I love pineapples and yet I don’t purchase them very often because I always thought they took so much time to prepare.  Guess what!  This c is preparing an entire pineapple for eating in around three minutes.  Not too bad right!  Just make sure your knife is really sharp or it won’t...

We all like to look and feel our best, I found that if I do the following four things, I get compliments on how good I look. Today I was walking through BJ’s just shopping when a lady came up to me and asked me what I use on my face.  I am sure I looked at here kind of funny.  I was wondering...

I’ve heard that people gain an average of 5 pounds during the holiday season.  I think that may be true, especially if you could Halloween!  I know if I am not careful, I could add five pounds just because of Halloween! This year I will actually lose weight over the Holidays.  I want to share...

I love fall! The colors, the cooler weather and the wonderful time of Harvest, Pumpkins, Applies, winter squash! What a great time to try a new recipe!  And speaking of a new recipe, I want to share this one I found.  I personally want to make my own cinnamon roll recipe to make this pie.  It looks...

My grandson was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and shortly after my son (his dad) found out he has type 2.  Our family is learning to eat better.  We love to eat so we are searching for ways to up the nutrition and lower the carbs. Today I saw a video on face-book that has a delicious entree that...

What is the best way to lose weight while keeping or even growing healthy muscle, and Why do I want more muscle.  Muscles burn more calories!!  I like to eat so I want to build more muscle so I don’t have to be quite so careful how much I eat.  There are better reasons to keep your muscles...

It seems to me that the advice on cooking oil is always changing, so I decided to do some research on what is current and why you might choose one oil over another, or maybe use all of them! First Olive Oil, According to Oliveoiltimes.com  Olive oil lowers blood pressure, protects against heart desease...

My mother-in-law said her children would eat any vegetable as long as it was green beans.  We all know that there is good reason to eat a large variety of vegetables.  Each vegetable comes with it’s own nutritional value.   I have always worked hard to give my family a wide variety of different...

I have always wanted to eat more vegetables so I would buy celery and carrots and salad fixings so I would have vegetables in the house.  Then I would be in too much of a hurry and just open a package of frozen veggies for meals.  I would grab something easy, like a handful of chips or a cookie for...

This week grapes are on sale at my local grocery, so I decided to see how grapes stack up nutritionally.  Grapes are delicious, sweet and juicy and easy to eat, no peeling or cooking required.  They come in a multitude of beautiful colors. The answer to my question:  about 306 calories per pound...