What’s Going on in the Winter Garden?
What’s going on under all the leaves, debris and snow? Is the winter garden just a dead zone. . . or a place of active resting?
Healthy Eating: Filling a Leadership Void
It may be a while before those in formal leadership roles become healthy lifestyle leaders as well. In the meantime, and before we die of heart attacks, why not head back to the grassroots? Put yourself on a pedestal, honor every good choice you make and vow to be more like that person! That kind of crazy behavior can start a wild fire.
Sweet Success with Leek Cooking
Cooking offers so much more than just some food we can eat to not be hungry anymore. Like a sense of accomplishment. That’s what I felt after cooking some leeks that were really good. Successfully cooking leeks may not sound like much, unless you know all the hesitancy, and even anxiety, I felt about developing … Read more
Kale Cooking Lessons
What’s the best way to cook kale? Saute? Blanch? And how can you use it once it’s cooked?
Why I Won’t Be Watching the Olympics
“Olympics Offer Flatt, Abbott Chance for Marketing Mettle.” So read the headlines after Rachael Flatt and Jeremy Abbott won national skating titles. Not to take anything from these athletes. They both sound like wonderful people. And it’s not a lack of interested in figure skating. I used to love watching it. But now, it’s the … Read more
Vegetable Exhaustion
Ever suffer from vegetable-making exhaustion and wonder if there’s any hope for a peaceful coexistence with vegetables? “Investment thinking” may be your ticket for hope.
Thai Coconut Shrimp (or Tofu) Soup
An very quick version of a creamy Thai soup, vegetarian or not, as desired.
The “Good to Better Cooking Continuum” at 11,000 Feet
Maybe cooking was never meant to be an exact science, subject to one-dimensional assessment on a good/bad scale. Taking this perspective eliminates the pressure to achieve absolute “rightness” in the kitchen, replacing it with a no-pressure opportunity to just make things better.
Vegetable Paradise–An International Perspective
What’s the journey to vegetable paradise look like? An audience of international students adds unique dimension to a health talk.
Making Turkey Day Healthier for Diabetics–and Non-Diabetics, Too
7 Tricks Make Thanksgiving Easier on the Blood Sugar You know that sinking feeling—more like a crash, really. The rolls, stuffing, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy and pies have all been devoured and now they’ve joined forces to create white carb havoc. While most of us joke about the stupor we fall into after … Read more