Category Archives: eating well I have spent the majority of my life on one diet or another. So have most of the women I know. I have lost weight, a lot of it, numerous times. And yet, I am not thin. I have an entire library devoted to books on weight loss, healthy eating, diet cookbooks, think yourself […]  There are many reasons to pop your own popcorn rather than buying microwave popcorn. There are the the bags. Even if you get only organic popcorn the bag is still coated with perfluorochemicals, or PFCs, a class of chemicals linked to various cancers and reproductive system damage. You have no way of knowing if your popcorn […]  Since the late 1970’s America has been on a quest to eradicate fat from our diets as a way to remove it from our middles, and at the forefront of that quest was a low fat diet. What this meant for us was replacing animal fats with vegetable fats, hydrogenating fats, using increased amounts of […]  I am not a big fan of the show Chopped, but people must love the concept of the mystery basket because there are entire nights that are devoted to repeats of it all night long. I like the concept in a theoretical kind of way, and like all of you viewers at home I try […]  What could be better on a cold Saturday night than sitting down to a slightly spicy, salty, sweet, roasted piece of beef? Chuck roast is the perfect cut for any slow cooking method. It is pretty inexpensive; mine cost $3.45 a pound, and when cooked properly will yield a tender and flavorful dish. Though I […] |
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