatoes and mashing, I tried a recipe a couple of years ago in which I made the substitution and I fell in love. Although I posted about it, I just mentioned substituting. Since this makes such a yummy, yet healthier alternative, thought I’d post in […]
We had an unexpectedly pretty day most of today, given the predictions for storms. So we decided to head out to Windy Corner early for dinner (it gets CRAZY noisy by 6 p.m.). Windy Corner is a really good restaurant in an old country grocery building way out in the country and they work really […]
I’ve learned a lot over the years from watching my favorite chefs on Food Network (many of whom no longer have shows…). It took me a while to register how frequently all the chefs contradict themselves about the best way to do something. I’ve seen one grab a box of store-bought chicken stock and tell us […]
