Pin ItCondiment Awareness. I’m hoping to coin a phrase here. I think too many people aren’t condiment aware, you see. What we put ON our food can have an impact on our nutrition as much as what is IN our food. My mother-in-law was told by her doctors that ketchup is a “freebie” food, that [...]
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Mental Mission: What’s ON Your Food? (And What’s IN That?)
July 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
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Mental Mission: Boldness in the Kitchen and Aluminum
July 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Pin ItTwo things to think about this week as we gear up for next week’s Super Foods. We’ll look at a bunch of random honorable mentions that I grouped together because I don’t know what else to do with them: green tea, cranberry juice, pomegranates, artichokes. For me, these mostly fall under the “how brave [...]
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Mental mission: Your Relationship with Salads
July 16th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Pin ItIn our family, we eat a salad at (almost) every dinner. It’s important to me to have salad fixin’s available for easy access. I’ve read that people who eat a salad before their meal eat fewer calories and less main course than those who don’t. This week as you plan, prepare and enjoy your [...]
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Mental Mission: Plastic Bags
June 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Pin ItThis week I want you to be conscious of the plastic bags in your house. What kind are they? grocery store bags bread bags produce bags zippered bags what else? And more importantly, where do all these bags GO when you’re finished with them? Next week we’re talking turkey on plastic bags…I mean, sharing [...]
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Mental Mission: You and Your Grains
June 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Pin ItYour mental mission for this week is to consider your relationship with whole grains. Bread: are you a white bread fan, 100% whole wheat, or somewhere in between? Do you know what “wheat bread” means? Read ingredients label on your breads, cereals, other grain products. Do you know what you’re reading? Would you like [...]
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Mental Mission: What Kind of Fat are you Eating?
June 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Pin ItThis week I want you to think about fats. You’re going to be reading labels searching for trans fat anyway, so why not consider what kinds of fat you eat (saturated, unsaturated, poly-mono-etc) and how much? We’ll look at another kind of good fat next week (Omega 3s), and go even further into the [...]
