Crudités is a fancy French word for a plate of various raw vegetables cut up and usually served with some sort of dip or sauce. Crudités have been my go-to dish to take to potlucks or to serve to guests before a dinner party for many years. It didn’t occur to me to eat crudités…
In my last post about our plant based lifestyle, I mentioned I would write about the health benefits we’ve experienced being plant based, things to watch out for, my favorite cookbooks and a few easy recipes if you’re just starting out or want a quick meal. Once I dug in, I realized that is too…
In my previous post about how my husband and I came to the plant based lifestyle, I wrote about our plan to first give up beef, pork and lamb (four-legged animals) for 30-days, then give up poultry (two-legged) for the next 30-days and so on until we were entirely plant based. We ended up skipping…
We used to eat a lot of meat. We would either have beef, pork or chicken every night of the week. Once in a while, we would have fish. On top of dinners, most of our lunches included deli meat, sliced chicken or tuna and always cheese. It was a rarity for us to have…
Having lost weight and given up alcohol at the same time, I have noticed some practices I use for one area also work well in another. I thought I’d share a few handy tips that apply to both weight loss and avoiding alcohol. But first, I want to note that these tips for alcohol may…
Many salad dressings available to use at the grocery store are high in calories. And those calories can really add up if you use more than the usual two tablespoon serving on your salad like I do. My every day big green salads need more than that! Commercially made dressings often contain ingredients that I…
In my latest Every Day Habits post, I am talking about the Big Green Salad. It’s been a big part of my weight loss success. Here are 12 ways to liven up your green salad without blowing your calorie budget.
Since I began talking openly about my experiences losing over 80 pounds, getting the fittest I’ve been in my entire life, breaking up with alcohol while living in wine country, and purging my home of unwanted, unused stuff – all during the pandemic – I’ve received quite a number of questions. So I started “Ask…
Last February, I decided it was time to address my growing weight problem. Since 2015, I gained 70 pounds. It happened slowly at first, then after my husband retired and we started traveling frequently, my weight began to increase more rapidly with no signs of stopping. For reference, I’m 6’ 2” and I feel best…
