I love my job. Well, I love parts of it—if you could take away the data entry I’d be one blissful wellness coach! The part I’m referring to right now is when I work with someone who gets excited about wellness and trying new things, and makes some big (and big is a relative term) …
What is healthy today? Have you ever felt confused about what you should or shouldn’t eat to protect or enhance your health? We hear things all the time about how eggs are good for us (or bad), coffee is bad for us (or good), we need 30 minutes of exercise per day (or 60)… omega-3’s …
I’ve been making salad dressings lately—-and using recipes to do it. In the past, I’ve tried the approximation method with dressings and I’ve learned my lesson. It rarely works for me (and generally ruins my salad) when I just dump things in that sounds like they might go well together. My last two dressings were …
A new friend at RIT shared this very interesting story with me the other day. I highly recommend listening to the recording describing this study that looked into why we make certain food choices. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122781981&sc=emaf “The brain is anatomically organized into different systems….. You have a rational deliberative system which is sort of more to …
Today I am going to be busy and scheduled all day, so I wanted to have enough portable food with me to last until I get home waaaaaaay later. Although a salad would be nice, I have no fridge (except my car, I suppose!) to use during the day. I decided to go with smoothies—and …
I made a salad this morning for brunch—weird? Maybe. But I wanted it! I got the salad dressing recipe from Kimberly Snyder. It was light and had a great citrus taste, but not too tart—if you like the tart-sweet combo, this is a good one (you can add a little extra lime juice too if …
My nephew is spending a couple days with me, and this always presents a fun food challenge. He ate a big salad for dinner last night, and that was great. But, in general, we face some challenges about how to compromise on my priorities (healthy) and his (tasting and looking good). We stopped at Wegmans …
