Posted in Diet on July 15th, 2008 No Comments »
It’s not terribly sexy.
As diets go, it floats under the radar. It’s not promoted heavily by any celebrities and if it were, it wouldn’t get much press anyway. It’s been permutated, repackaged and resold by diet book authors, and it quietly goes about its business preventing disease, prolonging life, cutting [...]
Posted in Diet on July 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Summer is at it’s height (well in the northern hemisphere anyway)…
If you’ve been dieting for weeks or months to get in shape for your holiday, how can you ensure you don’t undo all your hard work in just a week or two? Can you stick to healthy habits and still enjoy yourself?
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Posted in Recipes on July 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Mid July is about the time of year when tomatoes start coming full steam into season. I have 5 tomato plants in my garden that are now producing more tomatoes than we can think up ways of using them. (Gazpacho anyone?) One quick and easy recipe that I played around with this week [...]
Posted in Recipes on July 15th, 2008 No Comments »
Lots of recipes (creamed corn, corn chowder, corn salad) require stripping the corn kernels away from the cob. In practice, it’s a bit tricky as the corn cob can slip from its position, and the kernels can go flying all over the place. I don’t know where I first heard of this trick [...]