Choice Morsels

Well, got my car fixed. (You may remember the battery warning light came on last Wed.) The alternator was failing and had to be replaced. All good now. Worked out at Y this morning, then worked outside some more when I got home. Our routine termite service inspection is scheduled for tomorrow, so I was doing some clean up around edges of the house. Also widened the bed around the Pampas grass in the back yard, where rain water tends to stand, and added Agapanthus (Liy of the Nile) in a ring around it's front. ( I don't think it will mind a little extra water on rainy days.) It's the first of several rain garden modifications. Today's Good Eating Recipe is a favorite veggie side-dish: Sauteed Sweet Potatoes & Brussels Sprouts! The picture is just for show; it's not how this recipe will look. I like to cut my sweet potato into discs, then  into 1/4 inch strips and that's what I recommend. This is a great, healthy side dish for any meat entree! Ingre...

Today we're going to talk about barbecue sauce---the bottled kind you buy. Do you read the ingredients before buying?  I used to buy what was cheap---usually the Kraft, but then I started reading the ingredients and noticed the first ingredient on the Kraft bottle and several other brands was corn syrup. You know, Karo. It's not that corn syrup is bad. You want Karo when you make a pecan pie.  No, my only concern is corn syrup is just plain o' sugar and I don't want to buy a bottled sugar. Besides, reducing sugar intake is being encouraged nowadays, since type 2 diabetes is directly related to obesity. So changing to a bottled barbecue brand to something without corn syrup on the ingredient list could be a good move. Of course, I realize you can make home-made barbecue, but I like the convenience of ready-made. I buy Bull's-Eye Barbecue because the first ingredient on the list is tomato puree . Other ingredients include vinegar, molasses, mustard powder...