cultivating me

This morning, like most mornings, I woke up at 6:15 and like most mornings the first thing I did was to I reach over and turn off the alarm. My alarm happens to be my phone and so naturally the next thing I did was check my email, twitter and facebook accounts.  WAIT….WHAT?!? Naturally that’s [...]

This idea has been marinating in my head for a long time now.  I’ve read a few books, seen a few shows and heard enough information to know that the meat industry (with it’s use of antibiotics, hormones and the pollution it causes, not to mention cruelty to animals)  was not healthy for me or [...]

101 Simple Salads, #25 Ridiculously good.  This is another salad I would like to eat every day for the rest of my life.  As you can see, I added some pinto beans to this salad even if the recipe didn’t suggest it.  I’ve been eating these salads for my lunch and wanted to round out [...]

101 Simple Salads, #3 I really like cucumbers and red onions and I go waaaaaaay back (in fact my dad’s favorite sandwich is peanut better and red onion – i know, it explains a lot of things, about both of us)  but I’m no so big on dijon mustard.  I was really unsure about this [...]

101 Simple Salads, #10 today i made a salad which included a type of green – arugula.  i am again using tomatoes from my garden. i only planted 3 plants this year:  2 larger variety (champion and best boy tomatoes) and 1 cherry tomato plant.  i have learned this gives us more than enough tomatoes [...]

101 Simple Salads, #2 directions form the article: 2. Mix wedges of tomatoes and peaches, add slivers of red onion, a few red-pepper flakes and cilantro. Dress with olive oil and lime or lemon juice. Astonishing. oh my this salad is good!  i admit i was a bit skeptical by the pairing of tomatoes with [...]

Recently I read the book “Food Matters”.  In it, Mark Bittman argues that for a healthier world and healthier self, we should all eat less meat.  His premise is that the meat packing industry is one of the largest contributors to global warming and that with all the hormones, antibiotics and poor living conditions in [...]

so i haven’t written in a while.  i could tell you all that i’ve been up to but you can guess – christmas, new year, family, friends and so on.  it’s been busy and not and fabulous all the time.  and now here we are at the beginning of 2009 and somewhere, somehow, something changed [...]

So can you tell I haven’t had a lot to say lately?  Actually, I’ve had a lot to say but have not been sure what to say or how to say it.  Thankfully I’ve had the opportunity to vent to and get some advice from a new online friend.  You know you who are and [...]

This past week was not a great week for me.  I gained 2.5 pounds.! That’s A LOT! considering the fact that I have only been losing 1/2 or 1 pound each week.   I am not, however, surprised at this fact.  I didn’t track my points for the week  – not once – and i did [...]