For those of us hoping to get more whole grains while minimizing carbs can sometimes feel like we have really limited choices. I mean, one slice of whole grain bread can often have 25+ grams of carbs (especially if it’s honey whole wheat). Since we women are only supposed to have about 3-4 carb servings [...]
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Congrats to one of my graduating students, Eric, and his bride to be, Andrea, on their upcoming wedding! Sadly, we won’t be able to raise glasses to them in person, but we’ll be there in sprit – that’s for sure.
Although we couldn’t put together a custom spice box for the happy couple, we were able [...]
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Last week, I felt like I was in a food rut. We didn’t have much food in the house and because of our busy schedules we were eating out too much. So, on Friday I decided that I would make some fish tacos. If any of you know Mike, you know that seafood [...]
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Adapted from the salad my friend Deb made at Easter, we’ve made this salad at least twice since then with great results. It’s especially tasty now that strawberries are in season!
Spinach Strawberry Walnut Salad
1 bag baby spinach
3/4 of a 16 oz container or so of fresh, ripe strawberries, washed and sliced
3/4 cup walnuts, chopped
1/2 pkg [...]
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Hi everyone,
I often swing by a Crackerbarrel restaurant when I’m on a long, solo road trip to pick up an audio book or two through their audiobook rental program. This time when I was headed to South Bend, I chose a book called “Comfort Food” by Kate Jacobs (who apparently also wrote The Friday Night [...]
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