People always ask me about the health value of certain foods they’ve bought or seen—and my question back to them is always, “What are the ingredients?” When starting out, I advise people to check ingredient lists for high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oil. If either is present, put it back on the shelf! I …
I remember the way I used to eat cinnamon: Mixed with granulated sugar and sprinkled on toast. It was great, and I sure wasn’t doing that for the health benefits as a kid—but maybe somehow it helped take the unhealthy edge off all the sugar and non-whole wheat bread I was eating? Probably not, but …
I’ve been slightly absent (minded and otherwise) lately. First, due to vacation, second due to health issues I’m trying to fix (for real this time)…and third, because I’m totally changing my life! Well, not totally. But…significantly. My friends may tell you I’ve been absent for more than a few days—I had this goal of paying …
Check out the two spoons…why haven’t I thought of using that method for my green smoothies/soups?! If this little guy can love his green smoothies, you can too!
On the 4th, Joe and I were going to have lunch together…and didn’t really have a plan (or many groceries). Joe ran to the store and picked up crabmeat for crab cakes. The upside to crab cakes is that I can eat seafood (although I recently heard through a friend that her biologist friend said …
My friend Petra thrives on challenges. I do too, but not quite to the extent that she does. This is a good thing because when we’re in the mood to be challenged together, we do joint challenges. You may remember Petra’s Local August challenge last year, when she ate only local food for a whole …
In the last 48 hours, I’ve continued my veggie bliss—I know, it’s summer and I should be eating raw veggies and salads. But for some reason I just want them cooked. So I’m going with it! My conclusion from that dinner? I love cooked veggies, and I don’t love Runner’s World. Maybe I’m just jealous …
Change can be hard. It’s usually hard when we are trying to push ourselves and force ourselves to fit a mold or improve ourselves in a certain way that (1) we’re not ready for or (2) we’re doing for the wrong reasons or (3) we just don’t have the drive for. It really all seems …
Ultimately, it didn’t turn out to be that difficult to eat healthy foods at Disney. I think this is mostly because I was with my Mom, and she really is the most rational person I’ve ever known when it comes to food. Based on her understanding at any given time, she just does what’s healthy. …
We’re at Disney World. It’s great, but honestly, the food sucks. SUCKS. I suppose if we made reservations at some of the nicer places we could come up with some food that is not out of the freezer and processed (or drenched) beyond recognition—but that’s not on the itinerary this trip because it’s not really …
