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The Poor Chef
Charles Mattocks, aka The Poor Chef, has made a name for himself as the author of Eat Cheap but Eat Well. His famous tag line, “What can you cook for $7?” has taken the country by storm. His meals are healthy, cost-effective and delicious.
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This is one of my favorite dishes to make. It’s very easy to prepare and works great with either tilapia or flounder. Of course almost any fish will work, but if you’re going for the cost-...
I am ready to rock and roll this year. My mission has become saving lives by making people more aware of diabetes. I am happy and proud of the things we have done over the past 11 months. Now,...
Between the holidays and football season, you might see the men in your life pack on a few pounds. You might even put on some sympathy weight yourself. But you don’t have to. If you’re going to be...
As a child in Long Island, I remember waking up, seeing a few feet of snow and knowing two things: School would be called off, and my granny would make her amazing pumpkin bread. I could...
I have been using many new oils to cook or take for health reasons, including flax seed oil, hemp oil, and coconut oil. I also use coconut oil in my new line of chocolate. I’ve have done a lot of...
One of my favorite things to eat is chocolate. As a diabetic, I set out to find if eating chocolate was a treat I needed to give up. Not only did I look into it, but I was very surprised at what I...
When most people I talk to think of salad bars, they seem to immediately get a bad taste in their mouths. I think most people imagine old food lying out in the air all day and people walking...
These days, when I stand in my kitchen, I often find myself wondering what my next meal should be. Since being diagnosed with diabetes, I’ve had to wave a sad goodbye to some of my lifelong...
It has been about 4 ½ months since I first received my diabetes diagnosis. I have started filming a documentary about how my first few months have been, as well as where my next few months may...
It’s been about 4 or 5 weeks since I first went to the dreaded urgent care, where I found out my blood sugar from a finger test was through the roof. One thing that I'm very glad I did was to...
About 2 weeks ago, I was not feeling that great. To be frank, I was urinating a bit too much. I initially thought I might have some kind of kidney or bladder infection. Of course, I was making a...
As I make rewarding life changes, I find myself in some rather curious positions. Sometimes feeling like Alice falling down the rabbit hole. Just take the term “rewarding.” I am rewarding myself...
Lying in the sand, in the warm Jamaican breeze, listening to my uncle’s music in the place where he grew up, I couldn’t help but think about life. After all, everything was set up for this to...
Perhaps William Shakespeare is a somewhat quirky one to quote (sort of quote), but there you have it. This is my deep question for you today. Let’s discuss tacos, shall we? Let’s talk about...
As I sit in the donut shop using the Internet, I wonder how I got to the place where I’m writing blogs for The Dr. Oz Show. I have worked very hard and done some amazing things,...
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