Friday Fun: Labor Day

I know most of my readers/commenters are Americans, and as Monday is Labor Day, I figured what better topic for a Friday Fun post than Labor Day itself?
Practically every American “celebrates” Labor Day in some shape or form; some go to barbecue parties (usually the last one of the season!), some just chill at home, [...]

Re-Educating My Children

Sitting in a doctor’s waiting room for two hours with three children ages 6, 7, and 11 is… interesting, to say the least. Especially when the 7 year old is a voracious reader and will read anything she can get her hands on. Books… magazines… health leaflets… bank promotions… I mean anything.
Little Miss [...]

DIY yogurt

Ever since the OMG!!1!! OBESITY EPIDEMIC!!!111!!! tripe started sweeping across the globe, more and more I see ads on television that aim to shame us into eating healthier and/or lose weight.  Jamie Oliver (on the left here) is one of the best and worst of them.
He’s both because while he seems to be absolutely everywhere [...]

Grandma’s Fried Cabbage

I made my mom/grandma’s fried cabbage Saturday night from memory! 
I must say, I’m pretty proud of myself for that.  I’ve NEVER made it before, but I helped and/or watched her make it enough times that I’m pretty sure I remembered everything.  I did try to call her to ask her if I was doing [...]

BBC: What’s Really in our Food?

The BBC has started a week-long series of shows entitled “What’s Really in our Food?”  Ironically, they have been shown from 9:15-10 a.m., the time I usually have my breakfast, after walking the girls to school.
On the one hand, it’s been a bit of a learning experience.  Even though I’ve lived out here for nearly [...]