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Do you like soups and stews? I do. In fact, growing up with siblings, Mom had a nickname (or two or three) for each of us. I was her “soup girl”. To this day, there is never a time of day or a day of the week when soup, or stew (just thicker soup) is …
If you have read my bio, you know that I grew up in Maryland quite a few years ago. Every year, for my parent’s wedding anniversary, we would make the trip to Old Chinatown in Washington, D.C. That was before Interstate Highways, rapid transit, fastfood joints, or “Americanized” Chinese Food. The restaurants absolutely fascinated me. …
When this blog was started, the main premise revolved around substitutions. If you are a Diabetic and you really, seriously care about controlling the disease then you MUST cut way back on the amount of carbohydrates you eat. I have found that huge amounts of diabetics do not understand that, within the body, carbohydrates metabolize …
Do any of you readers have a restaurant pet peeve? I sure do, and that is salads. I love salad. Specifically fresh vegetable tossed salad. When I order a salad I expect it to be cut up pieces of a LOT of fresh veggies. Some lettuce. Not just plain old iceberg, but red leaf, or …
This week’s recipe is a simple one for Fish Filet’s with Lemon / Parsley. Stay Healthy! Ingredients 4 (6 oz) lean white fish fillets (such as tilapia, snapper, or flounder), rinsed and patted dry paprika to taste 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 1/2 tsp lemon zest 2 Tbsp finely chopped parsley 1/4 tsp dried dill …
Today’s recipe is for chicken cacciatore. I was recently looking through a torn, tattered, very tired cookbook that I was given as a bridal shower gift back in 1966. (I know— I’m not as young as most of you. But I was once!). Anyway I was interested in a lot of the pictures. There was …