A question I love asking people lately is about their favorite comfort foods. Everyone has a different food or dish that brings them happiness, peace of mind, good memories, contentedness. I’ve heard some pretty interesting responses to this question too – for example, and I hope she won’t mind me telling you, but my Mom’s [...]
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I gave two nutrition talks this week: one on eating for healthy joints and one on nutrition for new mothers. Quite different topics, but as I thought about the snacks I wanted to make to bring for my audiences, I decided to do the same one for both. These Brazil Cacao Bites are ideal as [...]
A friend recently asked me for some smoothie recipe suggestions and it got me thinking. My routine these days is to have a green smoothie every other morning, and I’ve been playing it safe so far. The same tried and true ratio each time: 1 banana 1 big handful spinach or kale 1/2 cup fruit [...]
See the tags at the top of this post? They say things like “wheatfree”, “vegan”, sometimes “raw”? They correspond to how the recipe within this post could be categorized, making it easier for people who describe themselves as vegan, for example, to find it and (hopefully) make it. But I’d never call this blog “vegan” [...]
Tuesday is Valentine’s Day, which means we’ve been swimming in a sea of pink and red and hearts and roses for far too long now. Is it just me, or is the bombardment of Valentine’s-themed junk reaching an all-time high this year? Every day I keep seeing more nonsense for sale online and in the [...]
