Fight cancer and fungi with this versatile veggie
I always have at least one red onion on the counter at all times. I adore these purple orbs with their richly colored skins. They look so fabulous sliced onto a green salad, and the great thing about red onions is that you can just slice ‘em and eat ‘em raw, which you don’t generally […]
Kid-Friendly Olive Oil Tips
Keeping our families in good health is of the highest importance. As doctors and nutritionists know, the best preventive health care is a healthy diet. It’s never too early to develop good eating habits! Pure, authentic extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) is the Mary Poppins of foods—practically perfect in every way. It can cut your […]
How to get your appetite under control
We’ve all been there. Our plan is printed out, the food shopped for, the preparation is done—we’re ready. We are excited—this time, we’re really going to do it! Then out of nowhere, suddenly this urgent, silent craving hits you upside the head and makes all your good intentions fly out the window with record speed. […]
Tip, Trick & a Recipe: Head Of the Vegetable Class
Hands up if you have a head of cabbage in your refrigerator! Not only is this beautiful green cruciferous vegetable inexpensive, readily available, and delicious, but cabbage is also an incredibly nutritious food. Since cabbage can thrive in cooler temperatures, it’s still available fresh throughout the fall and into the winter in most parts of […]
An old-fashioned weight loss tip with real results…
can you guess it?
To date, I’ve dished about barre classes, my diet, getting plenty of rest, and keeping tabs on my thyroid, and how this has all made a big difference in my weight. And today, I’m going to talk about a classic weight loss secret that seems to be totally ignored by so many. Probably because it’s […]
Two VERY Big Things
Last month, I did something I never thought I would be able to do at this stage in my life. I put on my high school cheerleading skirt! Did you see the pic?? Now, I’m not saying I was able to zip it all the way up, but I pulled it right on up over […]
Making resolutions you can live with. Really!
It’s that time of year again. The New Year. A time to reflect on the year we’re leaving behind and make promises to ourselves about how we may live better for the next twelve months. If, when the clock struck twelve at the beginning of 2017, you made some resolutions that involved living a healthier […]
5 ways to enjoy Christmas Dinner leftovers
We’re only a day away from one of the biggest dinners of the year. (It seems like we were just enjoying our Thanksgiving dinners, doesn’t it?) If you didn’t manage your Thanksgiving dinner properly, you might have (gasp) ended up growing sick of the leftovers. Let’s see to it that you enjoy the remnants of your […]
Oven Roasted Chestnuts
(and my favorite way to enjoy them)
‘Tis the season for visions of candy canes and sugar plums and chestnuts roasting on an open fire. But how many of us have actually roasted chestnuts? Have you ever eaten a chestnut? Many cultures enjoy chestnuts as a valued source of nutrition. Chestnuts have been harvested for centuries in Japan, China, Korea, Europe, and […]