September 26th marks the 10th anniversary of my diagnosis with Type 2 diabetes. Immediately after my diagnosis, our lives changed drastically. One of the most difficult aspects was how to modify our meals so that I could use diet as part of my health plan. There were simply too many sources out there and too much information to integrate all at once. If I’d had a book like … [Read more...]
❗️3 TIL – Stop The Rot
One of the purposes of the 3 Things I Learned series is for me to have an excuse to research topics. A huge problem at Hectic Manor is the amount of spoiled food we have. Over the years we’ve gotten better, but I’m still embarrassed by the amount of food we pitch. This week I investigated that topic to discover what we’re doing wrong…and learned a ton! As always, if the … [Read more...]
🇺🇸Memorial Day Recipes
School's out for everybody...finally. In the olden days, back when we used clay tablets for our school work (ok, that might be exaggerating a little) school went from Labor Day (the first Monday in September) until Memorial Day (the last Monday in May). Nowadays, the kids go back much earlier, sometimes the first week of August. But the flip side is the college kids are out … [Read more...]
⏱Comfort Food Recipe Collection
No matter how carefully I plan, there are days when I just don’t know what to make for dinner. Sure, I've got my meal plan…but for a variety of reasons that dinner may not appeal to me. Maybe I haven’t been shopping and don’t have the ingredients. Maybe the weather and the meal don't fit. Or maybe I just don’t want to make what's planned. It happens. When it does, I turn … [Read more...]
❓5 Questions – Do I Refrigerate This?
Everybody’s food rituals were different growing up. Then you get roommates or get married and you learn that everybody else’s food storage habits aren’t just wrong, but they are close to criminally insane! Case in point. As a kid growing up in the 1960’s, butter was a precious commodity. My Mom was convinced that butter would go rancid if it resided outside the refrigerator … [Read more...]