Cooking with Ellen

No Excuses!
Beautiful spring weather makes for great exercising!

I will have to admit that, over the past couple of months, I have let my exercise regimen lax up a little. I haven’t been working out like I should and I’m on a quest to get back going again, especially now that spring is here and the [...]

My plants are still growing nicely in my windowsill!
I asked Mark Cooper, the horticulture student who helped me last week, if he had any tips regarding speeding the growth of my plants. I had tried to “help them out” by putting them under the warm range light on the stove but now I think [...]

 
March is National
 
Nutrition Month!
Grocery shopping presents many obstacles to keeping a healthy diet. Two great tips for grocery shopping (to avoid breaking your diet or your wallet) are:
1) Don’t shop while hungry
2) Make a list before you go and don’t stray from your list
The American Heart Association has a tool that is great for [...]

While staying with my Aunt Marianne Granier in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, we made this delicious fish recipe. While the original recipe called for extra butter, my aunt found that the recipe actually tasted better (and was better for you) when you left the butter out and substituted some olive oil instead. You can really use [...]

CRAFT MATERIALS:

Thin cotton yarn

Balloons

Craft glue

Newspaper

Waxed paper

Clothespin

Clothes hanger

1. For each egg, cut twenty 3-foot-long strands of cotton yarn and blow up a balloon to a 6- to 8-inch diameter. Mix equal parts of glue and water in a shallow disposable container. [...]