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 […]
Healthy Foods: Flax Facts
Flax is one of those foods that’s extremely good for us but many folks simply aren’t using it properly. This magical plant was cultivated in Babylon in 3,000 BC. Clothing made with flax fibers has been found in early burial chambers. Hippocrates once wrote about using flax to relieve pain in the abdomen. And would […]
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 […]
Food For Thought: The skinny on fats and oils
Olive oil, extra virgin olive oil, canola oil, walnut oil, avocado oil, flaxseed oil, rice bran oil, coconut oil, grape seed oil, safflower oil, and sunflower oil . . . there are so many different types of oils staring back at you from the grocery store shelf that you almost need a degree in food […]
Healthy Foods: All hail the kale!
I’m going way out on a limb here to say that kale is the most nutritious food you can put in your body. Lots of people think that kale is some new nutritional magical trend, but it’s your basic green veggie and it’s been around for a long time! And while kale’s now being touted […]
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 […]
Healthy Foods: You can’t beat beet greens
It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of kale. In fact, I might go so far as to say that kale farmers across the country should send me some kudos for all the folks I’ve helped nudge onto the kale train over the past twenty-some-odd years! But kale’s not the only green wonder that […]
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 […]
Food For Thought: Saving Time is the Key to Saving Dinner
I’m big on preparing fresh meals from scratch, but I also like to be realistic. Cooking should be an adventure, but hopefully a fun one and not a frustrating experience! If you’re trying to transition from feeding your family with packaged meals and takeout to good home cooking, you deserve a big pat on the […]