Yay! Finally! I went to Whole Foods yesterday, and thankfully I found California Navel oranges! Oh joy! I have been craving them for so long, and was so happy to see a box of them for $1.69 a pound. I probably would have paid $5 a pound, well, maybe not! I also found some white [...]
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Green Valley Organic Lacose Free Yogurt
I’ve been buying Green Valley Organic Yogurt for a couple of weeks now, and I just love it. First, most importantly, it’s delicious! I’ve tried the blueberry, strawberry, and honey. Honey is okay, but the fruit flavors are very good. I really need to buy some vanilla and create my own flavors with frozen berries, [...]
Seasonal Slump
I had been feeling very dissatisfied with food lately. I couldn’t exactly put my finger on it, but I felt unfulfilled. Not with my meals, but with snacks. I’d just stare into the fridge or cupboard and feel bored. Feeling bored with food is dangerous when you are trying to maintain a healthy weight! But [...]
Whole Wheat Blueberry Muffins
I found the book Muffins & Quick Breads (Williams-Sonoma Kitchen Library) at the library a few weeks ago and after browsing through the many recipes, I found so many that I was excited to try! A lot of the recipes were lower in sugar, and that was even better. I searched for it on Amazon [...]
Whole Wheat Oat Bran Raisin Muffins
Baked some yummy healthy muffins this afternoon! I’ve been dying to try some of the recipes from the book Tate’s Bake Shop Cookbook: The Best Recipes from Southampton’s Favorite Bakery for Homestyle Cookies, Cakes, Pies, Muffins, and Breads. I found it at the library months ago, and copied a few of the recipes I wanted [...]
Whole Wheat (fresh) Apricot Nut Bread
I bought a box of fresh local apricots the other day and I wanted to use them up, along with one overly-ripe lonely banana. Wouldn’t a nice loaf of whole wheat sweet bread would do the trick! So, I googled, and would you believe most of the apricot/banana bread recipes use “dried” apricots. These were [...]
The Difference Between Blackberries and Black Raspberries
I was curious to figure out if our backyard bush was indeed a blackberry or perhaps instead, a black raspberry bush. After some research online (isn’t google grand?), I am now fairly confident that we have a BLACKBERRY bush, not raspberry. The big difference is the way the stem affects the berry. A raspberry has [...]
Blackberries in Backyard
I don’t know why I never noticed these berries before this season. We’ve been living in our home for a couple of summers, but for some reason, I never really paid attention! Anyway, a few weeks ago, I saw a few branches of green berries. I tried googling, but couldn’t decipher if they were unripened [...]
Keeping Produce Fresh with Ethylene Gas Removers
Ethylene gas (H2C=CH2) is a harmless odorless, colorless, gas that is produced from both natural and man-made sources. Vegetables and fruit release the gas as they are ripening, but at the same time, the build up of the gas can hasten the ripening of produce. Some produce produce large quantities of the Ethylene gas, some [...]
Pomegranate Season
Since I slowly started to eat clean only last July, I’m still getting to know certain foods and when they are available in stores. The pomegranate is one fruit I am dying to try for real! I ate the seeds in the Chobani yogurt pomegranate flavor, but I want the real thing! So it looks [...]
