Lunch is hard. If you’re not the plan-ahead type, it frequently becomes a lesson in…what happens when you don’t plan ahead. Or maybe you’re the type who thinks you’re going to fast until dinner. Then you see Nancy with a slice of pizza or a bagel or a salad or whatever in the cubicle over,…
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I recently did a post on the difference between yams and other yam-like root vegetables. (Read it HERE.) A taro root is a tuber that often gets confused or labeled as a yam. But really it’s the yam’s exotic, tropical cousin with papery brown skin and a slimy purple interior. They love the water (they grow in…
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I’m not a huge fan of traditional salad. It’s good at first–very green and crunchy. But then 5 minutes later, when I’m still chewing my first bite of lettuce, I think, this sucks–can I just throw out the lettuce and eat the toppings? Instead, I soldier on and chew raw greens for the next half hour until…