Negative Backchat Banned

I’m sick of that scolding voice in my ear as I grocery shop, “No!” “Put it back!” “You can’t have that!”
Between reading nutrition facts panels, hovering over bins of tempting fresh breads, coolers full of creamy cheeses, cream-on-top yogurts and the like… then regretfully putting them back… I notice this negative back-chat going on.
I’ll leave a [...]

Salad time is coming!

 I dreaming of sharp, tangy feta cheese crumbled over crunchy, fresh greens, cucumber slices, a few walnuts, kalamata olives, a couple of strips of thin sliced Italian hot ham–spritzed with fig-infused balsalmic vinegar. A few Ryvita or Wasa crispbreads with a smear of goat cheese topped with apple slices… YUM.
It must be Spring, give a New Englander [...]