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  • Recipe chain options
    chain options
    in an ideal world, i’d have unlimited time and money so that i could cook every meal for myself and my friends (and phil). but there are occasions when you want a meal out. and sometimes you want that meal to just be cheap – of course[...]
  • Recipe Buffalo Options
    Buffalo Options
    It has been a busy week for me. My parents came to Los Angeles to visit for the week. When my sister called asking for a special recipe request, I felt my parents were the perfect test subjects. When I was younger,[...]
  • Recipe Weigh Your Options
    Weigh Your Options
    Gadget Love Do you get a little weak in the knees in a cookware store?                                                 If you’re like most of us, your love for kitchen gadgets knows no bounds. Cherry pitters and fondue pots,[...]
  • Recipe Back Patio Options
    Back Patio Options
    I'm sure you are sick of my ideas for outdoor entertaining when there is still snow on the ground, but I just can't help myself!  (you can see what the spaces currently look like here  and a possible plan for the rooftop deck here) If I[...]
  • Recipe Healthy Dinner Options
    Healthy Dinner Options
      Good Morning! I hope everyone is doing well.  I am home briefly and then off to a hot and sweaty yoga class that I can't wait for.  Today was Teacher Appreciation Day and we did a coffee bar + treats which I believe was a big[...]
  • Recipe Options for Healthier Chips
    Options for Healthier Chips
    One of my favorite snack foods to discuss with clients are chips! Of course not all chips are healthy, and in fact most of them aren't healthy at all. A couple months ago I found this article on CookingLight.com , which listed the top ten most[...]
  • Recipe Gluten Free Holiday Options
    Gluten Free Holiday Options
    By Michelle Plummer As some of you may have read over the past few months of writing, I teach at Ivy Tech Foodservice Nutrition and a few days ago we ended the Fall Semester.  This was a long semester mostly because I teach on Tuesdays and[...]
  • Recipe Vegan options in Ocala Florida
    Vegan options in Ocala Florida
    We only had a short time after dropping off our passengers in Ocala, Florida and the one thing that came up on Happy Cow was a Natural Market.  Not knowing if this was going to be a small boutique vitamin/health food store or major market, I[...]
  • Recipe Quickie Gluten Free Breakfast Options
    Quickie Gluten Free Breakfast Options
    Everyone loves a good, well thought out, planned and prepared breakfast, however, being realistic, on some busy mornings that simply can not come to fruition. Since going gluten-free, I have been finding, bit by bit, those breakfast items I can have[...]
  • Recipe How to sharpen a knife: Two options
    How to sharpen a knife: Two options
    Photo courtesy of sxc.hu Your knives are the most important tools you have in your kitchen. Purchase the highest quality you can afford and maintain them well, and they'll give you years of culinary pleasure. The most important part of knife[...]