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A few days ago, I posted a variety of ingredients that make up a common food. These were the ingredients:
Enriched macaroni, dried cheddar cheese, corn starch, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, dried tomato, salt, buttermilk, sugar, hydrolyzed vegetable protein and other natural flavorings, dried onion, dried corn syrup, disodium phosphate, dried garlic, sodium caseinate, citric acid, [...]

We’re not really big on traditional “dessert” in our family… at least not on a regular basis. I grew up in a family that had something for dessert pretty  much every night. Now, as a grown-up and as a parent, it just makes no sense to me. From a health perspective, not much good can [...]

I’ve been asked to give more of the really quick, really simple improvements we can make in our lifestyle choices (nutrition, movement and mindset) that will move us closer to health.
Done. I can do that!
These will be VERY short recommendations, tweaks, suggestions, tips, strategies, etc. Take it or leave it! These are simply things that [...]

Today is grocery shopping day. It’s not the usual list of suspects gracing my shopping list. Today, I’m also shopping for the ingredients for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and the “new” annual Holiday gathering at my dad’s house where I make a serious organic/grass-fed bison lasagna for dad, his closest friends and some [...]

Here’s a little article I recently wrote about a recurring lesson I’ve been working on with our kids. It discusses how making healthy choices, regarding food or anything else in life, is really up to each individual… NOT their circumstances (at least not exclusively!).
This is about taking responsibility for our choices. Just because the cake [...]

I grew up on peanut butter. I used to eat the stuff almost every day in my school lunch! I never liked lunch meats or hard-boiled eggs, and my mom wanted me to have some type of protein in my lunch… so peanut butter it was!
My hubby loves it, too. Double trouble!
In the past five [...]

Here’s an exceptionally healthy recipe for Chicken Cacciatore I discovered via the Weston A. Price Foundation (www.westonaprice.org). It’s by Amanda Love (a.k.a. The Barefoot Cook). Give it a try and let me know how you like it… and let me know what time dinner will be!!
Chicken Cacciatore
(Serves 6)
* 1 pastured chicken cut into parts (Grassway [...]

This can be a tricky time of year if you’re a health-seeking social butterfly!
Like no other time of the year, we tend to be inundated with opportunities to stray from our healthy habits. Parties, family get-togethers, holiday festivities… coupled with less daylight, colder temperatures and oftentimes less desire to get out and exercise. Oh, and [...]

In honor of the holiday season, what food do you think is comprised of the following ingredients:
Water, corn syrup, hydrogenated coconut and palm kernel oils, sugar, sodium caseinate, polysorbate 60 and sorbitan monostrearate (for uniform dispersion in oil), natural and artificial flavors, xanthan gum and guar gum (thickeners), artificial color.
Chances are, you’ve already inhaled some [...]

My dad spent the night a couple nights ago on the tail end of our Thanksgiving adventure.
He had to get up pretty early the next morning to head to work, so I made a healthy breakfast and packed some snacks and lunch for him while he got ready. I figured that must be something he [...]

Are you the “turkey master” for your family’s Thanksgiving celebration?
This year, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving at my sister-in-law’s home… so I’m not the head chef (whew!). I’ll be there for support and giggles, though!
In case you’re looking for a simple and healthy turkey recipe for this week, here’s one from the NY Times. You can make [...]

So, I mentioned a couple days ago that I was taking chicken out of the freezer for the next “cook it once, eat it twice… or more” meals.
(No, the chicken isn’t still sitting out. Don’t worry!)
My focus of late has returned to getting better (again!) at not only planning healthy meals in advance, but also [...]

OK, since you asked…
Tonight’s dinner was part one of “cook it once, eat it twice”. Sounds thoroughly disgusting… but it’s not at all! It’s about saving time, money, energy… and planning for healthy choices.
I cooked/browned a couple pounds of grass-fed ground bison. (I cook it in pure coconut oil.) I set a little more than [...]

I don’t actually “do” recipes! I know, it infuriates many people who want to know EXACTLY how I make certain healthy meals and snacks.
Sorry – I’m no Rachel Ray or Martha Stewart! Everything I make is pretty basic and kind of “freestyle” cooking! No recipes… 99% of the time, anyway. I’m open to change… especially [...]

Here’s an example of a  VERY simple and quick breakfast for kids that meets the requirements for health right off the start: fresh fiber, protein and healthy fats.
These are the innate genetic requirements for nutritional health.
Also, there’s none of the things in this little meal that tend to move us AWAY from optimal health: things [...]