Splenda was my sweetener of choice even before I was diagnosed with diabetes. Now needing to limit my carbohydrate intake, it is one of my dietary staples. Its sucralose, both legal and safe, tastes good in fact just like sugar, and is even kosher. Many of my readers are aware that two years ago I [...]
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Jersey Girl Pork Roll Sandwich
It’s no secret that I love to travel. It is also no secret that I love good food. Regional specialties like Key lime pie, Maryland crab, Jersey pork roll are the best. Places try to copy them but fail. Why? Because the ingredients are local and hard to find much less duplicate outside the given [...]
O. N. E. Coconut Water Review And Giveaway
Oahu’s Breakfast Lunch and Crab, the North Shore’s Aloha shrimp and prawns, the beachside fresh fruit stands provided food for the body and food for the soul. With 5,000 miles separating native fair, Sam Choy’s, roadside stands, and me partaking of such treats is problematic as I live in New Jersey not Hawaii. I especially [...]
Mom’s The Word On Dinner
As a working mom, balancing my professional time and responsibilities with that of being a homemaker and mother kept me on a tight schedule. No time for hours of prepping and cooking meals and no time to waste cajoling or coddling kids to eat what was good for them. My “Down with picky eaters” philosophy [...]
Kidfresh Revisited
Live in the Northeast or the South? Lucky for you if you do. Kidfresh, truly all-natural, healthy nutritious frozen dinners, are available in your areas. When I was invited to review this product last fall (see my November 14, 2010 post), I had difficulty finding them in local stores. The www.kidfresh.com store locator helped me [...]
Finlandia Lacey Swiss Review And Recipes
Growing up as a delicatessen storekeeper’s daughter, I learned early on that all cold cuts and cheeses are not equal. Some are good, a few are great, but most just are. You always pay for what you get. My favorite foods once included fried rice, ravioli and lasagna, and thick sandwiches on bakery fresh bread. [...]
My Nutella MommyParty
While I held down a full-time job teaching, I never seemed to have the time to relax and smell the roses. Retirement brought changes. Now I am free to enjoy life. When MomSelect invited me to host a Nutella MommyParty, my first thought was, “Why not?” I knew it would be great to get the [...]
