Tom B-day

My husband turns 62 today. He is a bicycle commuter (45 minutes each way to work). He takes no regular medications and has always stayed within healthy weight ranges. Quite annoying sometimes, but he is a living testament to purposeful healthy living. Genes are Not...

Huge Nutrition Upgrade

I used to assume making my own salad dressings would be time consuming, expensive, kind of complicated. Instead, I found the health benefits far outweigh the tiny effort it takes. A good fat, a tart vinegar, herbs/spices, maybe a healthy sweetener, and viola- two or...

Healthified Cinnamon Rolls

Traditional Easter brunch in our family includes our younger daughter Angie’s totally delicious and decadent cinnamon rolls.  I’ve found that regular refined sugar reduces my energy so much that I’m experimenting more and more with less-refined alternatives. The other...

Leadership and Kale Salad

  Leadership and Kale Salad   This week I attended my amazing oil company’s Leadership Retreat in Anaheim, California. I was filled and encouraged, lifted and taught, and am grateful to be associated with a company doing so much good in the world. Since the...

Healthified Apple Crisp

Ah, the memories in my early 70’s edition of the Betty Crocker cookbook. Given as a Christmas present one year from my Mom, it’s all stained and water-crinkled and ragged, but still used. The apple crisp is my favorite apple dessert, and is just as delicious...