One Smart Brownie

So you might remember admitted snack-a-holic Kelly from NewlyMeds gave me a list of her “guilty pleasure” snack foods a few weeks back, and I gave her a bunch of healthy, and still tasty, alternatives. It’s check in time, babes! She gave most of them a try and here is her (and my) feedback for you: Kraft [...]

TGI-Thursday before a long weekend!! So I’m very happy to introduce the first of many collaborations with my friend Kelly of NewlyMeds. NewlyMeds is a reality-blog of K’s adventures as a newlywed with her doctor-hubby (both Tulane alums!) in Dallas. And besides NewlyMeds being a adorably witty name, the blog is also refreshingly honest and [...]

Q: What’s the deal with Kombucha? I read about all of these health benefits and it was referred to as the elixir of life, so I should probably be drinking it, right? A: Kombucha tea is a living culture of yeast and bacteria that is added to black or green tea with sugar. It’s then [...]

Q: As i sip tea and eat cereal (wishing it was a goat cheese and pepper frittata so lusciously  described a few days ago), i read the following in NY mag’s “50 simple steps to happiness”: “No. 21: Forget the brown-rice sushi. The Japanese are some of the most long-lived people on the planet, and [...]

Today is 420. If you don’t know what that means, please read no further. If you do know what that means but are not down with MJ please read no further. I was asked this question a while back and, well, today seems as appropriate a day as possible to answer it. I guess this [...]