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Simple Spring Recipes

Despite the snowstorm that is headed straight for my city I’ve decided to move forward with my spring menu planning. I’m giving classic winter recipes, such as stews, soups, and casseroles a rest for a while, and am pulling out lighter recipes that feature fresh fruit and vegetables. I’m also getting ready to grill again, so I’m collecting recipes that allow me to fire up the BBQ. Here are some simple dishes you can add to your spring menu: STRAWBERRY SALAD Ingredients for Dressing: 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup red wine vinegar 2 cloves garlic, … Continue reading →

Spicing Up the Holidays with Healthy Spices

My daughter and I spent the better part of last week in the kitchen trying to get our holiday baking done. We’ve got a few more batches of cookies to go before I can collapse under the Christmas tree and start enjoying the fruits of our labor. It’s been hectic, but there’s nothing better than having your home smell like the inside of a spice factory. The mouth-watering aroma of warm spices got me thinking about the nutritional value of some of the ingredients we’ve been adding to our recipes—-namely the spices. Obviously spices make a dish taste good, but … Continue reading →

A Muffin for Mother’s Day

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This is a blog for dads. If you’re a mom you can’t read it. E-mail it to your husband or just print it (without looking at it) and leave it for him to find. (For my husband this would need to be left on the laptop or the remote control.) Again, moms: DO NOT READ THIS BLOG. So dads, now that we’ve gotten rid of the moms, let’s talk about breakfast on Mother’s Day morning. I’m not a huge breakfast in bed fan, (the grandeur is lost when I’m cleaning crumbs out of bed that evening) but I definitely appreciate … Continue reading →

Cinnamon For Lower Blood Sugar

Within the past few years, studies have shown that cinnamon is helpful in reducing blood sugar levels! Why does your blood sugar go up and down, anyway? When you eat, the sugars and starches in foods get broken down into glucose, also known as blood sugar. Shortly after you eat, the level of glucose in your blood is high. Insulin (a naturally occurring hormone in your body) takes the glucose and uses it for energy or stores it as fat. So what does cinnamon have to do with it? One of the compounds that makes up cinnamon is called MHCP. … Continue reading →

No-Bake Cinnamon/Apple Cheesecake

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I have stacks and stacks of cookbooks. I used to cook only from recipes and that worked out really well but it lost its thrill after a while. Then I started experimenting! Turning your kitchen into a test kitchen is a risky proposition. If you don’t pay attention, you can really make a mess and do something I was taught never to do – waste a lot of food! I’ve been following the Zone Diet for about a month now and it is really working out well for me, but one day I had a craving for something rich and … Continue reading →