Smoothing Out the Aggravation Bumps on the Road to Good Eating Success The last post explained that key to making our diet dreams come true is planning so success if inevitable. In turn, the most critical part of inevitability planning is slowing down and adjusting your time frame to accommodate planning and preparation time. For … Read more
And the Solution: “Inevitability Planning” Feel stuck in a “5-Recipe Rut,” making the same few things night after night? If so, it’s not hard to understand why. Just think about the times you’ve been inspired to try a new recipe. Its picture looked great and you’re committed to trying something new. So at least you … Read more
Step 1–Getting My Head Behind My Actions Ever made a good eating intention and then, not too long afterwards, come to the sudden realization that you’ve forgotten all about it?! For example, let’s say it’s lunchtime, you’re on the road going from here to there, and you’re starving. Naturally, you pull into the drive-through restaurant … Read more
How Are Those September Resolutions Going? If you haven’t settled on any, don’t worry. As explained in a post last month, nature’s seed planting goes on all autumn, so there’s still time to use the season’s momentum to your advantage and “plant” some seeds for food life changes. But here’s the thing: The seeds of … Read more
September Is the Best Month to “Plant” Good Eating Resolutions It’s nine months since New Year’s. How are those resolutions going? Can you even remember them? Statistically, there’s a good chance they’ve slipped your mind. Maybe being reminded of them even feels a bit uncomfortable. I’m always a little embarrassed that so many of my … Read more
In a world of melted cheese, adjusting to a dairy-free diet is not only tough, but stressful. The previous post shared tricks and strategies to make it less so. One of those is demonstrated here: reforming your meal ideas by finding new ways to flavor your food. Note the tricks we used and experiment … Read more
Continuing the last post’s discussion about mealtime stress, several readers found that working around food restrictions really compounded mealtime stress levels. For instance, Pamela wrote: I have a terrible time getting motivated to eat and create yummy dishes being that I live alone. I thought I would just invite friends over, but that isn’t working … Read more
5 Tips and Tricks + 1 Fundamental Mindshift This article is the third in our Mealtime Transformation series. We started a couple months ago with an invitation to tell us how you’d like to see your mealtimes transformed. The answers to that survey were helpful and surprising as we reported last month. Now we want … Read more
Because it’s so flavorful, you don’t need much besides miso to make a surprisingly delicious soup, as can be seen in this recipe. We’re sharing it now because miso soup is both light and warming–perfect for the variable days of spring when the weather can swing from warm to cold in a matter of hours. … Read more
“More mealtime fun” and “excitement” were popular responses in our Mealtime Transformation Survey that we shared in the last post. Happily, it doesn’t take much to brighten up mealtimes. Something as simple as a new ingredient can be completely adequate. Miso, for example, is sure to tantalize your taste buds with its unique salty-sweet or … Read more