As a vegetarian, I know that it’s important to include lots of beans in my diet, to make sure I get appropriate levels of protein and fiber. As a picky eater, I pretty much avoid beans. Oh sure, I’ll eat green beans now and then, and I’ve had baked beans in the past, but I’m [...]

My doctor recently told me to avoid foods with gluten, which isn’t a big deal for me. Unfortunately, he also said to stop eating soy replacement foods, which was pretty devastating to me, the hardcore vegetarian. And on top of that, I’m not one of those vegetarians who loves beans and vegetables. Nope. I love(d) [...]

I said I wanted to learn to cook, right? What better motivation could I need?

I enjoy the web comic xkcd. I don’t always understand it, since it frequently deals with coding and complex math, but I generally get a kick out of it (enough that I bought my husband an xkcd shirt for his last birthday). Anyway, there was a recent strip about fruit that I thought was hilarious. [...]

Despite the fact that my Vita Mix is still en route (at last check, it was in Ohio) I decided to dive into green smoothie-ville this morning. Since I still have a cold, I thought a super dose of greens might help. I had two very ripe bananas, so I chopped ‘em up and tossed [...]

I love pineapples. They’re one of my favorite fruits. But, since they tend to be big and prickly, I usually just buy the pre-cut chunks in the little plastic containers. However, when my husband was at the store yesterday, they were out of pre-cut ones. So he brought me a whole pineapple. My first one [...]