day 4 – flavors of sunday

day 4 – flavors of sunday

The Packers played today and it was a playoff game which meant it was practically holiday status for my cheesehead husband. He invited his buddies over and the menu was all Midwestern – two HUGE pots of sloppy Joes, multiple bags of chips and French onion dip. Last I...
cleanse cocktail

cleanse cocktail

Cleanse cocktail? Isn’t that an oxymoron? It conjured up visions of a drink that would include kale and vinegar with maybe some cayenne and garlic and that would involve plugging my nose to gag down. Boy was I happily surprised when I scanned the ingredients and...
day 3 – satiating saturday

day 3 – satiating saturday

The weekends might normally be a test of the commitment to the cleanse but I have to admit, even I am a little shocked at how well this is going and how tasty the food is! Now why haven’t I done this Food Lover’s Cleanse before? Notes from today: • To see...
delicious day 2

delicious day 2

Day 2 full steam ahead! Today I was at a photo studio art directing package photography for a client. The photographer and food stylist are great and they photograph a lot of food but the studio could easily be the pitfall of any eating plan – there is always...
tasty first day

tasty first day

It didn’t escape me that the first day of the Bon Appétit Food Lover’s Cleanse was completely vegetarian but I have to say, today’s menu was so flavor packed (and no, I’m not just saying that), that I didn’t miss meat too much. Notes from...
and away we go

and away we go

Well the kitchen is completely trashed but I am ready to start the Bon Appétit Food Lover’s Cleanse tomorrow. Friends on Facebook are talking about various juice cleanses but they aren’t for me – I like to chew too much. I need a different solution to...