HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
Remembering my mother.
CANDY THAT MAY KEEP YOU FROM GETTING SICK!
A delicious way to fight viral infections with candy made with dark-skinned berries and chocolate!
LOW CARB SOUTHERN “CORNBREAD” DRESSING
My favorite low-carb cornbread dressing for Thanksgiving can be made without corn. It has a healthy bonus.
SUGAR-FREE ICE CREAM PERFECTION!
How to make vanilla ice cream with a silky-smooth texture. Options for those with egg and dairy allergies are included.
EVERYDAY KETOGENIC KITCHEN
Food blogger, Carolyn Ketchum, will be signing her new book, The Everyday Ketogenic Kitchen, at Third Place Books in Seattle, October 5th, at 7 to 9 PM PST. The address is 17171 Bothell Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98155. The store is in Lake Forest Park, not far from where I…
IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND I’M GLAD TO BE ALIVE!
Although I don’t understand it all yet, here is the story of why I dropped out of sight for the last six months. It looks like I am going to be OK, but for a while I thought I was destined to be the healthiest person in the cemetery. I…
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ARTICLE CLAIMING SURGERY CURES DIABETES.
The July, 2017 Scientific American Magazine featured an article about how Bariactric surgery cures diabetes. They invited comments and I couldn’t let the opportunity pass without a rebuttal. Below is my comment. You can check the next issue to see if they printed it or not.. Re, Scientific American July…
“WOMAN ALMOST KILLED BY 5 MGS OF VITAMIN B!”
To all my online friends: I’m sorry to have dropped out of sight so suddenly. I have been through a strange ordeal. I’m not back to normal yet–I have trouble typing and have to re-learn to walk and re-learn how to use all my devices. I will tell you the…
CAN A GREAT VINAIGRETTE SAVE A MARRIAGE?
Some food writers achieve success beyond recipes and cookbooks. MFK Fisher. (1908-1992) for example, earned a place among the great American authors (How To Cook a Wolf, The Art of Eating, Consider The Oyster…). Nora Ephron (1941-2012), is another (Silkwood, I Feel Bad About My Neck, When Sally Met Harry,…
KOFTA: TURKISH MEATBALL SKEWERS
What can you make with a pound of ground beef? A lot! Here’s a terrific addition to the list. There are endless of versions of meatball kabobs with many different names throughout the Middle East and India. This one, made with walnuts, aromatics, spices, and herbs, is based on a Turkish…
HAM AND GOAT CHEESE PIE
This savory, hearty pie has an easy-to-make, bread-like crust filled with rich, cheese custard. It is perfect for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and makes enough to feed a family with leftovers. It is definitely one of the best things I ever ate! HAM AND GOAT CHEESE PIE Crust ingredients: 1…
A FAMILY TRADITION ENDURES AND HEALTHFUL EGGNOG
My husband, Dean, has made gingerbread houses for the grandkids to decorate since they were very small (the oldest just turned 20). They were pleased that he was able to continue the tradition this year despite his recent hospital stay. I made hot chocolate for the kids but Dean doesn’t…
THE WORST DAY OF MY LIFE AND AN IMPORTANT WARNING
If you are on Facebook, you may already know about what happened to my husband. I have put off writing about it because I was not yet ready to relive the worst day of my life, but this very scary story contains an important warning that I feel I need…
VITAMIN D MUSHROOMS
Why do we need Vitamin D? Vitamin D, which is really more like a hormone than a vitamin, is essential for healthy bones and strong muscles. It helps put calcium into the bones rather than into the arteries, where it causes hardening of the arteries. It plays an important role…
CAN COCONUT KETONES PREVENT AND TREAT ALZHEIMER’S?
A Personal Story: A close relative called me recently to tell me that her husband had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and was rapidly getting worse. His doctor told them there was no cure and recommended he take Aricept, a drug that he said would not stop the progression of…
