Healthy Connections: July 2006

Thursday, July 06, 2006 

A surprise appearence on Good Day Alabama!

I was on Good Day Alabama! this morning for Healthy Connections!

In the past I have done fish, chicken, turkey, and various salads. The recipes for my past dishes can be found at the Good Day Alabama Recipe Archive web site --just search for 'Cruse' , as in Chef Wendy Cruse ;) (although today, for some reason, they decided to spell it Cruz, oh well).

This was somewhat of a surprise appearence as I was not scheduled to be on until next Wednesday. Apparently they needed a ratings boost and called in the big guns ;) I have been planning for next week's appearence, and did not want to scuttle that menu, so I pulled something tastey out of my (Chef's) Hat of Wonder (henceforth referred to as my (C)HoW). My (C)HoW provided pan-seared, pecan-encrusted catfish served with a maple syrup-based sauce. Umm Umm, good!

You can check out the segment of me cookin' in the kitchen with Janice by clicking on the (grainy, pixelated) photo of me. This is a new feature Fox6 is offering and I think it will be very popular!

I must go now...keep cooking...healthy!

Two other things:

First CNN has a cool, web-based application that helps "make [you] more aware of what [you] are eating" (thanks, Slashfood). I will be playing with this during my lunch break.

And, secondly, Slashfood also had a picture of my favorite, favorite soda--the european version of Fanta Orange. If you have ever had the european version then you know the difference in taste. Anywho, this is the picture...dontcha' love it???