Boneless chicken breasts. They fill our grocery store freezers and refrigerated cases. We see them arranged neatly in the butcher’s glass cases. We broil them, bake them, grill them. Sometimes we even bread them and fry them. We get so used to seeing the boneless skinless breast that it’s almost as if it was never attached to a whole animal before. Chickens have breasts? Yes, yes they do. Using the whole animal is beneficial not only to the thickness of your wallet, but also to the health of our little planet here. How? Why, I’m glad you asked… The good news is that we are consuming mass …

Eating healthy can be a challenge for a number of reasons. The first being, what exactly is the definition of healthy food? Is it low-fat? Low-carb? Sugar-free? Unprocessed? Organic? Should we monitor our daily calorie intake or our grams of protein? Is there a maximum to the amount of fiber I want to consume? A minimum amount of Vitamin A? How much food is enough? When is it too much? What is a portion anyway? The questions can be as endless and tiring as the advice. It seems that everyone has an opinion about what you should be eating, when you should eat it, how it should be eaten and what…

I love meat and I’m not afraid to admit it. In my spare time I track down burger joints and barbeque pits all over the country. I’ve eaten raw minced lamb meat and every part of a cow you can imagine. There is little I love more than liver pate, a perfectly cooked steak and a whole roasted chicken. I even have a shirt that reads I HEART meat. I’m not kidding. But, if there is one thing I’m known for in my kitchen it is salads. I’m not talking your everyday side salad with iceberg lettuce, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, croutons and a bottled dressing. No ma’am. My salads are meals. And the best …