Many people take for granted what stress does to them physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. I’ve been there in the past, and it’s something I have to constantly maintain so I don’t fall back into the big trap of being that worn out, stressed out person I used to be! I’ve just posted an article [...]
Archive for May, 2009
28 May
Link Round-up: Once a Month Cooking
If you’re interested in Once a Month Cooking and you’re not sure why you’d want to consider it, start here: Reduce Stress With Once a Month Cooking Looking for some good cookbooks to get started? These are my favorites: Book review: Fix, Freeze, Feast: Prepare in Bulk and Enjoy by the Serving, and Book Review: [...]
28 May
Cook of the Month Feature on Examiner
Wrapping up OAMC “week” is a fantastic website I found called Cook of the Month. I don’t know about you, but I’m always looking for ways to make things easier, and when I saw the recipe and shopping list features on this website, I was sold! Check it out here: Cook of the Month makes [...]
23 May
Top Ten Tips to Make OAMC Easier
As we wind down Once a Month Cooking Week, I thought it would be fun to post things that have made my adventures in OAMC much easier. Trust me when I say I learned all of them the hard way (and what other way is there, I ask you??? ) and it pleasures me to [...]
19 May
Another Once a Month Cooking Book Review
Cookbooks are some of the most important tools a cook can have in his or her kitchen. They provide inspiration, and instruction, and having a variety of them help make you a well-rounded chef. You can buy them for any occasion, dietary need, or age group these days, which makes them even more useful. When [...]
18 May
Benefits of Once a Month Cooking
After reading my review of Don’t Panic—Dinner’s in the Freezer, you may be interested in the benefits of once a month cooking, especially when it comes to weighing the cost:benefit of spending an entire day in the kitchen preparing food. Trust me when I say the benefits do outweigh the costs because you’ll probably spend [...]
17 May
It’s Once a Month Cooking Week!
In a word, Once a Month Cooking (OAMC) rocks. I’ve been doing it for about five months now, and it’s saved me so much time and money and reduced my stress significantly. It takes about two days to cook for an entire month; one day to plan and shop, and one day to cook. My [...]
13 May
Quitting smoking with yoga part II is up on Examiner
Quitting smoking with yoga: physical benefits This series has been a year in the making for me. It began as a project for my Contemporary Issues in Drug Abuse class, and took off from there. In my capstone class this last semester, I was able to use the concept from the term paper I wrote [...]
12 May
New Examiner posts are up!
Please visit me at my Examiner site, where you can read articles on the health benefits of sunshine, and quitting smoking with yoga.
