Eating Well–Without Trying So Hard or Worrying So Much (part 3)
Ready to make the joyful discovery that less is more: less in the way of selections actually brings more interesting variety and nutritional depth to mealtimes. Find out how to start.
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The Mystery of Energy Bars and Drinks
It’s curious how marketers can claim the mantel of scientific sanctity for products that often list “corn syrup” as the first ingredient. What’s more, if we’re talking real “scientific research,” there are at least a few studies confirming the powerful benefits of food–numbering maybe in the thousands! Why don’t these studies carry much weight in fitness circles and gyms?
Even More About Getting More Beans into Your Diet
More tips on money-saving, cooking dried beans in a super accelerated fashion, classes and using bean juice.
More About Getting More Beans into Your Diet
Nutrition, Inspiration and Avoiding Troublesome Gaseous Issues Nutrition While beans are packed with nutrients and protein, I try not to focus unduly on nutrition facts, like how Food G has XYZ nutrients while Food S has ABC nutrients. This approach turns healthy eating into an arithmetic problem, and most of us never liked arithmetic to … Read more
Getting More Beans Into Your Diet
Granted, many view beans as “desert island” food, as in, something reserved for when they are stranded on a desert island. But those in the know see gold in a batch of colorful beans. In case you’ve yet to discover this treasure, here are two key tips for getting started.
Onion Googles–They’re for Real
Crying a lot over onions? Maybe onion goggles are for you.
Quick Recipe: Miso Chard Soup
Miso is a thick seasoning paste made from soybeans. It hails from Japan, where it has been eaten for centuries. To the modern kitchen it brings flavor that’s super fast but nutritious . Really, you don’t have to fool with any other seasonings. Just add a dollop of no-to-low calorie miso and you get amazing … Read more
Making Healthy Food Affordable: The Direct Buying Strategy
For our healthy meal making classes, we always bring “clean” meat (i.e., free of antibiotics and growth hormones, humanely processed and often locally grown and processed, grass-fed and/or organic, free-range, etc.) Participants love how it tastes and wonder where it can be bought. Of course this line of inquiry runs us smack dab into the … Read more
The High Cost of Healthy Food?
Moving the Conversation Past the Dead End Sign It’s a mantra, said almost automatically any more: “I can’t afford healthy food. It’s too expensive.” Like Time, Affordability is a dead-ender. In other words, once raised, it effectively dead ends a conversation about healthy eating. If we don’t have time or can’t afford good food, then … Read more
Trip to a Food Basket
There’s a part of Colorado you probably don’t know about. Mostly, we Coloradans live in a narrow band of settlement, strung out along the foothills that run north and south. From there, Colorado stretches to the west, into the spectacular peaks, canyons, mesas and forests that make Colorado a natural playground. But there’s a part … Read more