It’s that time of year again! Time for making resolutions. Some resolve to drink less. Some resolve to get in shape and lose weight. Others resolve to manage stress. However statistics indicate that only 64% will keep going after one month and after six months less than half of those resolutions will survive. Personally, I’ve […]
Weekly Recipe – Baby Sweet Cakes
Baby Sweet Cakes Yield: about 32 Prep time: 30 minutes Chill time: 1 hour 2nd Prep time: 20 minutes Bake Time: 16 minutes I took the traditional Russian teacake and modified it to create a bit of candied yams for your taste-buds! Baking gluten-free is trial and error, especially breads because they do not rise […]
Sweet Prohibited: Going Gluten-Free
Iced sugar cookie cut outs in shapes of stars, circles and reindeer. Chocolate chip cookies. Rosemary lemon clover-leaf rolls. Challah bread. YUM! I love to bake. Where some love to cook, baking is one of my vices. This time of year I normally look forward to baking my holiday favorites for family and friends: russian […]
Weekly Recipe – Mashed sweet potatoes, chives and roasted garlic
Ahh the holiday season! When the weather is cold and the decorations appear, thoughts of warm chai teas and desserts delight! Two of my favorite foods during the holiday season are pecan pie and mashed potatoes. Anyone who has made mashed potatoes knows the mixture has to be just right! This season we tried something […]
Which is healthier: a sweet potato or a yam?
Once upon a time on a farm far far away, a farmer found an orange colored rock in his potato field. But this rock wasn’t a rock at all! For when he cut it open, it had flesh that looked like one of his potatoes except that it was longer in shape. When he […]
Weekly Recipe – Parmesan & Chicken Brown Rice Bowl
Serves 4 as a starter or 2 as a main entree Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes I love brown rice, especially Trader Joe’s brown rice medley mix because it is a blend of long grain brown rice, black barley and daikon radish seeds. Rice is an important component of so many cultural […]
Brown is better…
Some people are meat and potatoes people and others are fish and rice. Or just rice. Rice has become a staple in our diets and is often never served alone. We see it cooked with peas, carrots, and onions. We add sugar, milk and raisins and serve it as a pudding. We have it for […]
Weekly Recipe – Toasted Walnut Pear and Arugula Salad
Pears are still in season and available! Get ‘em while they last and use a Starkrimson, red pear. Pears are high in fiber when eaten with the skin. In fact, one pear provides approximately 5.5 grams of soluble fiber. Soluble fiber has been found to help lower blood cholesterol, keeps us regular, and slows the […]
Do you know someone that has diabetes?
November is Diabetes Awareness month and this is one that hits very close to home. For me, exercise and healthy choices is my only option… When we talk about diabetes we are discussing the body’s ability to handle glucose. Glucose, aka blood sugar, is our body’s main fuel source. Glucose not only fuels the body, […]
3 reasons to go play in the mud
Exercise. For some it is a love affair and for others it is love/hate affair. I love it when I’ve been on a roll and I hate it when I feel like I’m starting from scratch again. However, the benefits you gain from regular exercise far outweigh any negative feelings I may have about it. […]