Book Review: SASS Yourself Slim

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Last year I wrote a review for the book Cinch, by Cynthia Sass. I liked the book and continue to like it, but since I first read it I’ve become a weekday vegan for health reasons. Also, I was able to meet the author, Cynthia Sass, at the blog conference Blissdom. Cynthia sat and talked with me for quite a while. I found her to be charming, knowledgeable and in amazing shape. I wouldn’t … [Read more...]

Country Crock Gets Kids to Eat Their Veggies. #veggieworld #spon

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This post is sponsored by Country Crock. I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective, and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own. I've always been lucky at getting my kids to eat vegetables. Not that they were all naturally “good eaters”, but because I am adept at making food fun.  The old “here comes the choo-choo train” worked when … [Read more...]

Vegan Tales

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Each winter I contemplate becoming vegetarian. Partially because of Lent (fasting and general abstemiousness are a big part of preparing for Easter for me) and partially because I don’t really trust industrial meat processing. I blame Morgan Spurlock, the documentary maker who produced "Supersize Me" Also, I blame the meat processing company that was my audit client in the 90's. Counting dead … [Read more...]