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I have started a new practice – shopping for and prepping a week’s worth of dinners at one time. Recently my doctor threatened me with a choice: get my triglycerides numbers down, or go on cholesterol medication. She gave me two months to fix my diet...

I hope everyone is having a wonderful 4th of July! It’s blazing hot in central Florida but a beautiful day. We are all inside cooking and such, waiting till it cools off a bit later before breakout out the cornhole and fireworks. Skylar and I made patriotic...

I have a soft spot for the sweet, high-calorie dishes us Southerners call “salads”, but which are really more like dessert. But as salads, we can eat them as a side dish, pretend they aren’t desserts, and still eat cakes and cookies later on. This Strawberry...

I’ve written before about how much I love my pressure washer. It’s so awesome for cleaning up outside – the house itself, the brick pavers, and the sidewalk all benefit from a good power wash every now and then. (One note about power-washing brick pavers...