Fire Stick Plants are Poisonous

My girlfriend Alicia told me about these beautiful, easy to grow Fire Stick Plants. They’re beautiful with bright pinks, light pinks, orange, green and other friendly colors. Fire Stick Plants are also called Eurphobia Tirucalli, Pencil Cactus. Pretty and poisonous. When I hear about something like this first hand from a trusted friend, I am happy to … Read more

April Food News

I receive emails and articles daily about the food industry. Once a month I will be sending your way Food News if you get my Chef’s Tips or RSS feed, this blog can just simply, automatically arrive in your ‘Inbox’. And you can feel free to share it online, cause that’s what I’m all about! Sharing … Read more

Night Shade Vegetables

Super Bowl winner Tom Brady has a new book out and he talks about Night Shade Vegetables. He doesn’t eat them because he says they cause inflammation. I wasn’t really sure If there was research backing up him claim so, like always, I set out to investigate. The first place I went to is Diet vs … Read more

Drinking Green Beer

What is Chef Marian doing on St. Patrick’s Day? Drinking Green Beer of course! Green die in clothing was connected to arsenic and could kill you just by wearing a green dress (in earlier years). With that in mind, (and after the fact of course) I decided to dig in, and see if I am … Read more

How to get more vegetables on your plate

Vegetables are filled with fiber and fiber is great for your system. When everything moves along (so to speak) your body is processing your food, not storing it. There’s got to be an easier way to eat better so I’m blogging How to get more vegetables on your plate. Here are 3 very simple tricks … Read more

Cheap and Fast Recipes

Here are some Cheap and Fast Recipes or ideas for recipes that you learn in my Sous Chef Certification Class, along with some knife skills and Chef Tips. Plant based or Pork Egg rolls  Lemon Broccoli Plant Powered Salad Iceberg with Pine Nuts and Dates (for the younger crowd that hates Romaine) Garlic Hoison Baked … Read more

Sugar Making You Crazy?

Sugar Making you Crazy? Well of course it is! But what you may not know is – it’s not the sugar. It’s the bacteria that sits in your stomach calling for more sugar. Your gut bacteria! If you haven’t heard this before, you are now thinking: “Chef Marian! You’re a genius! I’m so happy to … Read more