Seasons, Spices, Herbs, Vinegars Seasoning, spices, and herbs all add flavors and aroma to meals, they enhance the taste of the food you have prepared, and can change or enhance… [Continue Reading]
Healthy Conversion
Our fast paced world lends itself to ordering food from Grub Hub, getting our salad at Whole Foods, picking up take-out, calling for pizza, receiving food boxes with ingredients and… [Continue Reading]
Real Hunger Games
Updated 18 May 2024; original 26 August 2019 Globally, the UN reports over 800M people live with hunger, that is 1 person in every 9 on this planet. According to… [Continue Reading]
Reduce take-out waste
Factoids EPA: Packaging accounts for nearly 30% of all waste generated across the country. Ocean Conservancy: Takeout food containers and wrappers are the #2 most prolific litter on our beaches… [Continue Reading]
Cutting Board Comments
Why Own a Cutting Board? A cutting board is a necessary prep surface for cooking, and serves several purposes. Saves your counter top from damage or staining Protects your knives… [Continue Reading]
Is Food a Commodity?
Commodity Investopedia: A commodity is a basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other commodities of the same type. Commodities are most often used as inputs in the… [Continue Reading]
Eating Causes Cancer?
Food Variables I have already commented on how it seems we are hearing, every few months, about the effects of food on our health. Foods contain many substances, and reports… [Continue Reading]
My Slow Cooker
Wikipedia: A slow cooker is a countertop electrical cooking appliance used to cook food at a lower temperature (simmer) than other cooking methods provide, which facilitates hours of unattended cooking…. [Continue Reading]
Ketosis: Keto + HMR Diets
A review of ketosis-based diets such as HMR, Keto and Atkins.
Cleaning After a Food Recall
How to clean your fridge after a food recall.
Wash and Eat…
I am an advocate of washing my hands and food before I cook to help reduce opportunities for bacteria to infect my friends and family. But I do not wash… [Continue Reading]
The Trader Joe’s Diet
What is the TJ’s Diet? I have already introduced you to my friend (“do not call me a cook”) Jill who is on the Trader Joe’s (TJ’s) Diet. What is… [Continue Reading]
Invite Pollinators
This June is the 3rd anniversary of the Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, a national initiative to bring back the bees. And the week of June 19-26 is Pollinator Week. If you… [Continue Reading]