by Toni | Jul 29, 2019 | Be Simple, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
So, candy. Should it have a place in your diet? Well, if you read this blog consistently, you will know that I feel candy, despite its usually terrible rep, has a place, albeit a conservatively small place, in a healthy diet. What we eat, whether we are conscious of...
by Toni | Feb 27, 2019 | Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Remember Michael Pollan from last month, my real-food guru? Well here is why I just love this man—one of his food rules is: Eat all the junk food you want, as long as you cook it yourself. Once you start to think about this deceptive little rule, you realize it...
by Toni | Jan 31, 2019 | Be Simple, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat, Live Green
How homemade can you go? If we are really committed to eating a diet of REAL food and promise to know exactly what is in our food and how it got there, we have a lot of work to do before breakfast, don’t ya think? Is there a simple approach to health and wellness that...
by Toni | Aug 27, 2018 | Be Simple, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat, Live Green
Well of course, I’m hoping you will make your own Ground Cherry Chews for a healthy after-school snack—even if you need to substitute a peach, nectarine or mango for those scrumptious ground cherries. But what about the at-school and at-work snacks? Ground Cherry...
by Toni | Aug 27, 2018 | Fruits, Healthy Treats, Let's Eat
Every year I try to create at least one recipe using ground cherries. From the very beginning of Green Gal of the Midwest, a ground cherry recipe has been on the blog—everything from salad to pie to chutney. Ground cherries are not a familiar fruit—in fact, they are...
by Toni | May 22, 2018 | Be Simple, Farmer's Market, Healthy Treats, Vegetables
I will be the first to admit that I can get carried away in the kitchen—recipes with a thousand ingredients, multiple steps and endless preparation. It’s what I like to do, I guess. But I know that it isn’t for everyone… just like professional sports are not for me....
