Monthly Archives: December 2011

Check out this cool gift I got from my sister, Master Gardner Rosalie Donatelli. She has been a been a constant resource for me over the years for any of my wellness and nutritional questions. Plus: The best way to start my organic garden, spreading my own seeds with my new seed spreading shovel.

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Traditionally, christmas eve is a seafood event in our home. I kept it really simple tonight. We started off with chilled jumbo  shrimp cocktail. Then for our first course, I made linguine marinara. For my dish, I substituted the pasta with zucchini. For the next and final course, I made sesame crusted salmon, garlic string […]

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I haven’t let the holiday’s throw me off and I am sticking firm to my commitment. Two nights ago, I had a craving for Japanese food and I sort of decided that I could have the brown rice California Rolls without swaying from my eating plan.. Instead of ordering one,  I ordered 3.  I never […]

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I got up yesterday after a holiday party and I felt really good. Normally I would have felt really awful because I would have undoubtably eaten to much and I definitely would have had a sugar hang over. It doesn’t matter what your addiction is, they all make you feel really bad about your self. […]

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Tonight was my nephew JP’s annual Birthday Christmas party celebration. It’s has become a festive family tradition for 13 years now. Lot’s food and spirits and laughter. This is not a party that caters to anyone watching their weight so I knew I was completely on my own. 30 minutes before we were leaving, I prepared a […]

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