The Banana ChipsIf you can recall, one of my great ambitions with the dehydrator was to make banana chips. Come to think of it, I'm not sure exactly why. I just always see them at the store and they often seem to find their way into trail mixes, but I'd…
Most people look really freaked out when I say that I prefer salad without the dressing. Sometimes at restaurants I won't even order the dressing on the side; I'll just ask for no dressing whatsoever. When we have salads at home, I request that we don't mix the dressing in…
How great are the bargain sections in bookstores? I picked this book up for about $3 because the back cover has a very slight tear in the corner. Considering how often I spill food on books/drop them/fold them inconsiderately, a little tear doesn't do much to worry me. Especially not…
It seems as though traffic is getting worse with every passing day. People are impatient. We need to get places, and we need to get there now. Never mind that we left the house a little bit late; what's with the traffic holding us up? What kind of stupid driver…
It was with great excitement that our old dehydrator was re-discovered whilst combing through our storage unit! Visions of beef jerky and banana chips danced in my head and yesterday I tried it out for the first time, using apple ring slices and chopped up celery. I had hopes that…
We're a healthy blog over here, so finding healthy recipes is one of my top priorities. Something that I think is fun to do is to find as many different books/websites as I can get my little paws on and find the healthiest recipes among them. Even from "restrictive" diets,…
A short while ago I was offered this cookbook and asked to try some recipes and review them. And of course I was only too happy to oblige! After testing four recipes and carefully scrutinizing the book, I am happy to say that my conclusions have been all drawn up…
Normally I don't pay all that much attention to the world of celebrities, but yesterday I came across this site, and its now one of my favorites! Healthy Hollywood treats these celebrities like real people and shows how awesome some of them are with their fitness and nutrition regimes. I…
I was recently interviewed by Nutritious Junk as a healthy blogger- check out the interview here and be sure to check out her really great blog while you're there! Food Mmm. Food. It seems that many/most people have a love-hate relationship with food. On the one hand, it tastes great…
Here is the new bike, beside the yellow one that I won (which is now my dads bike): Out for a ride! Birthday celebrations- my parents: Devin and me: Espresso with a sparkler! Tiramisu for dessert: And to finish it all off, a couple cheery flowers to brighten your Monday:)