It’s that time of the year again.  Just a few days after Christmas and a few nights before New Year’s.  No wonder most New Year’s resolutions are focused on healthy lifestyle.  We’re all fed up with sucking in our guts after a Christmas sugar binge and eating healthily is the only thing on our minds. [...]

Where are you, Christmas Branny? You might have noticed that I’ve been posting far less frequently than usual.  If you haven’t been visiting my blog, you might have noticed that I’ve been commenting on yours much less frequency.  You might not have noticed anything at all. It is true; this happens in the food blogging [...]

Cara at Cara’s Cravings passed this little exercise onto me.  I’d been debating doing a Q&A post with my readers for awhile.  It seems as if readers (other than mom, dad, and the Omnivore, you guys don’t count) may have some general questions about a day in the life of Branny.  Curiosity, ya know?  But [...]

People often complain about lacking the motivation to exercise.  I guess I’m lucky: this has never been an issue for me.  It isn’t that I’m a super self-motivated individual, either.  For instances, I cannot stand clipping my fingernails.  I will do nearly anything to avoid that chore.  I’ll go jogging for 2 hours just to [...]

People.  We’ve been duped.  Seriously.  We have all just taken it as a given that to make popcorn at home in your microwave, you are at the mercy of the microwave popcorn food industry. We’ve been forced into buying those special little bags (what’s so special about them anyway?) with a portion size too large [...]