My secret
ingredient this week will add zip to almost any sandwich, salad - even
breakfast eggs - without adding calories, excess sodium or measurable fat.
Sun-dried
tomatoes are packed with the same nutritional goodness as their fresh
counterparts - Lycopene, antioxidants and vitamin C. After all, these are
just dried-up,... Read more
My favorite micro-brewery/restaurant sponsors "mustard month" every March in conjunction with the "world famous" Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin (See www.mustardmuseum.com). They bring in hundreds of jars of mustard - in all varieties - and offer them as bonus condiments to their customers. I've... Read more
This is the end (thank goodness) to an exceptionally stressful month - one that included a horrendous bout with the flu (despite my getting a flu shot), serious family trouble and transition, and - to top it off - a case of S.A.D. or Seasonal Affective Disorder. In the past few years, I have suspected something happened to me during the... Read more
With a trip to Grand Cayman coming up in mid-March, I have been especially well-behaved on my diet lately. I've been eating salads almost every day for lunch, and twice a week for dinner. I love sitting down at my neighborhood soup and salad cafe for a leisurely midday meal but, he problem is, I haven't had time for hour-long lunches, of... Read more
Let me say this upfront: I love sushi. It is on my Top 5 list of favorite foods; probably in the Top 3. So I was disappointed, to say the least, to discover that sushi rolls - as I like to enjoy them - are loaded with calories! Who knew? Standard sushi, in moderation, is not a terrible choice when you're dieting,... Read more