Top 12 Tips for a Healthy 2012
Happy New Year! Now is a perfect time to reflect on our habits and resolve to make some changes for better health. Here are my Top 12 Tips for a Healthier 2012. 1. Eat more greens like kale, chard, spinach, and bok choy. Most Americans don’t eat enough green leafy vegetables and they are so […]
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Winter vegetables: what to do with them?
I love winter vegetables. My favorites are all kinds of winter squash, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts and cauliflower. And I guess beets although I’m only slowly falling in love with beets. I also love chard, spinach, celery, carrots although these hardly seem like winter vegetables any more, so easily purchased year-round. Oh and parsnips! I […]
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Apples: the super fruit
Have you ever noticed how our bodies start craving foods as they come into season? I have been craving apples. Maybe it’s because we have a small orchard with eight apple trees and I am seeing them fall to the ground, ripe and ready to eat. Or maybe it’s because my body is craving the […]
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What is a CSA?
CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture. It is a program that lots of small organic farms across the country participate in to get their vegetables out to the community. Basically you are buying a share of the farm’s produce during the season. This helps the farmers with much needed funds early in the season and […]
Read MoreFurther attempts at gluten-free, dairy-free cooking
Hey, at least I’m trying. The gluten-free dairy-free banana nut muffins I made today were okay…I mean they were edible, maybe a bit bland. No one actually said “one step up from cardboard”. The recipe (on a great website realfoodwholehealth.com) called for almond flour which I’ve used successfully before, but I was a little concerned […]
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The Sugar vs. High Fructose Corn Syrup Debate
My friend Lita sent me a news article today on Yahoo.com about a lawsuit between some sugar farmers and corn growers and lobbyists. Basically the sugar farmers didn’t like the recent ad campaign by the corn growers claiming that high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is the same to our bodies as sugar. “Sugar is sugar” […]
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Back to school = what’s for lunch?
My kids are kind of picky. I think most kids are really. It has to do with the fact that what goes into their mouths is one of the only areas of their lives that they have any power or control over. Think about it. Parents and/or school administrators decide their schedules, the bulk of […]
Read MoreGluten free? Yes to lasagna + a cool new magazine: easy eats
My husband recently decided to go gluten free. He has noticed that he gets brain fog the day after eating gluten and has decided to eliminate it to see how he feels. This adds an interesting element to our family since last year my two kids and I were diagnosed with an allergy to whey […]
Read MoreBrain Food: I’m serving fish for back to school week.
You may have heard your grandmother say “Fish is Brain Food” but there is increasing evidence that this is true. A study in 2009 found that teenagers scored an average of 6% higher on intelligence scores if they ate fish once a week. Okay so I served it three times this week – does that […]
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