A Thanksgiving inspired beef stew

I was looking up a recipe to adjust for you this week, but found that I ended up developing my own instead.  I had some leftovers to use.  No, not turkey but the other half of a beef roast from another recipe.  The recipe also called for canned cranberry sauce, which is terrible.  If I [...]

2017 Thanksgiving Leftover Lentil Stew

Ok.  So now you have that turkey carcass and a bunch of leftover turkey.  My brother and sister-in-law do not typically use the carcass (we ate at their house on Thanksgiving).  So I decided to take it home along with the rest of the leftover turkey.  We cooked a bone-in turkey breast this year, which [...]

A Your Level Best Version of Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew

Original Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens: Slow Cooker Indian Chicken Stew This was another interesting recipe from Better Homes and Gardens. I love Indian-inspired dishes.  This one just needed a few small changes to make it fit our diet a bit better.  Here are the original stats for the recipe which serves 8: 295 [...]

Good pizza (that just happens to be gluten free)

As you can see from the title of this post, I am making not just gluten free pizza, but good pizza.  All too often gluten free pizza becomes something that most people would not equate to being real pizza.  Now I'm not insulting those who create these recipes.   I love cauliflower crust pizza and some [...]

A Your Level Best Version of Braised Chickpeas with Mid-Summer Vegetables

Original Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens: Braised Chickpeas with Mid-Summer Vegetables One of the things I like to do is find and interesting recipe and make it fit our lifestyle. The Better Homes and Garden recipe had some great things going for it. However, I had to do something about the tomatoes, because Tony [...]

Your Level Best Version of Moroccan Beef Stew

Original Recipe from Very Well: Slow Cooker Moroccan Beef Stew This recipe didn't need too much of a makeover.  Around our house, we love beef stew and we love international flavors.  This beef stew recipe has that.  The calories weren't too bad as was the protein and vitamin A.  The tomatoes had to go.  Here [...]

Hi I’m Kerry and I’ve overtrained.

  Hi I'm Kerry and I've overtrained. Yes I did. It’s hard to believe that anyone these days overtrains. With the obesity issue being what it is, why is this even a problem. Well, it is and it’s easier than you think to do. It’s also dangerous. Hence, why I wanted to tell my story [...]

“I don’t want to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger.” and other excuses women use to avoid lifting weights.

“I don’t want to look like Arnold Schwarzenegger.” I’ve heard this statement come out of the mouths of many women. Also, “I gain muscle too quickly.” or “I don’t want to get big.”. What am I talking about? I’m talking about women and weightlifting. There are still lots of women out there that are afraid [...]