Perhaps It’s the Why
As you are making or enforcing your new year’s resolutions, consider the why. Why are you resolving to lose weight, exercise more, or eat healthier? If the why isn’t strong enough, you’ll struggle...
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A Complete Failure
What worked well last week in your meal planning? Be sure to make time to incorporate that again this week and don’t beat yourself up if the plan wasn’t implemented as well as you would have liked....
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Cold and Flu Season?…Not for you!
Colds, strep, and flu are rampant right now in our area, so I’ve taken a few actions this week to boost our immune systems: Remind everyone about the need to routinely and effectively wash hands...
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Old Fashioned Apps
Old fashioned apps, you know, appetizers instead of applications. I love appetizers and getting to eat a little bit of a variety of things instead of a lot of one thing. I do love the efficiency and...
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Mindful Breathing to the Rescue
This has been another consecutive week of travel for me, and we (my family) are all looking forward to the end of it. Most notably in recent weeks, my rushing around and inability to focus on anything...
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What’s wrong with carbs?
Absolutely nothing when we’re talking about whole food plant based carbs. The 3 basic types of carbohydrates are sugar, cellulose, and starch. Sugar includes sucrose (granulated sugar), fructose...
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Getting By
This was the last week in a series of traveling for me, and my goal was to make it through no worse off – physically and mentally. By the end of the last trip, I had grown weary of eating the same...
View ArticleSugar Demons
It was birthday season here in February and March, and my sugar consumption got a bit out of control. It’s all relative, as I’m not consuming food dye infused high fructose corn syrup containing...
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Healthy Sweeteners?!?
Humans evolved to crave sugar because sugar was rare in nature, particularly when food was limited. Since too much sugar in the bloodstream is toxic, humans evolved to rapidly convert sugar from the...
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Strategies for Sugar Cravings
Because of the abundance of luscious fruits available, late spring and summer are definitely the best times to eliminate sugar from your diet for a few weeks. 30 days is just the right amount of time,...
View ArticleLearnings from a Sugar Free Month
I’ll admit that I was relieved when my month of no sugar ended. I missed dark chocolate the most, and raw cacao nibs just didn’t fit the bill, though Chocolate Banana Ice Cream worked wonders in...
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Cooking with Kids
Reminiscent of the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man“?!? The plumper we get, the more true that may be. . . Overweight children are more likely to be obese adults. Obesity in the US is increasing...
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Baby It’s Hot Outside
Strategies to stay cool in the kitchen: Prep the week’s meals in advance to concentrate use of the stove Eat simple dishes with lots of whole foods in or near their natural states Make extra portions...
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Salad Samurai
I’ve been enjoying a new cookbook hot off the presses – Salad Samurai – by Terry Hope Romero that my sister gave me because she knows my family isn’t big on just eating salad for dinner, even when...
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End of Summer…The Busy Season Begins
We’ve had a few busy weekends in a row lately, plus it’s been too nice to spend a couple of hours inside prepping meals on Sundays, so we’ve been eating light and easy meals- great for the end of...
View ArticleMy Food Manifesto
I believe in eating a plant-based diet1 consisting of non-GMO2 vegetables, legumes, whole grains, and fruits for optimal health and longevity. I believe processed foods should be replaced with whole...
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Orange You Glad It’s October?
If the chilly weather has left you reminiscing about warm and sunny summer days, try this Carrot Dog recipe to break you out of your fall doldrums. On the other hand, if you can’t wait for the temps...
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Pleasure versus Happiness
The nucleus accumbens is the pleasure center of the brain and responds similarly to sugar and calorie-rich foods as it does to addictive drugs like morphine. While eating certain foods can be...
View ArticlePlanning for Thanksgiving
Apologies to the Canucks for once again missing their Thanksgiving celebration last month. Hope it was tasty!! For the ‘Mericans, though, now is the time to start planning how to navigate this...
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Mac n Cheez Please!!
Who does not love a delicious bowl of mac and cheese?!? Over the vegan years, we have tried many versions of mac and cheese and this one has recently been named the favorite. Who knows how long it...
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