If you have any Kraft Macaroni & Cheese boxed dinners in your pantry, you need to check them out now. The FDA announced that Kraft is doing a recall of approximately a quarter of a million boxes due to dangerous metal fragments in the pasta you and your family might eat. Let’s face it … eating these […]

I’m an almost-perfect vegetarian (OK, so I cheat from time to time – so sue me! :-) But, I love burgers!!! So what’s a gal to do? Obviously, it’s to eat bean burgers. I’ve been buying the Morningstar Farm burger, which I like, and I’ve tried Boca burgers, which I don’t like. However, there are reports that MF uses […]

I see the word “hacks” everywhere these days. In fact, I think it’s so omnipresent that it’s become rather meaningless. But in the spirit of popular culture, I give you this small collection of kitchen hacks. Actually, they’re decent ideas, most of which never occurred to me. 1. Keeping Your Iced Tea (Or Any Cold […]

Do you like homemade ice cream? Most likely, that’s as silly as question as asking if you like to breathe! I’ve thought about buying an ice cream freezer but almost all the recipes I find are really high in calories and fat and they include stuff that I don’t want to eat – like cream […]

I can remember eating produce out of my grandmother’s yard and it tasted NOTHING like the stuff in the grocery store. Picking an organic fruit or vegetable right off the plant when it’s sun warmed and ripe is a sensual and fascinating experience. When we consider that the produce at the grocery store is usually […]

I love and adore hummus – but I don’t like the price. The brand I like best costs $2.99 (which doesn’t include the tax) for a mere four ounces. So I decided to try making my own, but the problem was the tahini. Most hummus recipes call for tahini and I didn’t want to buy […]

Here is an easy-peasy oatmeal recipe that is loaded with nutrition and super foods. I’m one of those folks who is happy to eat pizza for breakfast and oatmeal for dinner, but if you’re more of a traditionalist, whip this up in the morning. Note that I do use the old fashioned rolled oats rather […]

I made an awesome cilantro cranberry relish recipe two days ago and have been eating it steadily ever since. In fact, when I made it I was a bit taken aback by the amount and thought I’d end up freezing most of it before it went bad. No problem. It’s so good and tastes so […]

About my fabulously successful gluten free bread recipe … I haven’t had any gluten since May of this year. And, mostly, I don’t mind giving up wheat and gluten. There are lots of substitutes for most of the foods I love – like a quinoa pasta that’s wonderful. But my favorite food in the world […]

I've never met a bean salad I didn't like and this garbanzo and artichoke salad is easy and healthy. Best of all, it's delicious – well, it is if you like artichokes. Since I'm currently on my wheat free, gluten free diet I'm looking for interesting recipes that are easy to prepare and don't have […]