Reading Time: 3 minutesNew No sugar added Yogurt There’s a new no sugar added yogurt on the market shelves. I love yogurt and as a diabetic when I had a supply of no sugar added yogurt there was always yogurt in my basket each time I went to the grocery store. Somewhere along the way, the manufacturer of the yogurt… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesNo Sugar Added Cinnamon Rum Raisin Rolls I have been thinking about a no sugar added cinnamon rum raisin rolls for a very long time. My last cinnamon roll was over 30 years ago. I remember walking into a local bakery and buying one cinnamon roll with raisins. This was the yeast type bread with… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew Sugar-Free Bread I got this new sugar free bread the other day when I went to the bread store. Actually, I wasn’t looking for it. I found it purely thru accident. I asked the bread store employee if they had whole wheat bread. The Brand That question started a conversation about different bread. Eventually, it got… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesSugar Free Chocolate Chip Donuts I made sugar free chocolate chip donuts today. This is a baked cake donut. My favorite! For someone who can not have donuts due to diabetes, this was a banner day. These are plain donuts, no icing is used on these beauties. Off the shelf mix I love that I… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesLow Carb Faux Brown Sugar Today, I made my first low carb faux brown sugar. I can no longer find my brown sugar substitute. I don’t want to spend twenty bucks for a pound of sugar-free brown sugar substitute(next best option). This is the next best thing for me. Unfortunately, this not sugar-free or no… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe best sugar free syrup Selecting the best sugar-free syrup is dependent on three factors. For me, these three factors make the perfect syrup. The first attribute is viscosity. If the syrup runs out of the bottle like water, that is a big turn off. Pancakes or waffles are not appetizing if the syrup runs off… Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNo Sugar Added Summer Drinks For kids No Sugar Added Summer Drinks For kids with diabetes are a must. As a kid, I did not have to worry about sugar but early on in my life, I crossed over into a no sugar managed life. I don’t think I could live on diet cola alone.… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesGreat Crockpot Apple Butter I love No Sugar Added apple butter. What if you could cook up a great crockpot of apple butter that is No Sugar Added? For years I was buying a No Sugar Added apple butter from the supermarket. Unfortunately, they stopped carrying the brand. I was stuck, no apple butter, and… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow To Cure Garlic How to cure garlic. You’ve grown it, you’ve harvested it, now what do you do? You’re going to need to cure it if you want it to last. Curing garlic bulbs Why do you Cure Garlic? Drying? Does this mean that you wash or rinse off the dirt with a quick… Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesReview Cracker Barrel Restaurant This review is about our recent experience at the Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Sacramento. It seems that we needed to attend a quilt show in March and after the show, we needed to fuel up before returning home. So my wife chose the Cracker Barrel Restaurant as our stop for this… Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutesReview Armadillo Willy’s BBQ This is a review of Armadillo Willy’s BBQ in Dublin, CA. My wife and I take turns choosing the restaurant for lunch any time we are in the area. This time it was my turn to pick the restaurant and being a self-described carnivore I usually pick places where I get lots… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesBigger Peaches Strategy The bigger peaches strategy is going to get the cobbler or pie on the table. Getting bigger peaches is not about more fertilizer. It is not about chasing the birds away. It is about destruction. Let me explain. You’ve planted your peach tree. You”ve waited for two years. Every year pulling the immature… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesColorful Marinated Zucchini Salad How I got to this colorful marinated zucchini salad started out when I had just picked zucchini from the garden. I didn’t feel like another zucchini bread. My wife had made a bean salad that had sparked my imagination. The flavor of that bean salad was something special. I thought it might… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesKeeping Homemade Brownies Soft Keeping homemade brownies soft after you’ve baked them is pretty easy if you know the secret. My wife decided that we needed homemade brownie sundaes for dessert. Now my wife’s definition of homemade in my house means that if we bake them at home they are homemade even if they come out… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesSimvastatin and the Grapefruit Connection Simvastatin and the Grapefruit Connection came up today. I was picking up my prescription as usual. But this time the pharmacist’s assistant had me talk to the pharmacist about the prescription drug. This time it was about Simvastatin. They informed me not to eat any grapefruit. But I do love… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesApple peeler corer slicer It’s time to use my apple peeler, corer, slicer machine. When it’s fall the apples are plentiful and it’s time to make apple butter, applesauce, apple pie filling.  So my machine comes out and goes to work. This machine does all the work at once. Or it can just peel the… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesMy trip to Chukchansi Indian Casino 08/05/16 This is a review of my trip to Chukchansi Indian Casino near Coarse Gold, CA.. My wife and my sister and my brother in law and I took a trip to Chukchansi Indian Casino. We had been to the casino many times in the past but this trip was… Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesNew NSA Products in Supermarket I found some new NSA products in the Supermarket. I do the shopping for my family and since I am a diabetic I am always looking for NSA products.  I found these products were on the shelves in June 2016. The new products, Canned Fruit, Flavored Coffee Creamers, and Pickles. I… Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesHalf of all Californian’s are Pre Diabetic Half of all Californians are Pre Diabetic, I heard that on the radio the other day. I could only cheer. Why you ask? Well, it goes like this. As a pre-diabetic for twenty-four years before slipping over to the diabetic side and being on this side for the… Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesFive frugal hacks for your life 1. Spin the bottle to get the last out of the bottle. 2. Boil water in the microwave to clean it. 3. Key fob to the face to increase distance. 4. Tie your electrical cords together to keep them from unplugging. 5. Using soap bars down to the last… Read More »