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Eating out healthy – What are the best choices?
Eating out healthy…What are the best choices? This is a perfect topic as I just returned from being away at a conference for about a week. Although I had a refrigerator and ate breakfast in the room with my usual foods, dinner and lunches with the group were a challenge. What follows are some thoughts and suggestions for eating out healthy whether you’re at a conference or just having a meal out with friends and family. First of all, you need to be aware you really surrender control over your food whenever you eat out. If that’s not an issue for you, so be it. For me, I like to…
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Gluten Free Flatbread – it’s easy and delicious to make!
Gluten Free Flatbread If you’re trying to reduce or go gluten free, a quick and easy way to make a delicious gluten free flatbread is just the thing to add to your diet! Check out this series of videos that you can also find on my YouTube channel to see how easy it is to find a gluten free alternative to bread! You can put it together in less than 10 minutes and then into the oven until it’s ready to eat! Couldn’t be easier! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 You can get the recipe for my socca above. It’s in the recipe section of the menu bar. I…
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How Do I Replace Soda When I Need Something Refreshing to Drink?
How Do I Replace Soda? What do you do when you’re making healthy food and beverage choices and you just want something special? You’re probably asking…how do I replace soda? When you remember the not-so-good ole days when you’d reach for a can of soda when you’re thirsty, what do you do now? The answer is easier than you think. We’ll talk about three easy, healthy recipes you can make to treat yourself. First, let’s talk about refreshment. Let’s say you just want a soda, but you don’t want all the sugar, fake sugar, salt and chemicals in your old go-to brand. Here’s a quick recipe for you to try. …
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Are You Confused? How to Read Sugar Labels
How to Read Sugar Labels Let’s talk about how to read sugar labels. Why is the DV% for sugar always blank on a food label? I always teach people to look for the truth about what’s in their food by reading the label on the back of the package. Think of the front as a billboard. That’s all advertising, and frankly, the manufacturer doesn’t have to necessarily tell the truth. They can exaggerate or call out the buzz word of the month. Like “loaded with vitamin c” or “get your daily calcium with one serving”! The food label on the back of the package must tell the truth. For instance,…
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What is the Skinny on Fat? Here are 10 Facts about Fat…
10 Facts about Fat Confused about fat? Who isn’t?? Don’t eat fat; do eat fat; don’t eat this fat, but that fat is good for you…I have a blog post to share (below) from one of the best functional medicine doctors with 10 facts about fat that will help you begin to understand. I’m sorry to say I bought into the low fat/fat free craze of years ago and am trying to make up for it now by eating good, healthy fats. Where do you turn to get the skinny on fat? I searched a few blogs online from people with good credentials and read blogs by Registered Dieticians and…
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Diet Identity Crisis…Is your identity tied up with dieting?
The Diet Identity Crisis Did you know you can tie your identity up in dieting and not even realize that’s what you’ve done? You can create a diet identity crisis. Every time you announce to your friends and family you’re starting a new diet, you identify yourself a little more with dieting. Your life revolves around the diet announcement. The seeking of approval that you’re going to lose weight, strive for that perfect number. What you don’t realize is that when you continue to make diet announcements every time you start a new diet, you’re quite possibly setting the stage for failure. When others know you’re dieting, you can experience…
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Are you always on a diet?? How to Stop Diets from Running Your Life
Societal Pressure Is Running Your Life, or How to Stop Diets from Running Your Life! When everyone around you is doing the same thing, it can be hard to stand apart from the crowd. It’s more normal to be on a diet these days than it isn’t. You want to be accepted; that’s normal. The dilemma is how to stop diets from running your life! Being the person who isn’t on a diet these day actually threatens that acceptance, so most people will change to fit in. Society has a picture of what the perfect weight is, and we all have gotten the message what that perfect weight is, haven’t…
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Cuisinart Work Bowl…my new kitchen toy is a great little machine!
Cuisinart Work Bowl I have to share my favorite new kitchen toy with you (my Cuisinart Work Bowl…) Actually, it’s a great piece of kitchen equipment, but it’s also fun to use, so that’s where the “toy” part kicks in. I do love my gadgets! I saw this one on Hubert Keller’s cooking show on Create a few weeks ago. You know when something catches your attention, you’re suddenly aware of it and see it everywhere? That’s what happened with this! There is a back story to the new gadget; Rob gave me a “Dutchie” for Christmas which is a large cast iron Dutch Oven. It wasn’t quite right, so…
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Plain Vanilla is Boring…or is it? Read on to find out what vanilla can do for you!
Vanilla is Boring… Is vanilla just vanilla… Vanilla is boring and plain…or is there more to it than we think? Vanilla has a lot of benefits you may not be aware of, and like so many foods, it’s not always easy to find it in its best form. Here are a few bits of information you may find surprising! The vanilla bean is the fruit of the vanilla plant, which is actually a climbing orchid and was discovered about 400 years ago in Mexico by the Spanish Conquistadores. Did you know that vanilla has powerful antioxidant properties? It does! In fact, it surpasses both blueberries and pomegranate juice in the…
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Broccoli – Easy and Tasty…It can be an amazing side dish!
Broccoli – Easy and Tasty I love broccoli; it’s good for you, so we eat it frequently. Always fresh, and always organic… My tastes are simple. I come from a family that ate a very bland English-style diet. Meat, chicken or fish, a very well cooked (or often overcooked) vegetable and potato or rice. No sauces, no spices. My husband Rob’s family ate a very Mediterranean diet. Lots of flavors, sauces and spices. Living and cooking with Rob has been a learning curve that continues to this day. Tonight, when I reinvented leftover soup that started as vegetarian two nights ago, became a salmon stew last night and then morphed…
