Step away from the Starbuck’s.

It’s a myth that “calories in versus calories out” or burning off more calories than you consume is the best way to eat or lose weight. It’s the type of food that counts.

Today I’ve been figuring out how to “cook” up my dinners when I have no energy to cook and desire to clean a dish and saucepan after.

The magazine above which I found in Walgreen’s has easy healthful recipes that I’m going to make this summer. In the next blog entry I’ll share one for tuna salad.

My approach is that I want to eat 90 percent of my food coming from God’s green earth or the bright blue sea.

I have a big chocolate chip cookie or whoopee pie here and there. However I try to watch what I eat and drink consistently.

The Mediterranean Diet is touted as the healthiest diet. Really it’s not a restrictive “diet” it’s a lifestyle.

This summer I’ll make one of the recipes that calls for using a Dutch oven.

Coming up the tuna salad recipe.

Like Italians say:

Mangia bene – vivere bene.

Eat well to live well.