Bolognese is one of those “heavy belly” dishes.  You know the kind, it’s hearty and tastes great, and you overeat and then it feels like you have a bag of Quickkrete setting up in your stomach for the next hour or two.  It wasn’t a dish that was even on my healthy lifestyle radar, […]

  I’ve been seeing more and more commercials for breakfast sandwiches from the big three fast food joints.  They all claim it’s a great way to start the day, and that even though you might have the ingredients at home to make one yourself, it never tastes as good as their version.  Of course, that’s […]

A warm brownie is the ultimate comfort dessert.  It’s a dense little chocolate cake you can hold in your hand, what’s not to love about that?  Back in my previous life, I was known to nuke one of those Little Debbie cosmic brownies in the microwave for 10 seconds, dump a giant scoop of vanilla […]

If you’ve ever made a casserole of any kind, at some point you will need the ingredient of cream of mushroom soup.  It’s almost in everything, especially those corporation created recipes designed to get you to purchase pre-made ingredients like soups or sauces.  And why not?  Cream of mushroom soup is…well…creamy, and it’s delicious.  Let me […]

I miss Chinese food. And when I say I miss Chinese food, that really means I miss heavily Americanized Chinese dishes loaded with sugar like Sweet and Sour Chicken with fried white rice and a deep fried egg roll. The entire plate would then be lavishly dunked with that nuclear orange sauce like an overzealous […]

Once again it’s time for all the New Year resolutions to kick in, and most of those involve losing weight and getting in shape. As someone who has been there and done that, I have a word of advice for you. If you are starting an exercise program and changing how you eat, make sure […]

Remember the threat your parents would give you as a child anytime some horrible steamed pile of green mush showed up on your dinner plate? I can hear it now…You’re going to eat your vegetables, and you’re going to like it! That usually meant either wolfing down said steaming pile of yuck as fast as […]

Spaghetti is one of those working class weeknight staples. It’s quick and easy to make, cheap, and makes a lot of leftovers. It checks all the boxes there. Unfortunately, if you are trying to limit your simple carbs and sugars, the refined pasta and sugar added tomato sauce isn’t going to work for you. The […]