After 3 consecutive weeks of holiday themed Thursday night dinners, tonight's theme is BACK TO REALITY winter comfort. Sunday, I made a huge pot of lentil soup, sans any animal products, and actually froze most of it for just a few days, took it back out of the freezer last night. Tonight we will have a healthy, relatively low calorie, entirely plant-based meal consisting of … [Read more...] about Soups On.
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Forks Over Knives
Thanks to some west coast inspiration from Carole, last night I made a traditional southern new year's dish. Ok, it was a day "late," but abundance and wealth as well as greens and legumes could never actually come too late...With black eyed peas representing abundance and collard greens (which I mixed with kale) representing the green of money, this dish turned out delish! … [Read more...] about Forks Over Knives
Boxing Day
Though not celebrated in the United States, Boxing Day is a holiday designed to give alms to the poor. So boxing has to do with how gifts are packaged, not that thing some of us like to do in a gym, or a ring :) When it falls on a weekend, it is moved to the first weekday, so it is actually tomorrow. Ironically, feeling a need to purge stuff from my house, I not only cleaned … [Read more...] about Boxing Day
Wings and Things
So Mitch made an outstanding point while watching the Dolphin game yesterday. He pointed out why people get drunk watching football...it's otherwise unbearable to watch, given how many mistakes they make! It's either that, or your celebrating during a good game. Makes sense to me. Watching the Dolphins play yesterday, I am sure MANY fans were drowning their sorrows. For … [Read more...] about Wings and Things
Today is the Day!
Thinking about the week ahead and though we are smack in the middle of Chanukah, I see NO excuses for eating crazy, drinking crazy or even slacking on working out. Even as every day in December is somewhat festive with preparing for Christmas and New Years and for some of us, other celebrations, as well, this seems like a good week to be serious with clean eating and daily … [Read more...] about Today is the Day!