Every since the Hectic Kids started competing in sports, I’ve been interested in sports nutrition. Many a time I’ve been caught in the bleachers between active competition scouring the internet for information on fueling my athletes. Whenever a vendor was at a competition venue talking about nutrition, I would pick their brains. Since my kids have participated in a huge number … [Read more...]

I have two things going for me in my life (1) I’m old and (2) I’ve got a really good memory. Hopefully I’ll keep getting older and my memory will continue to be sharp. The reason I’m telling you this is because when I picked up my copy of Better Homes & Gardens Menus in Minutes, it reminded me of the old Richard Simmons’ Deal-A-Meal weight loss system from the 1980s. Just … [Read more...]

New and Improved. Those words go together like Peanut Butter & Jelly. Bert & Ernie. Green Eggs & Ham. They're usually treated as a package, with anything that’s new automatically considered as improved. Unfortunately, the Better Homes & Gardens: New Cook Book, 16th Edition, is definitely new, but in my opinion not really improved.Well, that’s not … [Read more...]

The 5-Ingredient Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook is a brand new cookbook that I'm so glad I stumbled upon. I've made several of the recipes from this cookbook and I'm definitely impressed! The start of this book has an interesting history of pressure cooking and then spends a good bit of time explaining how pressure cooking works and what foods cook well in a pressure … [Read more...]

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...]