I’m happy to admit to being forty (see me perform and you’ll likely hear me announce my age!), but it drives me crazy to find gray hair streaking like lightening bolts through my dark head. I know I’m lucky since my dad was completely gray by the time he was thirty, but I’m not ready […]
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Agave: A delicious natural sweetener
Even though I avoid artificial sugar substitutes like Splenda, I still like sweet things. Lately I’ve discovered Agave nectar as a natural sweetener, and I must say that it has won me over. Lighter than honey, Pure Organic Raw Agave Nectar is extracted from the core of a yucca-like cactus. It isn’t heated above 118 […]
Why Splenda (Sucralose) is Not So Splendid
This past weekend, my son set up a Cotton Candy stand during our neighborhood block party. Cotton Candy, of course, is spun sugar with food coloring. And I don’t have a problem with “sugar.” Yeah, you heard me right: I don’t have a problem with eating sugar! I don’t mean we should have all sugar, […]
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?
One of my favorite girlfriends wrote me recently concerned about giving a slew of vaccinations to her 15-month old daughter. “I know a mom with a daughter she is sure is autistic and who knows another mom who woke up to 2 of her 3 triplets rocking in there crib after vaccines, 1 now with […]
Looking for a Dutch oven?
Reader question: I don’t know what size cast iron Dutch oven to buy to use with Glorious One-Pot Meals. My sister said that the commonly available 2 3/4 qt. size is better, for more vegetables for two people, but your recipes say 2-qt and to fill it up. Also, stores are not carrying the 2 […]
