I plan to take 15-minute walks at 10 and 2 every day (because I’m a very safe driver). If you feel like getting a poke in the ass (figuratively speaking) you can follow Kitchen Sojourn on Twitter, @kitchensojourn. I’ll be sending nudges. Hopefully, they won’t be insufferable. I’m also going to be using Instagram to [...]
Author Archives: Greg Turner
Welcome to 2012 you poor, sad bastard
How do you feel? If you’re like me, you don’t feel too good. You feel guilty because you gorged yourself from Thanksgiving through Christmas, and then, even though the holidays were over, there’s still plenty of snacking going on. I mean, you miss it, don’t you? You miss the pies and turkey sandwiches and gravy [...]
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Why wheat turns us into big fat idiots
Q: How does wheat make us fat, exactly? A: It contains amylopectin A, which is more efficiently converted to blood sugar than just about any other carbohydrate, including table sugar. In fact, two slices of whole wheat bread increase blood sugar to a higher level than a candy bar does. And then, after about two [...]
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Reaffirming a commitment to healthy eating
Labor Day weekend was a nutritional travesty for me. To help celebrate the three-day weekend, the start of college football, and the ceremonial end of summer (a big deal in Florida, I assure you), my wife and I went nuts and plundered the frozen snack section. We got jalapeno poppers, taquitos, buffalo wings, and all [...]
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You should have awesome leftovers
It’s tough to maintain enthusiasm for anything when you’ve been doing it a while. I notice often the same menu items crop up again and again in what I’m cooking. It’s just easier that way. This week, though, I decided to branch out a little bit and serve up French fries in a method I [...]
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