Dinner Diva: The Dirty Dozen—Which foods to always eat organic and why!
The word “organic” is on everyone’s lips these days, from choosing organic cotton bed sheets to buying organic fruits and veggies. I always reach for organic first whenever I can, and I recommend you do the same. But, I do realize that we don’t all live in places where fresh organic produce and meats are […]
Dinner Diva: Eat your veggies! No, I mean it.
Hands up if you eat the 5 daily servings of fruits and veggies as recommended by the USDA or the 7-10 daily servings recommended by Canada’s Food Guide. I’m not seeing many hands! But the truth is, folks, there’s a reason why the government wants us to get in all those leafy greens and juicy […]
Dinner Diva: Eggs to the rescue . . . Hakuna Frittata!
Forget about Hakuna Matata meaning “no worries!” I say when it comes to the kitchen, it’s more like Hakuna Frittata! Eggs make their way to my dinner table on a regular basis. Eggs are my hero, really. Nothing can save a frazzled parent like a humble little egg. In its hard-boiled form, you have a […]
Dinner Diva: Wax on . . . wax off! What are they putting on our fruits and veggies?
I saw some videos online recently that stopped me in my tracks. They featured people in their kitchens peeling a plastic sort of film off of their lettuce. Now, I’ve also seen a video that has shown this coating is actually completely natural but it did make me curious enough to do a bit more […]
Dinner Diva: If it’s cruciferous it’s good for us!
Bok choy, kale, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and broccoli. What do all these things have in common? (Besides starting with b’s or a hard c sound.) These superheroes of the plant world are all cruciferous vegetables and we should be eating lots of servings of them each week because of how important they are to […]
Dinner Diva: Shining the light on nightshades
Are you familiar with the Solanaceae family? No, they aren’t the neighbors of the Sopranos! The Solanaceae family is more commonly known as the nightshade family. Its name has lots of folks assuming that these foods are grown in the dark of night with fairies waving their magic wands over them removing any need for […]
Dinner Diva: The scoop on dietary lectins
Dietary lectins are most likely not on your radar screen. Not unless you’re fairly heavily involved in the world of food science and/or nutrition in general, anyway. Most everyday people don’t know about lectins and neither do many doctors! Considering the damage these nasty little boogers can do, that’s really not so good. So what […]
Dinner Diva: The Paleo diet and your kids
I feel SO amazing since transitioning to a paleolithic way of eating. I feel even better than I did when I was a teenager. Honestly, I wish I knew more about about the benefits of avoiding grains, dairy, gluten, and legumes back when my kids were little! Let me back up for a minute here […]
Dinner Diva: Something to chew on
You take much care to choose healthy foods that will do your body good and you carefully prepare those foods into delicious meals. Why negate any of that effort by mindlessly stuffing food into your mouth? One thing many of us are guilty of forgetting is that digestion starts with saliva. We eat so quickly […]