cicero's Profile

pozole! with green chili that we roasted this summer. Also a spinach and cheddar quiche.

I think it would be really neat! I think that a month is a really good goal. Years ago I went a month without sugar, inspired by a blog, and liked to think of it as an educational gauge to find out how much sugar I really do eat. Isolating one food type was really very telling to me about my usual habits by finding where i had to work hard. I always think I don't eat a lot of processed foods, but even just today I ate a donut that someone brought into the office...

We are starting to cook for a family reunion that's in August...so lots and lots of appies!
Meatballs, tamales, pie crust that we'll thaw and fill later, and a batch of home brew!

In part I feel like we registered to give our families some ideas about what to get us, should they need reference. I'm getting married in less than 3 months and we evolved from a "won't register no way no how" to registering for some tools and wool blankets at Sears, and some camping equipment from REI. There are a couple of other things on there -- a wheelbarrow to our registry, in fact -- but it's all just suggestion. I don't think that having the registry is bad, I just think it's when having a registry becomes an essential part of the wedding experience that having one can turn south.

I love juice, but I'm a slave to the coffee and cannot imagine changing my morning ritual. I buy juice more as a treat, or a special snack, than as a staple. Not for any particular reason--probably because I grew up in a household where we didn't really purchase juice that often.

Track your nutrients, protein, and sugar, sugar, sugar.
Being vegan offers too many carbohydrate quick options, and over the long term it can affect your blood sugar levels. There is a balance between eating fresh and pre-packaged stuff no matter what your diet type and as a student/working person/parent it is so easy to eat pre-prepared foods. I mean, who can resist soy mac and cheese??
I was a vegan for 6 + years, and studying to become and EMT. My class practiced 'diabetic emergencies', which included taking one another's blood sugar. Mine was sky high! I had a blood sugar level three times that of my classmates, qualifying as hyperglycemic. It was really scary.
Through better eating I was able to bring that down (you bet I checked again) and I really learned a lesson about eating conveniently. It requires great diligence to not only to get iron and vitamain B and protein, but to avoid carb over-load.

Oh, these are So Cute!

Oh, I love these! Great idea for a project, especially since I've got an overabundant patch of hens and chicks outside that I love to pick from for indoor arrangements. Thanks!

Ahhhhh...the le crueset. I have one on my Christmas wish list this year (though, disclaimer--I'm not starting a holiday list this early, it's just metaphorical).
Last year our great upgrade was quality sharp knives--another lifetime investment, I think!

maryeats, I'm canning tomato too! But rather than sauce this year I think I'm going to just throw in some salt and let them remain tomatoes.