Wednesday night I went to Prime 135 on Hewitt Drive in Waco with a friend. It’s a bit pricey, so it isn’t a place I go to regularly. While we weren’t that impressed by the entrée, the appetizer and the side were excellent (we split everything). The appetizer was seared scallops with crabmeat and the…
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!
Green Tomato Salad
It’s Wed. evening and I don’t know where our cold front is, but this morning I rushed out to the garden and picked most of the green tomatoes and all the green beans, so it better get here or else…(I don’t know what)! Yesterday I picked pounds of green and banana peppers. And now I…
School Lunch News and Alzheimers News
Before the serious stuff, I just have to share a few more pictures of the fall bloom. Excerpts from an article by Jack Challem Blood Sugar, Insulin, and the Brain Could Alzheimer’s Disease Be “Type 3 Diabetes?” Some doctors now believe that problems with blood sugar and insulin are major factors in the development…
Bacon and Cheese Slaw Dog
Have a Bacon and Cheese Slaw Dog for an awesome, quick weekday meal. Then try it for game day. If a hot dog can make you happy, this is it! Just a word about hot dogs and bacon. Yes I know they’re good, and together they’re awesome! I use uncured Angus hot dogs, and I…
Onion Rings and Other Things
Thought for the week: You do not grow old, you become old by not growing. –excerpt from The Art of Living On Friday I was fortunate enough to be at Dot’s when her friend, Mary Maddox came over to show Dot the quilt she made that took first place at the Heart of Texas Fair…