The new Arby’s slogan: “Good mood food.” The recently released item meant to harbor in all this joy? Arby’s Angus Three Cheese & Bacon Toasted Sub [source] April Fools? 660 calories, 33g fat (13 saturated), 0.5g trans fat, 1810mg sodium, 2g fiber, 3g sugars, 47g protein Highlights of Joy: A load of calories and fat [...]

Hey guys! Are you paying more attention to calories in the packaged foods you buy from the supermarket? According to the recently released “Shopping for Health 2010” — the 18th annual study by the Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Prevention (published by Rodale Inc.) – 43% of consumers polled said they’re paying more attention to [...]

Hey guys!  Happy Saturday!  There are two things I want to share and, in the spirit of balance, one of them is brain food and the other is food food .  Heads or tails, shall we start with the brain food or tummy food?  *Waits for Whitey the cat to decide but all she gets [...]

Hi guys!  It’s almost Friday, wahoo!   What’s on the agenda today?  I plan on doing a mini-workout, going to my first day of training for my new job and then meeting some ex-co-workers for a drink (drinks? troughs full of booze? )  What about you? I sought and received some free samples from Penny’s [...]

TGIF to all the lovely people behind their computer screens! Do you guys ever feel like your life needs a little spring cleaning? I have!  I recently quit a job that was making me terribly unhappy. It was a scary decision to make given the instability of the economy and the Mount Everest of our [...]

Before I dish the new healthy treats that have sweetened up my life, let me give you one sure-tell sign you’ve gone off the deep end — here’s a glimpse into my head as I ran on the treadmill yesterday: “Hmm you know what would be really effective?  If they set up hibachis right in [...]

Now that my whine-fest is out of the way, I can truly honor the delicious foods I’ve been eating. Enter, the tofu-lentil mash-up tacos… Tofu is a relatively new product to me in terms of preparing it myself.  Each time I’ve made it, I’ve used this amazing recipe.  For the sake of novelty, I tried [...]

Mornin’! Ever complete a taxing task and think, “boy, I deserve a treat for that!” and then head to the nearest Cold Stone’s or Dunkin’ Donuts?  Or ever reward your children with a dessert for eating their vegetables or doing their homework?  Some of us do tend to use foods as a reward, no? I [...]

Hey guys!  Hope I didn’t scare ya away with my video camera debut! But now I know how to work my camera and upload to YouTube My brain’s off on some deserted Island sipping Pina Coladas, so I am simply going to show two new food concoctions of mine — one an entree, the other [...]

Happy Friday, guys! Whole Foods First things first — I was charmed by all of you entering the Whole Foods give-away!  It was a chance for me to take my own non-scientific poll on what healthy foods and items you guys are lovin’ and also a way for me to, sneakily, learn about some new [...]