Food School: a 31 Day Course (day 21 Cooking with Kale)

Cooking with Kale On Day 20 of Food School–I wrote about how to clean kale and prep it for meals. What is kale? and what are the benefits of eating it? Kale is a leafy green vegetable related to broccoli and cabbage. One cup of chopped kale has just 33 calories. One cup has 9%…

Food School: a 31 day course (day 29 Bacon)

I LOVED BACON! When I was growing up my step-father had 2 eggs, bacon (cooked on a microwave plate–the slanted kind to catch all the grease) with homemade bread.  The smell of toast and bacon are strangely comforting smells for me. But, as comforting as they might be–I just can’t eat bacon.  I can’t eat…

Food School: a 31 Day Course (day 28 Halloween candy)

What do you do with Halloween Candy? If your kids go trick or treating on Halloween, do you end up fighting over the candy for weeks?  I did! My creative solution to this pain in my butt is to: Let the kids enjoy the “bounty” they have received  Let them do all the trading that…