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I’m reposting this recipe from the archive because it’s a great Lenten dish, and if you haven’t yet tried it, I highly recommend it. Also, we celebrated mom’s birthday today and didn’t cook, went out instead. She’s 73! ~Elise
Canned tuna has never tasted this good. I came across this recipe on Sher’s [...]

We had dueling home fries here the other day, a veritable home-fry cook-off between my mother and father. Mom makes her fried potatoes sliced, using raw potatoes, and usually serves them as a side when we have fish for dinner. Dad makes his home fries for breakfast using leftover boiled potatoes from the [...]

Around St. Patrick’s Day I notice many people coming to this site looking for an Irish lamb stew recipe. After some experimentation and a lot of research into Irish stews, I’ve settled on a stew that has its roots in the traditional approach, but takes a few detours to add a bit more flavor. [...]

Green = vegetables = good, right?
Not when it comes to potatoes.
Here’s an important piece of information that my mother taught me years ago, but fewer and fewer people these days seem to know about. Green in potatoes indicates the presence of a rather harmful toxin. When you see patches of green in your [...]

From the recipe archive
Arroz con pollo means “Rice with Chicken” in Spanish. It is a classic dish of Spain and Latin America, with many different traditional ways to prepare it, unique to various countries. An arroz con pollo you find in Cuba may be quite different than one you find in Peru. [...]

The International Health Racquet and Sportsclub Association (IHRSA) held their annual convention and tradeshow earlier this month in San Diego. This event is the “superbowl” of the fitness and health tradeshows. Alas, I did not attend - however I did manage to get the scoop on the latest fitness and exercise trends, gizmos [...]

Chicken is a great source of lean protein - and is a staple food for many healthy eaters. However labels and marketing slogans for chicken products can be very misleading.
Let’s take a look at a few culprits:

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