Posts Tagged ‘Mom Central’

Homebaked apple pie is the best when there is time, but, unfortunately for so many of us, there just isn’t. In the fall when my brother-in-law visits and brings apples from the orchards, I make them from scratch. But apple season isn’t year round so there are times we have had to do without until [...]

I took a full time job when my daughter was exactly 24 days old. I moved near my parents because 44 years ago there were few and far between solid childcare programs. I wish KinderCare had been existence back then. Probably one of its 1,600 nationwide centers is near you. I [...]

I loved city life in the early 40’s–parades, the 5 & 10, penny candy, cutouts, comic books, and ice cream parlors. One scoop, two scoops, up to my record five scoops usually chocolate, sometimes cherry vanilla, mostly with sprinkles, sugar-cone preferred I never got enough ice cream–mostly Breyers.
Now that I’ve moved to the suburbs, [...]

For diabetics and people watching calories, consider “America’s Secret Ingredient”, apples in any form, when making your favorite recipes. Flavor foods sweet or savory. Try apple juice and applesauce, natural sweeteners that adds nutrition and flavor, instead of empty sugar and -ose carbs. Some conditions that apples are thought to have a positive effect [...]

There is an old adage, “As the twig is bent so grows the tree.” The best teacher in the world to me was my father. Far from a perfect man, nevertheless my dad gave me a love of learning, reading, and education. He taught me from a young girl on to listen, [...]

Hubby and I are doing an airport run. Sonny boy is coming in from Cali with my youngest grand baby. I can hardly wait since I have not seen her since Christmas.
Since airport fare is less than gourmet at best and price, LA asked me to pack up some cold drinks and a [...]

I just returned from one of my post-bariatric checkups. I set a goal for myself about a year ago 185 pounds. I made it today. I set another goal today 170 pounds. You can’t believe how great I feel and look with 65 pounds of excess body fat gone.
Since I had an [...]