Diet and exercise have long been accepted as the foolproof way to lose weight. You might say they go together like love and marriage. For a lucky few, exercise alone can make up for a host of dietary sins. For the rest of us, both the diet and exercise bases need full coverage. The question [Read more…]
Chili Recipe
When it comes to chili, people can get rather passionate. Texans insist that real chili doesn’t contain beans. Cincinnatians agree on that point, but then go and commit “chili sacrilege” by seasoning their peculiar version with cinnamon and then dumping the whole mess on top of buttered pasta! There’s a famous place here in DC [Read more…]
Pesto Recipe
Pesto was once a pretty big deal, going back a decade or two. Nora Ephron referred to it as “the quiche of the 80s” in her screenplay for “When Harry Met Sally.” Its popularity reached its pinnacle sometime during the 90s and was the go to ingredient for the folks we now refer to as [Read more…]
Chicken Marsala
I’ve had a pin to “Chicken Marsala” on my Pinterest “Low Carb Eating” board for quite some time – without linking to a recipe, much to the disappointment of other Pinterest users. I feel very remiss about this and will not rectify this omission. No excuses! I’ve had a Haddock Marsala recipe up for a [Read more…]
Tips For Avoiding Overeating
Every one of us has experienced the feeling that we ate way more then we really should have. It’s really pretty clear when this has happened. You have that “overstuffed” feeling. Your stomach feels like it’s going to burst. You may even begin belching and you have that bloated feeling where you need to loosen [Read more…]
Does Late Night Snacking Make You Fat?
An enduring belief that many people and unfortunately also many health professionals hold as gospel is that eating after a certain hour will lead directly to weight gain. It seems that the precise hour for the cutoff has been set at the magical time of 8pm. Finish whatever you’re eating by 7.59pm and you’re fine, [Read more…]