Pepperoni Pinwheels

Found this years ago and have played with it since. Seen many varieties of it, too, so you could play with the cheese and protein ingredients to your own liking....

Noom Observations, Part 2

As mentioned earlier, it’s July and I’ve been using Noom since January. I’ve lost a lot of weight. Some things Noom does well, some things they don’t. Psychology Noom says they use psychology and small goals to get the weight off and keep it off. They do understand a...

Noom Observations, Part 1

A couple of months ago I got sick of my weight and decided to do something about it. I’d heard a lot of good things about Noom so thought I’d give that a try. Personalized, small goals, teaching strategies to lose the weight and keep it off, no meals...

Thaco Thursday

Breakfast tacos. Corn tortillas, egg whites, ham, cheese, sauteed onions and peppers. I figure about 350 calories total. A note: Corn tortillas are generally lower in calories (e.g. 2 of these are 90 calories, which is about what 1 flour tortilla is) but they really lack the structural integrity...

Sous Vide

For the longest time I saw foodie friends of mine raving about sous vide and kept waiting to see them abandon it. I’d never (knowingly) had anything prepared with sous vide, although I imagine I’ve had more things than I know in restaurants. If you’re not familiar with it,...