Happy 2025 to all of you in my blogging community! I hope the year ahead brings you plenty of reasons to smile and be grateful. If you’re a new year’s resolution maker, whether you share your intentions with others or keep them quiet, I hope you will find something beneficial in this post. Recently, IContinue reading “6 Little-Known Habits to Help Achieve Your Resolutions, Part 1 of 2”
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Glazed Autumn Bake
During Autumn, the process of baking seems to take on additional elements of warmth, goodness, and celebration. Maybe because I relate it to meals shared with loved ones during the upcoming holidays. Do you think of Autumn baking (or roasting, as the case may be) in a similar fashion? This is one of those quick,Continue reading “Glazed Autumn Bake”
What’s Really Up with Dietary Fats?
For as long as I can remember, I’ve lived and breathed the mantra fatty foods cause body fat, and I’ve gone to great lengths to limit or avoid them. There was a period of time that I completely avoided using oil in my cooking. In recent years, I’ve added water for part of the oilContinue reading “What’s Really Up with Dietary Fats?”
Understanding the Pleasure Trap
Last year, I came across a TEDx talk by psychologist Douglas Lisle on what he calls the pleasure trap. It is a hidden force in today’s world, he says, that can hijack your inborn satiation circuitry and undermine your pursuit of health and happiness. After a little more exploration, I discovered that he co-authored aContinue reading “Understanding the Pleasure Trap”
Peanut-Cinnamon Christmas Stir-Fry and A Holiday Note
Ok, it’s not your normal Christmas dish, but who wants normal all the time?! We’ve prepared many Italian dishes for holiday eating through the years – so why not Asian? Stir-fries are much easier than traditional ham and sides, and take a lot less time than lasagna. And they are super healthy, with a wideContinue reading “Peanut-Cinnamon Christmas Stir-Fry and A Holiday Note”
Very Cheesy Vegan Ziti
It’s recipe time again! I always look forward to these weeks because they stir my creativity in the kitchen, and I’m excited to share the results with you. This week, I’ve prepared a dish that I’ve been considering since late last year! I have been hesitant (maybe lacking confidence) because it’s the veganization of aContinue reading “Very Cheesy Vegan Ziti”
Kitchen-Crafted Broth
I recently had a conversation with a member of my climbing gym’s staff about making broth. (Yes, I’ll talk about food & nutrition with anyone!) His version, which calls for fresh vegetables, sounded delicious. My recipe is a bit different, using leftover pieces of veggies collected & frozen over a period of months. And IContinue reading “Kitchen-Crafted Broth”
Quick & Easy Monsoon Pasta
Rain is falling steadily outside and has been for hours. The temperature has dropped about 15 degrees since it started and I’m certain there’s a touch of Fall in the air. It’s time for a simple but warm & filling pasta dish. I came up with this formula years ago. The inspiration came from aContinue reading “Quick & Easy Monsoon Pasta”
Taste of Summer Wraps
Summertime heat can be searing in Arizona, even in the mountains of the northern part of the state. Our intense sun makes me want to hike earlier in the day, have extra fluids at the ready at all times, and use the stove less! The idea for these super-simple wraps came about on one ofContinue reading “Taste of Summer Wraps”
Healing Made Simple
I recently listened to a podcast in which Dr. Zach Bush, an MD specializing in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care, was interviewed. The subject was healing the mind, body, & spirit, and Dr. Bush, who is also well-versed on the role of soil and water ecosystems in human genomics, addressed it with his typicalContinue reading “Healing Made Simple”
Micro of the Macro 