Almost as easy as a box of chemicals The truly hard part about not relying on the pre-packaged “box ‘o mystery chemicals” dinner kits is the time it takes to make food from scratch.  I think that is probably the biggest factor that derails people from clean eating and drives them back into the […]

  You say tomato, I try to say tomatillo There’s nothing better than cooking Mexican food at home. The fresh peppers, citrus, and spices makes the house smell fantastic, and it’s usually something equally easy to make and delicious. Made at home, the ingredients also can be extremely healthy. Unfortunately, most people only go to […]

  Cool as a Cucumber Wrap Springtime doesn’t just bring flowers blooming and warmer temperatures.  It also brings a sudden realization of wintertime weight gain and how tight the bathing suits are looking as they emerge from their dark, forgotten hiding places.   It’s a time to move on from the heavy winter comfort foods and […]

I’ve always loved British pop culture. From Monty Python, The Young Ones, and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy as a teenager, to Peaky Blinders, Broadchurch, and Top Gear as an adult, I find myself immersed in British culture. Sometimes it’s easy to forget with all the deep-fried battered fish fast food places around here that […]

  Store bought dips…there’s a million of them.  You might be tempted to grab one for taco night, due to the convenience and different flavors to choose from, but this is another heavily processed food that is just as easy and quick to make at home.  You also get to leave out the bits the food […]

  Since I dropped all my extra weight years ago, a common misconception I get is that I don’t eat very much. I’ll have people tell me all the time in full confidence that they know I’m either starving, or that I eat very little compared to the average person. The truth is I am […]

  If you are familiar with this feature, you know my main point is to avoid processed foods as much as possible in your daily life.  Anything you can do yourself instead of trusting to a large corporation is always going to be beneficial both in taste and nutrition.   It just makes sense, because why you […]

  Everyone has those major events in their life that becomes a marker where one phase of their life stopped and a new phase started.  The first of those bookmarks, if you will, in my memory is the first time I felt like an adult on an equal level with my parents.  This was when […]

  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 […]