Smoothies cool the inner fire
“What’s alkalinity?” a client asked the other day when we discussed healthy eating. Good question! Your body’s a chemistry equation in constant motion – it works hard to find balance…
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Food fight – ease pain naturally
Inflammation is a buzz word in nutrition circles. It’s our body’s natural process of healing. Yet, chronic inflammation, a subtle and steady current of immune cells flowing through your body,…
Read More Sugar in your bread?
Bread is a rarity in our house these days. Not that we don’t like it, just the opposite, we love it. Especially the just-baked loaves that you slice yourself, double…
Read More Smashing green spring salads
I hate to sound judgmental but iceberg lettuce is useless. Other than a vehicle for Thousand Island or bleu cheese, it serves no essential nutritional purpose. In writing my diet…
Read More Grilled Romaine with Black Bean and Corn Salad
Grilled lettuce? That’s crazy. But I tell you what. It’s lip-smacking and keeps me coming back again and again. A summertime treat! To start, heat the grill to medium-high to high…
Read More Veg 101 – What You Really Need to Know to Move Toward a Plant-Based Diet
Vegetarians are healthier than omnivores. It’s true. Research has shown that vegetarians have less heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer and other significant diseases that reduce quality of life. And that…
Read More Want to knock off 10% of your calories?
Gotcha! Course you do. We all do. It’s that last 5 pounds. Or maybe it’s the first 20 or 30. Either way, you can knock off 10% of your calories…
Read More Drop the diet – it’s the holidays!
It’s true. It’s a jolly, merry, robust time to indulge in sweets, treats, gravy-covered mashed potatoes and ham. Oh, and fudge, truffles, peanut brittle, divinity (oooooo, yummy melt-in-your-mouth egg whites…
Read More New dishes and old traditions
We have a family tradition of making a new dish every holiday. Yes, of course, we keep the old – there’s no way this gal’s going to ix-nay the ornbread-cay…
Read More Short on time…long on pizza
If you’re short on time but really craving some fast food pizza, start with a frozen plain cheese pizza. Then add baby spinach or arugula leaves, broccoli florets, sliced red…
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