It’s no surprise that spinach is a super food due to its rich dark green leaves. Previously I talked about the calcium and vitamin content, and Popeye loved it for its iron. Besides being a good...

I made these last Thanksgiving and was really surprised they were a hit. I kept hearing, “Please pass the bean packages,” so I was really glad I made them. I had been saving the recipe for years – it...

I’m still thinking about carving our pumpkin and making something with it, at least pumpkin seeds – but it has not moved up high enough on the priority list yet. Since we weren’t home for Halloween...

The funny thing about having a B&B and making breakfast for others on the weekends, is that you can’t really eat breakfast in a restaurant anymore because you’ve made everything on the menu a...

A friend from India had the Dussehra festival at the beginning of October and invited my son and I to stop by on the way home and see her decorations and sample some of their foods. You can find most...

I feel really blessed to work at a company (Westat) that has a fitness center and a good cafeteria. You can make some unhealthy choices in the cafeteria, of course, but the majority of what they offer...

The first time I was invited to dinner at my husband’s parents’, his mom made salmon and pasta. She said she was experimenting on us with something new, which struck me as funny for a first-time...

There was a fun article in the Post today about a local high school cooking class. There are 160 kids taking the class at this one school. Only two of the 13 schools in that county offer culinary arts...

Aren’t I full of surprises – making sticky buns? There must be a story behind it. The B&B guests this weekend got the usual strawberry yogurt parfait before breakfast Saturday morning and it did...

A couple of days ago I mentioned a woman I met at the airport who was complaining about the price of (factory) ground beef. By now I imagine just about everyone has an idea of the way CAFOs...

I finally moved my range back into the kitchen last night – hurray! Although, my back is paying the price today. Since it gets dark so early now I decided to broil the lamb chops instead of using the...

A friend on Facebook put a recipe similar to this on my page and it makes a great snack to have with a movie or cookout instead of regular chips. After removing some of the moisture, you can bake...