Unstuffed Chicken Breasts Do you ever find yourself with grand, ambitious plans, and then have to pivot or reduce those plans due to time constraints or some other factors? Whether it’s working out or cooking, being flexible is key.  That came into play last weekend.  I had these grand plans of making stuffed chicken breasts […]

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 […]

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 […]

Jason says make these Tortillas & Taco Meat using addition by subtraction! I’ve dedicated many articles to expound upon all the beneficial nutrients and disease fighting properties in natural foods cooking. Your eyes have surely crossed at all the lists of omega 3 this and anti-inflammatory that and compounds yada yada yada. The problem is […]

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 […]

Dear readers, we have been on a roll with both songs and bananas as of late. I’ll give you a break with the former this week, but we will stick with the latter for one more ride. Bananas are easy to get and relatively cheap as fruits go, they travel well, and contrary to rumors, don’t really […]

Of all the high octane desserts that still call to me after all these years, it’s cheesecake. I get angry when I see cheesecake, because once you understand exactly how loaded just one slice is with fat, sugar, and calories, there is no way to justify eating it. Forget how many hours on a treadmill […]

There was a time when the low carb keto diet trend really took off and anyone trying to lose weight was terrified of potatoes.Starchy root vegetables were all suddenly evil, and they were replaced with eating bacon, butter, and pan-fried 80/20 hamburger patties without the fat drained off of them. To any of you still eating […]

Taquitos are one of those foods I never considered as a possible homemade meal. It was either a greasy mystery meat tube wrapped in a deep fried corn tortilla picked up in desperation at a gas station on a long road trip, or a limp, disappointing roll of molten napalm microwaved at home from a […]

Last week, I told you all about the wonders of magnesium and how it could do cool stuff like repair DNA and fight cancer, and never do annoying things like get you added to a group chat or invite you to go out after you are already sitting on the couch for the evening. Now for the […]