I had the pleasure of traveling with the Kansas City Golden Gloves Boxing Team as they attended the 2013 Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions in Salt Lake City, UT this past week.  Nine athletes, coaches, members of the KC Golden Gloves organization and me: den mother – food coach – official team photographer.

My husband and

I am writing this blog at 40,000 feet – on my way to Salt Lake City for the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions with the Kansas City Golden Gloves Team. Cam F. Awesome is the team captain. He is competing for his tenth national title. He’s been busy at the USA Olympic Training Center getting

Thanks so much for all of the lovely birthday wishes – you all really made my day! We spent the weekend out of town, celebrating my birthday.  It wasn’t really a weekend for relaxing – we did a lot of sightseeing and driving.  By the time we got in last night, we were pretty exhausted. 

No, not vegetable stock.
My birthday is this week. I always take a bit of time to take stock of the previous year, how was it? Did I accomplish my goals? Did I enjoy the past year? What would I change? How can I improve? I do this more and more, the older I get. Sometimes

I am supposed to be blogging.
In fact my blog was due yesterday. I’ve been distracted lately.  By life, by spring, by the dog, by a bunch of travel the past two months, by Twitter, by House Of Cards on Netflix, by the birds chirping outside, little things, big things, seasonal allergies…you get the idea.  I

When beginning the adventure of plant-based living, I had not realized how many foods I had never eaten, heard of or prepared myself.  Some of the things I have learned a long the way came from spending hours on google, wiki, youtube, facebook and countless blogs to figure out how to do stuff.  Some things

Helping the new 2013 USA Boxing Elite Men’s Super Heavyweight National Champion become plant-strong last year is one of my proudest accomplishments.  He’s a fine student, who doesn’t try to work the angles or find the loopholes.  He follows the program and has made it work for him, in and out of the ring.
This past

Life can get crazy busy sometimes.
Sometimes a little reset is necessary. Fresh foods, simple foods, flavored with herbs and spices, nothing processed, just whole, real, wholesome foods.  How many different herbs have you tried to incorporate into your meals?  Have you ever grown herbs on a windowsill or in your garden?Herbs are really easy to grow and can be just the thing

If I close my eyes, I can still see myself in my Nana’s kitchen.  It’s breakfast time and I am up with the sun.  I can smell the coffee brewing and the sound of the percolator bubbling.  She always used a percolator so when I started drinking coffee in 1996, I did too.  Strong dark