My favorite recipes are the ones that are quick and easy. Even though cooking is one of my great loves, I can’t spend the whole morning or afternoon in the kitchen. So whenever I share a recipe with my cooking club, I look for ones that are easy and will […]
Are you counting the days to spring yet? This week, I’ve been seeing some early signs it’s not far away. Daffodils poking through the soil. A red-winged blackbird singing close by. Just yesterday, we spied three robins in the yard! But the temperatures have taken another nose dive. And even […]
You know you need to eat more veggies–but if you’re like a lot of people, a plate full of vegetables sounds more like a dreaded chore than a joy. But it doesn’t have to be that way. With the right recipe, you’ll find that good-for-you vegetables can be amazingly full-of-flavor. […]
In my New Start kitchen, baked potatoes are often on the menu. I think of them as my energy foods. I know some people think of them as fattening, but gram for gram, they contain fewer than half the calories of fat. What really gives them a bad name is […]
As the rain is falling this morning in Michigan, I want to find a cozy spot where I can hear it pattering on the roof. It’s one of my favorite sounds. It makes me want to curl up with a book. Books are everywhere in my house. I have a […]
You’ve made the choice to live for health one day at a time. But your old tastebuds are clamoring for those delightful foods that taste so good! All you can think of is that bag of candy sitting on the shelf or that bag of chips that seems to be […]
