Archive for the ‘food’ Category

The balancing act

Lately I’ve had a lot of blah-blah-blah going on at work that has resulted in a lot of blah-blah-blah stress and I am drowning my feelings in wine and french fries and Cool Whip. Is that strategy really working for me? No it’s not and stop judging me, Judgy McJudgerson! Sorry. You didn’t deserve that. [...]

Eat less, move more

I hate math. I really do. Considering math has been a big part of my professional life since my first full time job is ironic. Laughable, really. It rained all day here yesterday, which I gather is a rare thing in October in Southern California. Um, so yeah, all you Californians who laughed that our [...]

Choices

Vacation is synonymous with joy to me. I love being free of the stress of every day life and I love traveling. This week I am tagging along while my husband attends a conference in Los Angeles, because I am too selfish to let him get that close to the ocean without me. Yesterday while [...]

Vacation eats

I did weigh in on Friday, and I lost 2.5 pounds. Now I am on vacation and I am trying not to put that back on and, so far, that’s been a challenge. We are in Los Angeles, and California is known for its healthy food options, right? Sure. It also has every other not-so-healthy [...]

Desktop lunch review: Meatless Monday

I will never be a vegetarian and certainly never a vegan (love and respect to those who are but it’s just not my scene) but I am trying to make meat a smaller portion of my daily food intake and make veggies and fruit the bulk of what I consume. So today I am dining [...]

PIZZA!

Now I’m cooking with gas

I have wanted a gas stove for years. Gas allows for so much more control of heat and makes everything taste better. Yesterday, we got one. Two ovens, the bigger one convection, five burners including a bridge burner perfect for grill pans. Isn’t it gorgeous? In kind of an ironic turn of events, the stove [...]

Mop my meat

OK, we are grilling the pork loin tonight, not tomorrow because I am having short term memory issues (I could bore you with a story about my glasses that I thought were lost, but I’ll refrain) and because I clearly didn’t recall details about tomorrow’s agreed upon menu. No matter. Pork tonight will be tasty [...]

Rub that meat

Since June we have hosted a “True Blood Sunday” dinner at our house, where fans of the HBO series can gather, eat, talk and then watch the weekly episode. Tomorrow’s dinner will include a charcoal-grilled pork loin, fresh made boule, grilled asparagus and potatoes, and a seven-layer cookie and dark chocolate cupcakes with vanilla bean [...]

Must reads

If you’ve been struggling with weight your entire life like I have, then there are a few books I can recommend that can help get perspective on that lifetime struggle, ways to deal with it and ways to make peace with it. First, two  memoirs by women with interesting perspectives on weight loss that are [...]

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