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I don’t waste food, water, money, time and talent

03/10/2017 by Sherring D.

I know I’m getting older not because of the gray hairs that sprinkle across my hairline. I know I’m getting older not because of the recently created, closed Facebook group for my 20th high school reunion. I know I’m getting older not because the goddaughter whose diapers I used to change is now a college sophomore. I know I’m getting older because of my plans for my “incentive payout” (not bonus) in this week’s paycheck. While I do have the […]

Categories: Random Thoughts, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: food, getting older, money, Shopping

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Penne for Your Thoughts

01/19/2017 by Sherring D.

Pesto sauce. I made my own pesto sauce today. To some, this might not seem like a big deal, but for someone who’s had pesto sauce once, twice, maybe thrice in her life, this is very much a big deal. Also making it a big deal is that up until recently, I consumed my pasta in tomato based, or rich, creamy sauces. Sometime last year, I came across a Popsugar recipe to make an avocado sauce for pasta, so I […]

Categories: Fabulousness, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: cooking, eating, food, pasta, penne, pesto, pesto sauce

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Plain Oatmeal is Gross

09/10/2016 by Sherring D.

I don’t like plain oatmeal. It’s gross. I’d prefer not to eat it all, but in my lifetime, I’ve read dozens of articles about eating well, and oatmeal always makes the list. Its bountiful benefits include being a good source of energy with protein, helping to regulate cholesterol and blood pressure, being full of fiber, helping to curb your appetite, cancer fighting and is great for your skin. There are a few oatmeal skincare products in my bathroom. Preparing oatmeal […]

Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: breakfast, cookies, food, good health, oatmeal, Potbelly, smoothies

Being Nuts is its Own Reward

06/03/2016 by Sherring D.

I have to laugh at the ignorance and naïveté of my youth. When you grow up a certain way, it’s hard to imagine things any other way, until you venture out into the great big world on your own. When I was growing up, the only nuts I knew about were peanuts. Shelled, unshelled, salted, unsalted, and of course, and in butter form. My mother used to fix me a big ol’ tablespoon of peanut butter for a midday snack, […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A to Z Challenge, almonds, cashews, food, Honey Nut Cheerios, nuts, peanuts, writing

Love in the Lemonade

04/14/2016 by Sherring D.

This post is part of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. I loved my mother’s fresh squeezed lemonade. She added canned evaporated milk, the one with the red and white label and flowers, and so much sugar and ice cubes that I could hear the sugar scraping at the bottom of the plastic pitcher and the ice clink as she stirred, or let me stir, with a giant wooden spoon. She never measured, but would check the taste by dropping […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A to Z Challenge, drink, food, lemonade, memoir, mother

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Kale is a Superfood & Its Special Power is Tasting Bad*

04/13/2016 by Sherring D.

This post is part of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. Ok, fine. I confess. I drank the Kool-Aid. Not literally. I haven’t had a sip of Kool-Aid in years. Ever since I started “adulting” years ago (years behind schedule), I make more of an effort to drink real juice. If I don’t see “100% Juice” under Nutrition Facts on the side label, I don’t buy it. The exception being Simply Lemonade—original or with raspberry. That stuff is delicious! My confession […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A to Z Challenge, diet, eating, food, kale, memoir

J-E-L-L-O!

04/12/2016 by Sherring D.

This post is part of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. What’s a childhood without Jell-O? Incomplete. I’m glad I grew up in the 80s with gluten, artificial flavors, sugar, sugar and more sugar. So much so, that I barely like it now. wasn’t an Army brat as a kid, but I moved around quite a bit. I attended five different schools from grades 1-6. One would think that because I was shy and quiet and always the new girl, lunchtime […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A to Z Challenge, eating, food, Jell-O, memoir, school lunch

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I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter

04/11/2016 by Sherring D.

This post is part of the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. I feel like I’ve been deceived my whole life. All those times I thought I was enjoying butter, it was buttery spread. Recently while grocery shopping, as I reached for a small tub of Country Crock in the butter section of the dairy section, I noticed it said “buttery spread.” I know food labeling can be tricky and sneaky, like when juice may be grape-flavored, but contains very little grapes. I […]

Categories: Back in the Day, Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: A to Z Challenge, butter, eating, food, memoir

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Food is My Friend

04/10/2016 by Sherring D.

I am sick of dieting, cleansing, refraining and abstaining from certain foods. Food, like life, should be enjoyed. Sometimes I’m just not in the mood for baked skinless chicken breast sprinkled with juice from half a lemon, and side of steamed broccoli; I want fried chicken—leg, thigh and wing with the skin intact—with mac & cheese and/or mashed potatoes with gravy, if I so choose. Just to be “good,” I’ll add spinach or broccoli, sautéed with Italian dressing. It pains […]

Categories: Try New Things, Uncategorized • Tags: dieting, eating, food, memoir

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I don’t waste food, water, money, time and talent

Penne for Your Thoughts

Plain Oatmeal is Gross

Being Nuts is its Own Reward

Love in the Lemonade

Kale is a Superfood & Its Special Power is Tasting Bad*

J-E-L-L-O!

I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter

Food is My Friend