If you’re about to eat a cucumber, perhaps you should re-think that decision – unless you absolutely know where the cuke came from. Like your own backyard. Why? Because according to the Communicable Disease Center there have been 838 cases of salmonella from cucumbers from Mexico. Here are the reported outbreaks so far: Alabama (1) […]

If you’re interested in food safety – and who isn’t? – then you should check out this story on opposition to the Trans-Pacific Trade Partnership agreement, I recently saw an image of a printed copy of the agreement on a Senator’s desk and it’s several feet – yes, FEET – tall! How can anyone truly understand anything […]

The holiday season is upon us and if you’re looking for cooks gifts, we have a lot of ideas. That’s because a lot of food prep goes on at our house. :-) A high quality product like this Kirkland Signature Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil will always be appreciated by a cook – unless they’re eating […]

I eat a ton of salads, and so do my family members, and green onions go on EVERY salad. So I buy at least two bunches every week. They’re not that expensive – usually about $1.25 – $1.50 for two bunches. Still, that’s approximately $75 a year that I could spend on something else. More […]

This is the kind of produce we should all be promoting and eating. It’s a lettuce mix called “Lettuce Buy Local”. It’s a mix of three lettuces: 1. Romaine 2. Green Lollo 3. Red Lollo Pesticide free: the farm that grows this is local but it’s spreading all over the southeast, according to their website. […]

Parsley is supposedly the world’s most popular herb. I planted parsley in a pot last spring, rather than in the ground, and had no expectation that it would survive the winter with its snows (OK, not so much snow this past year), sleet, ice and single digital temps. In the autumn, right before the first […]

Are you and your family eating GMO – genetically modified – foods? Do you care if you are? Perhaps you should. GMO foods come from seeds and plants that have been altered in a laboratory. There are various reasons for doing this. For instance, rapeseed, the source of canola oil, has been modified so that […]

A week or two ago I made my first attempt at a healthy black bean burger. I really like Morningstar Farms black bean burgers but they’re GMO and I am eating much less processed food these days. I really love my first burgers and have made them a couple of more times. But there is […]

I recently found a package of artisan lettuce in my grocery and couldn’t resist. I love and adore lettuce and here were three varieties I’d never eaten before: * Sweet gem * Tango * Oak Vitamin A, numerous B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, manganese, iron, potassium, copper, phosphorous are just a few of the nutritional […]

OK, I admit I made up the ‘world famous’ part about my vegetarian stew, but at least it’s famous among my family and most everyone who knows me. If you’re looking for a vegetarian dinner idea, or a lunch idea – heck, I even eat it for breakfast – then this is it. Reasons to […]