Creating healthy meals and saving money on food is a snap when you’re ready and willing to slow down and increase your awareness about your habits.
There’s nothing worse than reaching into the produce drawer to pull out some lettuce or a cucumber and discovering that not only has it spoiled but it’s liquefied. Has [...]

Creating healthy meals and saving money on food is a snap when you’re ready and willing to slow down and increase your awareness about your habits.
There’s nothing worse than reaching into the produce drawer to pull out some lettuce or a cucumber and discovering that not only has it spoiled but it’s liquefied.  Has that [...]

On Sunday, after creating a simple and healthy meal plan for the week, I got busy in the kitchen cooking once to eat twice. That evening I made a bean and sausage gratin that was easy, quick and delicious. But the real beauty is that we had it for lunch the next several days. We [...]

I used fresh fennel for the first time on Sunday. Amazingly, even though I use fennel seed in recipes, I had never bought fresh fennel before. I actually had to verify with the sales clerk that fennel was what I thought it was!
Fennel has a light, fresh flavor that makes a great addition to many [...]

When I work with my clients, we constantly talk about the importance of having a vision for our health. What do we want to achieve? How do we want to feel? How will we know we’ve achieved it?
This is so true in the big picture of being healthy — preventing chronic diseases as we age [...]

One of my winter cooking traditions is making plentiful amounts of butternut squash soup. I’m a big fan of this seasonal vegetable that’s bursting with a whole host of nutrients, most especially Vitamin A, an important antioxidant. But that’s not all – ample amounts of Vitamin C, potassium and fiber make this squash a [...]

The power of food to impact how we feel can’t be overstated. I noticed that today, post-last night’s Superbowl pizza. A good chunk of the day I’ve felt tired and I’m chalking it up to my wheat and dairy consumption last night — that pizza did a real number on me.
Here’s how I [...]