Collecting My Thoughts

It's adding up. Patio donuts—cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla are my favs; peanut butter on toast; cheese on crackers; honey on biscuits; fr...

There are many people buying gluten free products who don't need to--but I actually bought a snack item yesterday because I thought it t...

Read this for the instructions; not difficult.  Great for a holiday party.   http://mylitter.com/recipes/vanilla-lemon-chex-mix-recipe/  ...

This week's herb group was on cinnamon. Large crowd probably because the weather eliminates anything else, and everyone knows what it is...

I made a breakfast casserole (eggs, bread cubes, ham, Half n Half) and had a lot of crusts left over, so I googled the dilemma, “what to d...

I was at a local bank next to a McDonald's today. Noticed the sign for workers at McDonald's. $10/hour. Ohio's minimum is $7.95/...

Today I bought a bag of spinach/kale corn chips. Mainly out of curiosity. Lots of vitamin K and vitamin A, and fat and salt to make it palat...

1 (10 ounce) can Pillsbury pizza crust dough 1 tablespoon butter, melted 1/2 cup provolone cheese, shredded 1 tablespoon parmesan...

My husband was dabbing some peanut butter and jelly on his Ritz crackers at lunch (with the football design) and he sighed, "I don'...

Somebody needed to help--might as well be me. Yesterday I bought an 8 oz tub of Rondole spreadable cheddar with horseradish. My goodness t...

This morning at Wal-Mart I stopped in the bakery section and looked at the cookies. We really don't need them, but, my goodness they loo...

Speak for yourself, Rick! He says he prefers a 4 oz serving rather than 6 oz. Not me. If these wonderful little snack cups were 4 oz, I...

What a good idea, I thought. Mini bags of microwave popcorn. Only 2 servings in a bag, 4 bags to a box. For some reason, I can't discipl...

Alert the FTC--I'm about to do it again. Yesterday I bought an 8 oz. carton of Philadelphia spinach and artichoke cream cheese spread. ...

Library snacking reflects society When I returned to work in the mid-1980s, the big discussion, at least at OSU and I assume other academic ...

My secret fat Today I got a warning in my e-mail, and an offer to buy a book promoting the secret to weight loss, telling me that we’re gett...

Where is the laundress when you need her? Last week I did some ironing--and tackled a bit more this morning. The Laundress seems to be rat...

My plan isn't working Snacks don't bother my husband. And he doesn't bother them. I can buy him a 3-stack box of Ritz Crackers ...

Could it be our choices? Would more government regulation of the fast food industry really protect Americans from obesity, which is now a...

When you absolutely, positively have to have a salty chip snack Heat some vegetable oil--maybe 1/4 - 1/2 inch in a small sauce pan. Cut up...