by Michelle Lasley | Feb 11, 2020 | Family, Food, Health, In the Home, One a Day, Outside the Home, Post a Day 2020, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
Food fads are a thing. Every year, it seems, we learn about something else we should or shouldn’t do or eat for so-called optimal health. Milk is in until it isn’t. Alternate kinds of milk are in until they aren’t. We can eat based on our blood types. We can use ancient traditions. We can even get into gastro-molecular inventions (what!?).
by Michelle Lasley | Aug 11, 2019 | Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2019, The Balancing Act
While visiting my sister-in-law, she served Finnish Kropsu or Baked Pancakes for breakfast. It turns out she got the recipe from my sister. This is a favorite recipe for holidays, family gatherings, or an easy mix for the morning. Finnish Kropsu (Baked Pancake) My...
by Michelle Lasley | Apr 29, 2019 | Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2019, The Balancing Act
The need for already-prepared meals is definitely an every-two-week need in our household. Something happens, and my daily obligations bump into nightly obligations, and suddenly the food prep time required for dinner is erased. I have always been leery of crockpot...
by Michelle Lasley | Jun 14, 2018 | Family, Food, Health, In the Home, One a Day, Post a Day 2016, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
My mother told me, when I was selling books door-to-door, to take my vitamins. I spent 20 minutes staring at the options in the aisle to the chagrin of my friend who I had just told, “I’ll be quick.” I had no idea what to buy. I had no idea what one...
by Michelle Lasley | May 31, 2018 | Family, Food, Health, In the Home, One a Day, Outside the Home, Post a Day 2018, The Balancing Act, The Green Life
More than ten years ago I co-authored two green guides with a colleague. And, then she moved and I remained, and life kept coming. At that time, I had the itch to know more green stories. I am resurrecting a ten-year-old idea: the green interview to ask, “How...
by Michelle Lasley | Sep 5, 2016 | Food, One a Day, Post a Day 2016, The Balancing Act
My sister-in-law introduced it as another fine Yooper culinary treat. I had never heard of it. As a self-proclaimed Yooper (born, and raised until 8 when we moved to the land of trolls), I had only ever hard of and consumed pasties (not including the Polish food I...
