I recently posted that perfect doesn’t exist when it comes to healthy eating. On a message board I frequent, someone wrote in that she felt judged when she ate less than perfectly and felt that the “eyes on the board” were silently judging her when she made a nutrition misstep. I thought I’d share portions [...]

It’s been a very, very busy week in my household in a long string of exceedingly busy weeks, and I always try to have some healthy foods on hand so that eating well is easy even when time is scarce. This week I’ve made up a huge batch of split pea soup with spinach (recipe [...]

Forgive me, dear reader, while I get something off my chest.
As you may have gathered from some of my previous posts, I have a number of food sensitivities, and I follow a pretty careful diet to make sure that I feel my best. When I don’t, I have asthma, I gain weight, I have icky [...]

In my last post, I shared how eating the wrong thing a couple times in the course of a week caused me to have to deal with food cravings I almost never have to these days. And when I realized I felt less than my usual annoyingly energetic self, *lol* I knew something immediately had [...]

Oh, how simple it would be if we could all eat anything we wanted (literally anything) and stay healthy and cravings-free … but that’s not how it works. I’ve not come in contact with anyone at all personally or as a coach who doesn’t have some food or group of foods that are problems for [...]

Ah, chili … one of my favorite things. I came across this lovely vegetarian chili recipe over a decade ago, shortly after I went vegetarian and my family assumed I’d instantly drop dead from a lack of protein. ;) As I recall, I served it to a crowd at a literary event at my university, [...]

Last year my household was lucky enough to have a membership in a great little local food co-op that delivered a huge bundle of organic produce every other week. You never knew until you showed up exactly what you’d be getting, which is in large part why I wanted to join — to force myself [...]

It is fair to say that my whole life, I have adored Mexican food. First of all, what’s not to love about beans? And secondly, I think foods rolled up in tortillas have a fun factor that make them enjoyable for everyone, young and old. (I found out a couple months back that I am [...]

In yet another study where researchers hoped to find a magic pill to cure what ails you, they found out that — guess what? — vitamin supplements alone aren’t helpful in preventing cancers, heart disease and strokes, while eating your veggies and fruit does in fact lower the likelihood of these same killer diseases.
Here’s a [...]

Folks, a lot of you have emailed me to ask me about my story — what got me turned on to healthy eating, my struggles with weight and health issues, etc. — so I’ve created a page where I tell all (yep, even my height and weight — I figure it’s fair game for a [...]