A Lentil Party Dinner

by | Aug 25, 2022 | Food, Life, Opinions

Sometimes you get to choose your dinner and sometimes you eat what you have. I am calling our meal tonight A Lentil Party Dinner because I can. It sounds fun and there are ingredients I am only used to seeing at a party in our meal because a friend gave them to us and...

Soup for Dinner Can Be Easy

by | Nov 3, 2020 | Food, Fuel Your Wellness

The other day I was really not feeling well. That is normal when you live with chronic illness, but that day it was worse. I felt like I was floating through the day in slow motion. It would have been a perfect reason to decide to pick up a cheep dinner. Karen always...

Make Soup! Eat Soup!

by | May 21, 2019 | Food, Fuel Your Wellness

Karen and I are so blessed to have people in our lives who care about us and help us while we are growing Karen’s dream of a successful business. The other day one of our clients gave us a small roast and Karen asked me if I could figure out how to make it stretch for...

The Many Names of Sugar

by | Oct 17, 2017 | Food, Fuel Your Wellness

There are many names of sugar. There is a lot of added sugar in processed foods. Manufactures often use several kinds of sugar so they can hide the actual amount of sugar in a food item because the rules the FDA requires for food labels require manufacturers to list...

A Rumor About Soy in Your Sub

by | May 12, 2017 | Food, Fuel Your Wellness

Often I hear Karen mumbling under her breath that she needs to find out if Subway adds soy in their sandwiches. Apparently she had been told that there is soy in meat at Subway and she wanted to make sure that she wasn’t passing on untruths…last night I...

Learning About Salt

by | Sep 15, 2016 | Food, Fuel Your Wellness

Learning about salt, otherwise known as sodium chloride is very useful in managing your wellness plan. Salt is made of 40% sodium and 60% chloride. Salt is used to add flavor to food. It is also used as a preservative, binder and stabilizer. Salt is necessary to the...

Learning About Cooking Oils

by | Jul 27, 2016 | Food, Fuel Your Wellness

While we are standing at the jump off point of your new path toward wellness you might feel a little frustrated by all the changes that you see in front of you. Learning how to educate yourself about food is really important, so we thought we might start out with a...

Easy No Sugar Added Chunky Applesauce

by | Nov 11, 2015 | Food

Right now we live in a small space with a mini-kitchen. Our appliances are smaller and the space I have to cook in is smaller, but I can finally say, I have gotten used to it. My wife loves all things apple, and she loves my applesauce. Years ago I made huge batches...

Homemade Hummus

by | Jul 11, 2015 | Food

I love hummus! I could eat it by the bowl full but sometimes it can be a bit spendy and more often than not, I cook from scratch in order to avoid the salt that Karen shouldn’t have or the nightshades I need to stay away from. I have also had allergic reactions to...

Lemon Loaf

by | Jun 10, 2015 | Food

Have you enjoyed a slice of amazing lemon loaf with your tea? Done right, it can really make a memorable moment. Above is a picture of my wife enjoying hers with a beer…I forgot to take a picture of the cake…I was really interested in trying out a new...

Gluten Free Cornbread Recipe

by | Jun 8, 2015 | Food

For years I have used the Jiffy Brand cornbread mix because when I had tried a couple different recipes I wasn’t happy with making it from scratch, but cornbread is the perfect combination for soup…which we eat a lot of in our house since it is so easy to...

Summer’s Banana Bread

by | Jun 2, 2015 | Food

I have been working to make this recipe perfect for over 10 years and now I would like to share it with you. I love this recipe because it is gluten free, high in omega 3’s and tastes delicious! I was inspired to start working on this because my niece, Allie...

Some of My Favorite Things

by | May 2, 2015 | Food

Part of my journey of learning how to eat healthier has been learning that better ingredients make better food. When I am baking I have a few items that I never let run out and I wanted to share them with you. Although there are other brands that are just as good…this...