I don’t like celery. The taste.. and the strings and the watery-ness and just meh… BUT I -am- trying. I decided maybe I’d like it better if it was cooked. So I tried out this recipe from The Vain Gourmet for Sauteed Celery with Garlic. It was good.. but I think it used way too much oil. So I’m going…
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Like a Peach
How sad is it that I’m 38 years old and have just realized what “they” meant when they said “bruise like a peach”? I mean, I get it.. bruises easily. In fact I’ve said that about myself.. but honestly I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a peach and noticed that it in fact bruised easily. Score one for Healthy Living.…
Ode to Summer: Pulled pork sandwiches and coleslaw
Nothing says summer more than barbecue and coleslaw. I’m not willing to give up BBQ and coleslaw completely for my “new healthy lifestyle” so here’s some easy fixes to old favorites. Most pulled pork recipes start with a shoulder roast. The problem is that shoulder roasts are terribly fatty. Since we’re doing slow cooking which will pretty much make -any-…
Fruit and Veggie PR
Somewhere along the line veggies and fruits got a bad rap. I don’t remember when it happened and it’s kind of insidious. But from childhood on up I’ve been told “veggies taste bad but they’re good for you so you should eat them” and “fruits are kind of bland.. and you really don’t want to eat them.. but they’re good…
The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler
I heard a compelling interview with David Kessler on NPR about this book. In fact, I heard the interview while I was driving and had to commit the name of the book to memory so that I would remember I wanted to look into it some more. The book digs in depth into the physical and psychological things that are…
The Case Against Soda
Aspartame kills your brain. 😐
Brussels Sprouts
Normally I’m rushed on Tuesday. I am a cohost on a podcast that starts recording at 8pm so it’s a bit rushed to get home, cook dinner, eat dinner, edit show notes before the show starts. Luckily this week my co-host is out of town.. so no show. So.. last night I cooked.
Week 0 – Before the blog
One weekend a while ago we went to visit some friends on the farm. I have always had weight loss as a low level concern.. kind of in the back of my mind. Over this weekend I lost it.. gnoshed on chips and pasta just totally blew it. Too much carbs, too much salt. On Monday, after this visit I…
Results Not Typical
I was a chubby child.. but I never really noticed. When I was 13 I noticed I was overweight. That summer, while visiting King’s Island, my inner thighs rubbed together until they were raw. I noticed it.. but I didn’t know what to do about it. When I was 15 I went on the cabbage soup diet with my mother.…