Tag Archives: fat

Top 10 Impostor Health Foods

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Head Chef

Impostor health foods: neither tasty nor healthful. Continue reading →

Posted in Meditations on Food, Top Tens | Tagged advertising, cheese, cooking, diet, fake food, fat, homemade, processed food, vegetarian, whole foods, whole grain | 2 Comments

Vegetarian Wontons and A Strange Tale of Meat Pills

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Head Chef

Okay, I’ll be honest: sometimes I miss meat. Specifically, pork. When people ask me if I’m ever tempted to order a steak, I can sincerely say no, I am not the least bit interested in a plate-sized slab of beef. … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Asian Dishes, Dinner, Eating Out, Meditations on Food, Party & Holiday, Pasta, Recipes, Soup, Tofu | Tagged anxiety, cooking, diet, fat, homemade, lowfat, recipe, soup, vegetarian, whole foods | 2 Comments

Creamy Squash Soup Redemption

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Head Chef

I ordered first, a cup of the creamy squash soup and a sandwich but, as usual, soon second-guessed myself. “You’re getting a bowl of soup and a sandwich?” I asked my husband Wayne, imagining him still enjoying his steaming bowl … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventures in Cooking, Easy, Eating Out, Lowfat, Party & Holiday, Quick, Recipes, Soup, Vegan | Tagged broth, butternut squash, cooking, diet, fat, lowfat, recipe, soup, squash soup, vegan, vegetarian, whole foods | 1 Comment

Cheese is Bad For Me and I Should Eat a Lot More of It, Says the USDA

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Head Chef

Reading a New York Times article on the USDA’s mixed signals about cheese made me think about my own conflicting cheese emotions. The USDA, like a person with the two hemispheres of his brain separated, tells us “Eat less fat—don’t … Continue reading →