Real Food Tales

10/28/2026

Don’t ‘Knox’ it until you try it! Remember the blocks we’ve made for the kids? Try the healthier version with Knox unflavored gelatin and cinnamon spice tea. It’s a great source of pure collagen protein and two specific, hard-to-get amino acids: glycine and proline. It’s surprisingly good!

10/11/2026

What to do with Broccoli Rabe? Sauté with garlic, salt, and a little olive oil. Hot pepper complements well, if you dare. Simmer ‘til tender. Eat on sourdough bread as a sandwich. Warm leftovers with scrambled eggs for breakfast. Top with feta or Parmesan cheese.

10/09/2026

The mushroom guard dog is not mine. She posed for me when I ran into a group of shroom hunters foraging in the woods. Suddenly I’m in the mood to make stuffed mushrooms. You’ll have to look for the recipe in my cookbook coming soon.

08/08/2026

It was a good start this morning with a fresh egg from one of my girls. I couldn’t resist the egg drop in the centered-out piece of butter-griddled Ezekiel toast over easy. A sq**rt of hot sauce with some fruit on the side brought me back to when the kids were young. Real food doesn’t have to be boring.

07/26/2026

This post perfectly illustrates the effects on the body of consuming too much sugar. Dirty soda, a trend on Tik Tok, is loaded with extra sweet syrups, fruits, and cream. (I had to look it up.) For point of reference, 50 grams is generally considered way too much for the metabolism to handle at once.

186 grams of sugar. That’s 46 teaspoons in a single drink. For perspective, the American Heart Association recommends limiting added sugar to no more than 25...

07/15/2026

Today I gifted a flower bouquet with greens of mint, oregano, and lavender. Aromatic and edible herbs!

06/26/2026

“Feel Awesome Today" is a video I've produced about the Real Food Tales’ recipe demonstrations. The wonderful song was created using artificial intelligence based on 19 words for criteria. “Catchy” was an effective keyword. I can’t get the song out of my head!

06/26/2026

"A Year of Delicious Memories" -a retrospective of the past year of real food recipe demonstrations at the Dennis Center for Active Living.

06/07/2026

The Real Breakfast of Champions
Smushed avocado on Ezekiel toast, hard boiled egg, sliced HoneyCrisp apple, blueberries, and pink grapefruit.

Ironically Lou Gehrig was the first athlete depicted on a box of Wheaties in 1934.

04/12/2026

Join us at DCAL, Tuesday, 4-5:30pm, sample & learn about real food, how to cook home-made, delicious Healthy Chili with low-carb cornbread.