Healthy Foods: Hungry hungry for Mahi Mahi
A couple of days ago, I posted an update to my Facebook page saying that I would be enjoying Mahi Mahi (or mahimahi) for dinner. Let me tell you, it was a killer meal! Do you ever enjoy this ocean predator? Because I think that Mahi Mahi deserves a place in your kitchen on a […]
Food For Thought: The 411 on Vitamin B12
If you haven’t been thinking clearly lately or if you’ve been feeling less energetic than usual, you might be lacking in Vitamin B12. Like most vitamins, we need B12 for our bodies to function properly. It’s required for the replication of DNA, to manufacture myelin (that’s the material that helps speed along neural transmission), and […]
Healthy Foods: Go ahead and eat oodles of Kelp Noodles
Not too long ago, I wrote about the benefits of eating sea vegetables. I enjoy sea vegetables often and you should too! Now, I’ve gone on record before saying I wouldn’t make you eat sea vegetables. But guess what? I take it back! (Hey, it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind!) Seaweed contains more […]
Dinner Diva: Rich Food Poor Food
I have to tell you, I get a bunch of the same questions every day about what to buy in the grocery store. I get that—it’s a maze of possibilities (and confusion) that needs particular navigation when you venture out to the weekly grocery procuring for your family. There is so much to think about—what […]
Food For Thought: What are amino acids and where can you find them?
When I publish articles about the health benefits of different foods, I often mention amino acids. For anyone not in the know, amino acids are the building blocks of proteins. There are roughly 500 amino acids that we know about, but all proteins are formed from 20 of those. Amino acids are required for just […]
Healthy Foods: Lions and tigers and . . . pears? Oh my!
Pears are a wonderful food to add to your fruit repertoire. A perfectly ripe pear is heavenly. So juicy and sweet. Yum! I enjoy pears occasionally in my daily juicing regime . . . I toss them into soups . . . I enjoy them sliced into salads . . . poached as dessert for […]
Food For Thought: Squeeze in some selenium
Minerals are broken down into two different categories: macrominerals and micro minerals (also known as trace minerals). While macro minerals are required in large quantities to keep your cells healthy, micro minerals are needed in very small amounts—usually less than 100 milligrams per day. Magnesium, calcium, and phosphorous are all considered macro minerals. Micro minerals […]
Healthy Foods: Adios, soy sauce! Hola, Coconut Aminos!
If you’re trying to live a gluten-free lifestyle, no doubt, you’re missing a lot of your favorite foods, including foods that don’t seem like they should contain wheat. Foods like soy sauce. Even if you’re not trying to eat gluten-free, primal, or grain-free, you should be trying to cut out soy from your diet. Now, […]
Dinner Diva: Grow your own lettuce bowl indoors
I don’t know about you, but I have a really hard time buying produce that I can easily grow myself. At my house, we eat a lot of salad. As many of you know, I serve a large green salad with almost every meal that goes on the table. All of those heads of lettuce […]