follow that recipe
Is there a perfect recipe that you love and is your go to favorite. You know, your invited to a party and asked to bring a dish and you take out that old faithful recipe, the one you have been making for years becuase you know it works. The paper it is written on is probably wrinkled and stained with various spills and splats from years of wear and tear. Keep that recipe! Really great recipes, no matter if it’s a chicken, beef, seafood, pasta, vegetable or a sweet dish, great recipes are hard to find. How many times have you tried a recipe from a magazine and /or the Internet and it just did not taste good or was a complete disaster. We have all been there. Now comes the hard part. How do you find a great recipe? I could make up a cute little formula,...
get organized in january
That’s right. January is Get Organized Month. Getting organized is at the top of many people’s New Year’s resolution lists. Before you begin let’s consider a couple of things: Why do you want to get organized What will organization look like? How will it feel? Is everyone in the home or office on board with getting organized? Keeping these answers in mind will keep you focus and help you answer the tough questions like “Should I keep this” Here’s a quick attack plan for getting organized based on Julie Morgenstern’s book “Organizing from the Inside Out”: 1. Sort - Work in small sections at a time. Think a desk top, rather than the entire office, or one closet rather than the whole master bedroom,...
the silent treatment
The Silent Treatment Plug Your Ears – It May Be Louder Than You Think! Imagine This: You’re having an important discussion with your partner or a good friend. Both of you are passionate about your position. You have a difference of opinion and for whatever reason, the air becomes thick with tension. You blame, you argue, you may even become abusive. Has this ever happened to you? It gets worse… If you don’t express your feelings and work out your differences, your anger will turn into resentment. It’ll fester. It’ll bubble and boil until you decide either to bury it in a grave of unresolved issues – that I promise will resurface the next time you disagree with this person – or you explode in a rash of unkind words or inappropriate...
january gardening
January is a gift for gardeners in Southern California that we often take for granted, there are gardeners all over the country who would trade all the seed catalogs they have for extra months in their garden. While much of the country is blanketed with snow and/or the ground is frozen we have the luxury of spreading our gardening chores around through out the year! For me January is all about roses and new fruit trees. It is a great time to get those bare root plants into the ground and at the end of January or early February it’s time to prune your hybrid tea and grandiflora roses. I always say that Super Bowl Sunday is a great day to prune your roses, any earlier (like the mow blow gardeners do) and your roses will be subject to early growth during cooler...
calories on menu items
On my recent trip to New York City, I passed over some very delectable treats. Loving food as much as I do, you are probably wondering how this would happen. New York City Health Code Section 81.50 requires covered food service establishments that hold New York City Health Department permits to post calorie information prominently on menu boards and menus. Fast forward two months and a trip with the kids to Target. Sure enough, in their food court, the calories are posted on their menu items. The California menu labeling bill (SB 1420) applies to fast food and other chain restaurants having 20 or more outlets in California and took effect on 1/1/2011. All standard menu items must now have their calories disclosed directly on the menu next to the item. For...
faith training
Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into. – Mahatma GandhiHAPPY NEW YEAR! With the “new year” comes the …. Resolutions (or lack thereof). Certainly there are a lot of conflicting reports about that traditional ceremony. On the one hand, many are offering free advise about how we can better or improve our self and our life. In the next breath, the same folks assure us that most of us will fail in our resolutions. What, exactly, are we supposed to make of that?! Feel good now, make a commitment and fire ourselves up – but don’t be suprized or disappointed when we fail, because it is likely that we will. That’s OK. Most of us do…. Hugh? How is that helpful? I propose that we allow ourselves to...
kale-super winter food
I love shopping at the Farmer’s Markets this time of year. There are so many new vegetables available, many of which may intimidate most of us. In comes Kale. Looks simple, like lettuce, and it’s dark green which the brain says, “that’s got to be really good for me. But why? And how do I prepare it so that it actually tastes good?” First for the “why.” Well, with all the toxins surrounding us, we need to support our liver’s ability to neutralize and detoxify harmful chemicals. Scientific studies have shown that sulforaphane and isothiocyanates, both sulfur compounds, can do just that. And Kale is chalked full of these wonderful compounds. And, I can’t go without mentioning the benefits Kale can have to eye health….as I reach for my reading...
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