Feeling Juicy

welch's organic grape juice

I enjoy an occasional glass or three of red wine.  I recently stopped hating the taste of it, and I'd choose a glass of Merlot over a glass of Chardonnay any day.  I'm not a wine connoisseur, by any means, but I know that I prefer the taste of red to white. I've been able to justify my consumption of wine thus far because of the antioxidants that it provides and the effect that it has on both good and bad cholesterols.  Apparently, though, dark grape...

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Cloudy Apple Juice

apple juice

I drink a lot of juice, and I've made it a personal goal of mine to only drink juices that add something other than sugar and water to my diet. Because of this, I've obviously been doing some research.  I've learned some pretty interesting facts about all sorts of juices, but apple juice is what I'd like to discuss right now. Other than buying organic, I've never been too picky when buying apple juice.  Apparently, whether or not the apple juice I'm buying is organic is is only one...

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I find new reasons to drink coffee every single day.

July 1, 2010 by Dawn · 5 Comments
Filed under: food and drink, physical well-being 
Coffeecups/mugs on my balcony

photo credit: laurensdekoning I steered clear of coffee for years because I thought that it was bad for me(and it probably would have been with all the cream and sugar that I used to add when I occasionally indulged in coffee).  Who knows why I thought that , but something tells me that a lot of people are under the same impression (namely: ignorant southerners).  I've been reading loads...

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