This is the chili my girlfriend Dian made for me about a year ago when I went to visit her. Well, it’s mostly that recipe! It’s absolutely delicious and a lower calorie version of beef chili. When I made it tonight, my kitchen refrigerator is still on a vacation at the appliance repair place, so…
Author: Lanie Fioretti
My name is Lanie Fioretti and although I am not a classically trained chef or a degreed nutritionist, I have been studying food and nutrition voraciously since the early seventies. After working in public health and private practice for 22 years, I retired my dental hygiene license. I have taught cooking classes at Whole Foods and Central Market, done product development for a bakery in east Texas, catered, and been a personal chef. I usually think of myself as an improvisational cook!
Toasted Cheese Breadsticks
Toasted Cheese Breadsticks popped into my head while I was cooking the other day. And once again it’s so simple, you can’t really call it a recipe. My mom always did these with hot dog buns cutting each one into 4 spears. I had wholewheat bolillos (rolls), so that’s what I used. PrintToasted Cheese Breadsticks Made…
Alternative Health Guide
It’s a new year and I think most of us try to figure out ways to make our lives better with the beginning of each year. If you’ve been visiting regularly, you know I’m a big advocate of exploring as many different health viewpoints, philosophies, etc. to make the best decisions about your own well…
Cabbage and Sweet Potatoes
It’s seems like eating lots of vegetables is a good way for me to start the year. Cabbage and Sweet Potatoes is another spin on Kathy’s Cream Brussel Sprouts recipe. While I’m neither a cabbage or a sweet potato fan, when you put them together with bacon and cream, something amazing happens. I could eat…
Tuna Noodle Casserole Revised
I’m not very excited about the grocery specials this week, so I’m making dishes I’ve been thinking about for a while. When the weather gets bad, or you just can’t take going to the grocery store again, here’s a new make on an old classic pantry meal. I don’t know why I have a thing…