Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Are Whole Grains Part of Your Diet? Why Not? What was on your Thanksgiving table? Did you go traditional with all your favorite fixings, or was your table gluten-free? Or did you omit grains entirely, of Paleo diet ilk, much to the dismay of your stuffing-loving guests? Or maybe you’re an adventurous sort and tried something completely new, like a…
Friday, October 19, 2012
If you’ve been following my posts of late you know that I recently did a cooking demo at the Boston Local Food Festival. I made several salads that day with a focus on teaching people how to make vinaigrette. My first dish was a butternut squash salad with rosemary roasted onions, dried cranberries, and chive blossoms. If you missed it, check…
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Add lovely flavor and color simply by adding sliced cucumber and a sprig of mint to your water. No sugar, no bottles, no waste, no calories. Perfect. Beverage Background: Soda and Beyond I haven’t spent too much time talking about beverage nutrition on my blog. One of these days I’ll get around to writing a post on coconut water and…
Friday, August 17, 2012
Who doesn’t love Mexican food? No, really, is there anyone, anyone at all that can’t resist nachos, chips and guacamole, burritos, tacos, margaritas, and the like? I certainly can’t. I love it. While not a regular part of my dinner repertoire, I always keep (homemade) burritos on hand in freezer for a quick supper. And once in awhile, when the mood…
Sunday, July 15, 2012
A few months back I began a three part series on squash soup, the goal being to demonstrate not only how to make a delectable roasted vegetable soup but also how to morph the leftovers into a totally different meal. In the first video, I roasted squash and used it to make a basic soup. I then took a quart…
Sunday, June 10, 2012
This nutrition scientist-slash-foodie is all about moderation. Yup, I mainly write about salads, soups, savory vegetable-based dishes, and seafood, which comprise my usual diet. Sweets certainly enter the picture once in a while, however. Especially when I’m on vacation and sampling the local fare, whether farmers’ market goodies or restaurant creations. It is for this reason that I could not…
Monday, June 4, 2012
The Healthy Cup Goes to The Naked Chef Know who Jamie Oliver is? The Naked Chef is a rock star in the culinary world, a chef with programs in Britain and the US dedicated to changing the food system and fighting childhood obesity, one school at a time. Thus he’s a rock star in the nutrition and public health worlds,…
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Moxie Confusion This past weekend I took a quick jaunt up the coast to Portland, Maine. While a great foodie town and all-around wonderful place to visit for lobster and beyond, the reason for my trip was for a book signing, not dining. The event was in Lisbon Falls and celebrated Jim Baumer’s Moxie: Maine in a Bottle. I’m always happy…
Friday, March 23, 2012
It was the end of summer 2011 when I wrote my first post about having just a “big salad” for dinner, and I revisited the issue with a few of my favorite recipes in a recent post here. In the spirit of the first day of spring, today’s post provides a bit more detail on the “why” and “how” to…
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
This week I’m continuing to write about topics related to diet and weight loss. So far I’ve covered recalibrating your diet, measuring what you’re eating, and expunging tempting treats from your house. Yesterday’s post encouraged you to look to science when seeking dietary advice and provided helpful tips for distinguishing science from anti-science. And now (said in that dramatic voice…
