Archives by Tag 'Cooking'

6 Ways To Spice Up Split Pea Soup

By Travis - Last updated: Friday, December 4, 2009

One of my favorite dishes to prepare in bulk and have around for a quick, hearty lunch or dinner is split pea soup.  Especially during the cold winter months, there’s nothing like a steaming bowl of soup to warm the bones.  I prefer my split pea soup thick, like a stew.  I don’t follow a [...]

What are you eating?

By Travis - Last updated: Thursday, September 3, 2009

When I was 21, at 396 pounds, I honestly didn’t know the answer to that question.  I could tell you what the things I ate were called, and could talk about how they tasted, but I had no clue what they actually were.  Especially when I was eating them. I had worked myself into (as [...]

Welcome to Embrace Tiger, Return to Kitchen

By Travis - Last updated: Monday, August 31, 2009

T’ai Chi fans out there will find the name of this blog to be familiar. It’s taken from a technique in most T’ai Chi systems called “Embrace Tiger, Return to Mountain”. The reason for that is that T’ai Chi was the first martial art that I studied when I began my climb down [...]