Remember, the average American gains at least 7 pounds over the holidays. You don’t have to follow the crowd.

Many people think the Thanksgiving turkey dinner is the most intimidating meal to make. It's not. Here's some rules to follow.

Traditionally, my menu for Thanksgiving gets set this week. Here’s a little bit of the history of Thanksgiving in my family.

Some helpful low carb hints for eating mashed potatoes.

Here are some recommendations for healthy Halloween treats the whole family can enjoy.

Have your guests play a small part in helping to clean up after the big meal. They will not do everything; but when every person…

If you’re going to do Plan Z this year, I’m guessing you’ll want to be well into ZReboot for Thanksgiving. Let’s run the numbers…

What I am going to do here is give you ideas for breakfast, lunch and after-school snacks. Your kids deserve tasty, healthy food.

How do you keep cutting boards clean? Should you wash raw chicken before cooking? Which is more sanitary, a sponge or a dishrag?…

People write to me all the time and they say something like this: “You taught me how to read labels as part of dieting. I had no…

When you grow a garden, I know what it’s like when the tomatoes start coming in heavy and you have to figure out what to do with…

There are so many vegetable options offered up by Mother Nature that I thought I could go my whole life skipping the ones I…

The smell of basil, mint and lemon balm growing in the garden are my absolute favorites. For me, that’s the smell of summer.

I have discovered a new way to stay regular. It’s not fiber. It’s a mineral. Magnesium. Magnesium has so many other benefits…

Here are the kinds of milk I drink now and the one I’m trying.

The tradition of tapas in Spain goes back a long way, but today, extends well beyond Spanish cuisine. The whole idea is to have…

Like seared meats and veggies? You'll love cast iron. Here are some of the benefits of cooking with cast iron and a few hints for…

My chives were the first thing to come up in my herb garden every year. As soon as the snow melted I could see their little heads…