There are so many arbitrary rules in life. I tend to avoid the ones that apply to food and cooking whenever it suits me. Not to be telling tales out of school, but that’s pretty much every time I make a meal. Some ascribe to hard and fast rules on Gumbo, for example. To me, […]

It’s funny how I used to regard fast food joints or restaurants as the only place to get certain foods. Take the humble chicken breast sandwich.  It never occured to me that it could be made at home.  That was a fast food item only.  I was a Wendy’s Spicy chicken sandwich man myself.  They actually […]

Pasta.  It’s usually one of those off-limits no-go ingredients when on a diet.  It makes sense.  Store bought dry pasta is made of highly processed flour, eggs, and enough additives to preserve it for a shelf life that ensures it will still be edible long after the zombie apocalypse has come and gone. It’s best to […]

I try to stress in this series that eating healthy does not have to be boring.  I’ve witnessed people losing weight a few weeks before a trip or event, and they invariably resort to some unsustainable diet and exercise routine. The eating plan is usually just a can of tuna and one apple a day, […]

Back in the day, I would make an Oreo cake from time to time. It was a typical Devil’s Food flavor cake-in-a-box from the mega-mart, mass produced cream cheese full of unnecessary ingredients, a tub of frozen Cool Whip, and about two-thirds of a large package of Oreo cookies. It was topped with a hard shell of melted […]

Chicken fajitas are one of the few things I can order from a restaurant these days that fit my lifestyle… barely.  Restaurants still use prison chickens that never get to move once in their life and go from chick to broiler so fast it looks like a time lapse video.  They also use enough salt […]

The goal of my articles is to take unhealthy or highly processed foods, and use as few ingredients as possible to recreate it into an improved version.  This recipe is the pinnacle of that mission statement.  I’m taking one of the most unhealthy items you can buy in a mega-mart and transforming it into a powerhouse […]

The humble sandwich. It was my go to lunch for many years. Needless to say, my lunch was also incredibly boring at times.  When I began my current lifestyle, mass produced sliced bread was just not going to work with my diet and fitness goals.  Even the so-called healthy wheat breads were full of oils, […]

I’m turning 50 in a few days. Wait just a minute while I go have a breakdown in a corner…and I’m back. Now that I’m reaching the half century mark, the changes I implemented in my early forties become even more important. Avoiding processed foods is a must, and consistent strength, cardio, and agility training all play […]

If I said I made a spicy sausage casserole with a dairy based sauce, most of you would assume that would work as a regular appearance in a healthy eating lifestyle.  Let’s review what that would typically look like:  white rice, margarine, questionable machine separated fatty meats with lab created fillers, cheese and heavy cream from […]