Cooking with Ellen

Thanksgiving Reminder…
“Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest.”
- John 4:35

Joeann Foster from Louisville, MS sent me a very helpful link for menu planning – E-Mealz – Joeann said that she has been enjoying using this menu reference for several weeks now and really enjoys it.
The program offers recipes, menus, and creates a custom grocery list with approximate food prices for your shopping. You can [...]

Fall is a wonderful time of year to make fun and sweet recipes. Oftentimes, these treats can be laden with fat, sugar, and calories. Today, I have a recipe for popcorn balls that is very good, but is much lighter than many traditional popcorn ball recipes I’ve found that use corn syrup and sugar. You [...]

I love coffee, so am naturally drawn to any stories or information I find about it (especially stories about the benefits of coffee or reasons to drink it!). The latest “coffee fad” appears to be coffees with added components to make it “better” for you. I found a really interesting article on the LA Times [...]

“The best 6 doctors anywhere and  no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest and air, exercise and diet.
These 6 will gladly you attend
If only you are willing.
Your mind they’ll ease, your will they’ll mend
And charge you not a schilling.”
- Nursery rhyme quoted by: Wayne Fields, What the River Knows, 1990