Mary Collette 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
Many thanks to everyone who completed the Meal Time Transformation Survey that we shared in the last post. We also got responses from several classes and events over the last month. In summary, you all have enlightened me! I learned that a food life transformation is not a foreign concept. I wondered whether you might … Read more
Not surprisingly, it happened again. The only surprising thing is that it happened in my Pilates class of all places. But the “it” was the same: another unfortunate mealtime lament. It started when someone in class mentioned the nice article we got in the Daily Camera (p. 11), which got everyone talking about healthy eating. … Read more
What makes a dish special–something we’d love to serve for special days and holidays? Our live class next week explores how to turn simple foods into special foods, but if you can’t make that class, here’s a recipe that is a perfect case in point. I decided to make it for friends since kebabs fit … Read more
Ever wonder why a recipe might not taste as good as you’d hoped, even though you followed it exactly? Here’s a big reason: Recipes are usually missing half the information you need to make them turn out the way you want. Discover how you can “find” what’s missing from your recipes.