The holiday season is filled with parties, presents, shopping and of course, lots of great food. Once the holiday season is over, I want to get back to my regular routine by going to the gym and cooking healthy meals at home. This year I’ll also be keeping to one of my New Year’s resolutions [...] [...more]
Do you step into the produce section of the grocery store and instinctively load up on your old standbys: apples, oranges and maybe a head of lettuce? I think we’re all guilty of falling into super market ruts, especially when it comes to the foods that are good for us. Here are 5 produce aisle [...] [...more]
Forget about that packaged instant oatmeal. Make your own! Why didn’t I think of this sooner!? You can turn an ordinary canister of quick cooking oats into your breakfast for at least a week. That way you save a bundle of money, and be able to better control what you’re putting [...] [...more]
In your twenties and thirties you were more likely to be killed from a piano falling from the sky than anything else. Into your forties and fifties however, dirty words like heart disease and cancer start to enter the equation. As you get up into your fifties, there’s also an increased chance of non fatal [...] [...more]
Yesterday we talked about eating your way through your twenties. The foods we eat in our twenties are designed to get us through those sometimes long nights of partying, and frantic schedules that might leave us eating fast food tacos instead of healthy balanced meals. Outside of your twenties and into your thirties, your body [...] [...more]
The food you eat in your twenties should be different from the food you eat in your forties. There’s a few reasons for this necessary shift. In your twenties most tend to eat what they can afford and drink what they enjoy. That may mean downing ramen noodles before heading out for expensive [...] [...more]
If you’re anything like me you head off for your weekly grocery shopping with the best of intentions, your healthy, low calorie diet fresh in your mind. Maybe it’s the sea of endless options, the chill of the freezer section, or the smell of possibility, but my well intentioned diet plans go right [...] [...more]
I’m a creature of habit. I eat the same thing for lunch, without variation, at least three times a week: grilled chicken breast and yellow corn. I know, it’s not tremendously exciting, but it makes me happy. This salad from Gourmet Magazine might just be enough to change my lunch habits. Something about [...] [...more]
I’m still mad about blueberries. When I saw the first baskets of blueberries in stores in May, I knew that I was in for one yummy summer. I’ve experimented with the classic Blueberry Pancake and Whole Wheat Banana Blueberry Muffins. We’ve still got another month or two of fresh blueberries, and I’m [...] [...more]
