by skimhenson | Oct 6, 2016 | awareness and action, food, lightening up
“There’s a huge emotional component to weight loss.” Carnie Wilson This last decade, I’ve gained an average of two pounds a year – this was the least painful way to express it. The weight added up so gradually, I’m not sure if the gain started in 2005 after Dad’s...
by skimhenson | Jul 12, 2011 | choices and decisions, food
I’m hooked on nutrition drinks. I drink at least one daily. As a result, I feel healthier and more energetic. Best of all for my diet, I don’t crave chocolate. All good, except buying the drink spotlighted one of my annoying habits. I calculated over time the $5 cost...
by skimhenson | Mar 21, 2011 | awareness and action, food
Dining at Mellow Mushroom, my husband and I split a steak and cheese calzone. They’re huge, so it’s plenty of food for two. The piece he cut and put on my plate was full of mushrooms that looked like meat. We were talking, laughing and catching up on news...
by skimhenson | Jan 31, 2011 | awareness and action, food
In our grocer’s bakery section, displayed in a glass along with other sweets, is the coast’s version of a Covered Wagon, a chocolate dessert only available, as far as we know, at McFarlan’s Bake Shop in Hendersonville, N.C. The local knockoff is a close...
by skimhenson | Aug 11, 2010 | food
Covered wagons aren’t just out west, folks. Like everything that ends up in the south, we like to deep fry it like chicken or put sugar in it like sweet tea. If it’s dipped in chocolate, that’s even better. Southern cooks can bake a little piece of heaven without...