Mostly Soup
Posted in Five Things Friday, Soups, Videos on Sep 24th, 2010
At my largest, I weighed 299 pounds. Seriously, you may say, how does someone get so fat? For me, there were a few main contributors. Emotional Eating: For me, this was one of the biggest contributors. Believe it or not, I was never a big junk food eater. I never candy bars or chips or [...]
Posted in Breakfast, Five Things Friday on Aug 20th, 2010
I love yogurt. I prefer to buy it plain and add goodies to it myself. These are some of my favorite ways to eat it. Mix about 1/2 c. yogurt with 1/2 tsp. honey until smooth and top with 2-3 dried figs. In smoothies, such as the banana date smoothie I posted recently. As a [...]
Posted in Five Things Friday on Aug 6th, 2010
I’ve read so many wonderful cooking blogs, and so often come away thinking “I have to try that!” These are five things on my cooking to do list that I originally read about on wonderful cooking blogs. Emily Malone’s Crispy Tofu Cubes from The Front Burner blog Lavender Syrup as recommended by Tania of Dulcis [...]
Posted in Five Things Friday on Jul 30th, 2010
Last Friday I posted a list of five things I miss about living in the country. Today I’ll prove that the grass is not always greener on the other side by sharing five things I love about living in Brooklyn. Bodegas I absolutely love walking down the street and passing one bodega after another with [...]
Posted in Five Things Friday on Jul 23rd, 2010
I grew up in a semi-rural area in southeastern Michigan. I moved to Brooklyn, NY in my late twenties. While I love my new home, there are certain food-related comforts I miss about my hometown. Big country kitchens My current living room could fit comfortably inside my grandmother’s kitchen. Most notably missing is the counter space. I [...]
