food

I always eat breakfast every day. My go to is usually an egg or two, some form of meat for added protein and a homemade nut/seed granola cereal with wild…

About 5 years ago, blood test results showed an out of range TSH meaning the thyroid was sluggish which is called hypothyroidism. The nurse practitioner at the time said had…

I love chocolate. It's one of my favorite foods. A while back I started using cacao powder, in addition to cocoa powder. Cacao powder and cocoa powder both are made…

Every year, a group called the Environmental Working Group (EWG) comes out with a couple of lists called the Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen. The Dirty Dozen lists the foods…

I like coffee, but I can't handle caffeine. It makes my heart beat too fast and I feel a little anxiety. Kind of weird. A local company, Utica Coffee, makes…

It's that time of year to plant one of my favorite spices, garlic. Garlic is considered nature's antibiotic. It is very well studied and has many papers published on it's…

A new habit I picked up recently is drinking warm lemon water before eating breakfast. I squeeze half a lemon into a small glass mason jar, fill half with warm…

The primary oils I use for cooking are olive oil, avocado oil, coconut oil, butter and ghee. I drizzle olive oil over most things I make. It is one of…

I eat a small tossed salad as a side dish just about every day with lunch and dinner. Thousand Island salad dressing is my favorite. Unfortunately, it's high in calories…

Everyone is familiar with the iodized salt used for cooking found in grocery stores, but there are also other salt options available. Salt types include: Table salt - common iodized…