I admit that this recipe is a bit of an indulgence, and you know that that’s the way I roll – just because I’m a dietitian doesn’t mean that everything I cook is 100% healthy! That would be totally boring. You can always take the amount of maple syrup down when you make this, or…
I have some pretty awesome neighbors, which is lucky because it’s fun to live in a place where you can stroll into someone’s house without knocking, your kids play together, and people eat all your recipe development efforts and give honest feedback. I literally have a Facebook group of just friends who live in the…
Salad is a fabulous way to get a huge number of your recommended 5-7 vegetable servings in one meal. But just because a salad is all vegetables doesn’t mean that you’ve done it right. I mean, vegetables are great, and if you’re eating them, then you’re ahead of the 91% of Americans who don’t eat…
I can’t believe that I haven’t published this recipe on my blog yet, because it has always been one of my very favorite ones. When I lived in California over a decade ago, I incredibly found the original recipe for this pasta in an ad in a Bon Appetit magazine. I brought that magazine home…
We all overeat sometimes, and yes, of course I do too. Being a dietitian doesn’t exclude me from typical human behavior! Some triggers for overeating are obvious, such as being around food that you love, or certain holidays (think Thanksgiving). The following are some overeating triggers that you may not have thought of, but probably…
Someone recently told me that they intend to start eating Subway subs again because they’re now going to be made with ‘natural’ ingredients and no artificial flavors or colors. Welcome to the dawn of a new era; one in which nutrition claims try to buy back your dollars at restaurants: Chipotle has no GMOs in…