Archive for the ‘Health and Food’ Category


I love Mexican food.  LOVE Mexican food.  Out of all the cheesy spicy goodness to choose from, one of my favorite dishes is Chile Relleno.  A friend gave me a recipe for a chile relleno casserole that uses 2 pounds, TWO POUNDS, of cheese as well as numerous whole eggs, and condensed milk. On occasion, [...]

What the… Mediterranean Quinoa Salad

Mar 31, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Recipes, Side Dish, Vegetables

Mediterranean Quinoa Salad 1 cup of quinoa 1 can of artichoke hearts (quartered) 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup of Kalamata olives (chopped) 1/4  cup of sundried tomatoes  (chopped) 1 tbs of dried oregano sea salt to taste fresh basil Cook the quinoa in water.  (I use twice the amount of water as quinoa.  Bring [...]

Perfect Pesto

Mar 9, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Recipes, Side Dish

Growing up in Indianapolis, there was this one particular pizza place I loved to visit and gorge myself on for their pesto.  It is so good.  Fifteen years later, I still visit every time I go back but it has sort of lost it’s luster for me.  The reason, a waitress with a big mouth. [...]

Mozzarella Eggplant

Feb 23, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Main Dish, Recipes, Side Dish, Vegetables

In keeping with our decision to eat vegetarian a night or two a week, I’ve been creating new or revamping old recipes.  Last night, we converted my Mozzarella Chicken to Mozzarella Eggplant.   I can’t believe I’m saying this but I think I actually like the eggplant better.  It was sooooo good.  I nearly cried [...]

Tilapia and Ice Cream

Feb 16, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Main Dish, Recipes

I think Cupid’s arrow must have missed me because I’m just not a Valentine’s Day type of girl.  It works out because I don’t eat chocolate, I don’t own a suitable vase for flowers, and too much red stresses me out.  I’m not one of those people who dislike Valentine’s day because “we should fill our [...]

GH 101 – Rest

Feb 11, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Health and Food

Rest I often underestimate the power of rest. People don’t build strength during their workouts they build it while they are sleeping. Sleep allows our bodies the chance to repair and rejuvenate. It’s a shame to bust azz in the gym only to get less than adequate sleep.  Enough sleep also improves our immunity, metabolism, [...]

GH 101- Food

Feb 9, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Health and Food

The first wheel of the Hero-mobile.  (Man, that is dorky sounding.) My opinions regarding my most and least favorite subject. Food Eat reasonable portions of REAL food and drink a lot of water. It can be that simple. Really. What’s a reasonable portion and what is real food? Does this mean I can never eat [...]

4 Wheels of the Hero-mobile an Introduction

Feb 8, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Health and Food

The week I’m doing a 4-part series on beginning a health quest.  I realize many of my regular readers are already on that road so please bear with me this week as I cover what you already know. Remember these are just my experiences please feel free to add your experiences and insights. *********************************************************** There [...]

swiss-chard

As you may know, I joined a  CSA (community supported agriculture) so it’s probably only a matter of time before I start wearing pachouli.   Since I don’t get to choose what goes into our veggie box it’s always interesting to see what each week will bring.  This may sound inconvenient or even scary for [...]

Seven Lively Wins

Jan 15, 2010 Author: jennincat | Filed under: Health and Food

Enough of the gloom and doom from yesterday’s post.  So what are some things we can actually do aside from moving out in the middle of nowhere to grow and raise our own food while wearing dresses made from feed bags.  We are all at different stages of change in our lifestyle.  (Assuming none of [...]

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