For me, stirring a pot of homemade potato leek soup is nurturing. The simplicity beckons for one of my grandmother’s bowls to pour it into, and a pine table, one-hundred-plus-years-old, to sit at while enjoying the meal. This year, we made too many mashed potatoes. On Saturday morning, after Thanksgiving, as I stared at the […]
A Pumpkin Flax Muffin Recipe and the Benefits of Flax Seeds
Research from one of my favorite food detectives is out about flax seeds, and their protection against breast cancer cell proliferation. The information is from Michael Greger, M.D., author of www.NutritionFacts.org. It’s a good use of time (4:34 minutes and 3:21 minutes) to click in, and watch the videos I’ve linked for you below in […]
Vinegar & Medical Research for Anemia
Last week researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center found hope for anemia patients by using common household vinegar. This story, published in The Dallas Morning News, is too valuable not to share with you. For your own reading, here’s the [LINK}. Mac and I have been using Raw Apple Cider Vinegar in our water, daily, […]
All Things Pumpkin for GMT
All Things Pumpkin…that’s what this weekend became, as I prepared recipes for Good Morning Texas (GMT) to remind you how wonderful this Fall season can be. Pumpkin sustained our American colonists. As one colonist said in 1683: “We had pumpkin in the morning and pumpkin at noon. If it were not for pumpkins we’d be […]