Hearty-vegetarian-pasta sauce with “sausage” and peppers- quick, easy and YUM!

A few weeks ago (at least I think it was weeks) I used Beyond Meat “hamburger meat” in a recipe. I thought the flavor was fine, but I kept getting tiny balls of something in my mouth that reminded me of gristle. Yeah, that was a bit yikes. So..you can imagine that I wasn’t holding…

MILK- Does it really “do a body good?”

Three quick recommendations this morning: One is a documentary on Netflix (I know, I know..another documentary….SORRY!)  “What The Health” is an exposé that uncovers the deep ties between big food producing companies and groups like Susan G Komen, The American diabetes, lung and heart associations..and so on. It’s really a huge bummer to realize that…

Yes.. Brussel Sprout Pizza!

Intimidated by vegetarian cooking? I get it. Embracing anything new and different requires patience, experimentation and a willingness to bite into more than a few yucky final products. But sometimes.. sometimes you just get lucky. The following pizza recipe was originally nothing more than the happy collision of some veggies I found in my fridge…

What did I learn this week?

I learned that cauliflower hummus is a great alternative to butter on baked potatoes. Just ladle on a tablespoon or two and enjoy the creaminess and flavor. I learned that being judgmental can have long term implications. Case in point..I always thought it was ridiculous to put dogs in “baby carriages.” And now here I…

100% – GUILT-FREE DESSERT! 🤩

One of our daughters, a serious health food devotee, and her husband gifted us with a Yonanas “ice-cream machine” last Christmas. Not gonna lie, it sat in the closet until a few weeks ago when it was drafted into service because my husband was told to cut back on sugar and fat- AND our freezer…

Your health- Guarding the front door.

So there I was, lying on the exam table, staring at the ceiling making small talk with the ultrasound tech who was waving her magic wand all around my jellied-belly. I had been bent over with a bad stomach ache for days and my doc wanted to rule out gallstones.  The good news was that…