I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time, but kept delaying because I worried about coming off as a zealot or a loon. Yeah, I know, some people already think of me as zealous and loony about a lot of things, but somehow the noun versions seem worse. The thing is, I want my family and fri...

I’ve wanted to write this post for a long time, but kept delaying because I worried about coming off as a zealot or a loon. Yeah, I know, some people already think of me as zealous and loony about a lot of things, but somehow the noun versions seem worse. The thing is, I want my family and fri...

Fresh asparagus with eggs makes for a tasty low-carb power breakfast I don’t know about you, but I can hardly wait for the arrival of one of my favorite low-carb vegetables on the planet to come into season–California fresh asparagus. These succulent green spears are just about in season...

I am going to resist the temptation to promise that I will do a year-end post. A lot of things in our lives improved, by the grace of God, and a few things suffered. My relationships with people haven’t been this strained and broken in a year since 2004, when we quit the old ministry. It’...

Of the long list of dietary supplements and alternative solutions to weight loss that you've considered in the past, Slendesta probably isn't one of them. That being said, it's time for a change. Slendesta contains Proteinase Inhibitor II (PI2), a compound in potatoes that catapults the ...

. I heart the beach. Do you? I want to live all of my days where I can hear the sultry sound of pounding of the waves on the shore and where the seafood is fresh (and sustainable). Where there is salt in the air and there is only a slim chance of inclement weather. (So, obviously not on the beaches ...

. Last weekend took a bite out of me. It all started innocently enough. An invitation to a birthday party, a few beers, (my commitment to eating local ends at beverages you must understand) a couple of shots of who-knows-what, a scandalously short skirt and one reckless piggy-back ride, all conspire...

Yesterday, I found out the hard way. As I've said in my previous blogs, I put my household on a low carb diet. Yesterday (or the day before yesterday seeing that it's 4:18 am) I fell off the wagon and ate a cake donut and a cinnamon twist. Fortunately, or unfortunately I had the forethought to take ...

. Oh dear, oh dear. I am officially a guilt-ridden bourgie girl with a food-complex. How could this happen? It's so tragically cliche. In the last few weeks (between reading a few intense books The Ombudsman threw my way in his ongoing effort to nurture my inner nerd/keep me single) I managed to rea...

. . . that really piss you off!    I hate those pistachios that are unopened. It takes a friggin' crowbar to get them out! Damn this low carb diet!     Um...is it just me, but does the pistachio resemble a female organ?...