Taking foods I once enjoyed and remaking them into something decidedly more healthy – that’s how I manage to maintain the weight loss that I set out to achieve seven years ago. It’s a sustainable strategy for life, versus losing weight on a strict, plain chicken breast-and-broccoli diet or like-minded plan – which eventually people […]

Let’s face it, people in general are stupid. It’s been proven that all you have to do to convince the masses that a lie is the truth is just keep repeating it. How outlandish, improbable, or transparently made up the falsehood may be does not matter. Every two-bit con man, grifter, or politician knows the […]

For all of you faithful readers out there, I’ve been on a bit of a banana kick with recipes lately.  I’m throwing a curveball, or rather, an orange ball this time.  I’ve covered plenty of fruits in this column, strawberries, blueberries, the aforementioned banana, but never the trusty orange.  Maybe that’s because most people only get this […]

I’ve been ushering in winter by leaving all the windows open at night and getting the house down to 50 degrees during the day, just to get back in the slow cooker soups and stews of the colder months.  They are easy, free up most of your cooking day, and can be very healthy if you […]