By the time I get home from grocery shopping, I just want to put things away and get on with the rest of my day or evening. But if there is cilantro or parsley in my shopping bags, I force myself to wash them immediately and set them to dry in a colander for the rest...
2-Cooking Time Management
Could AI Be the Answer to Your Meal Planning Prayers?
What's the one thing that will 10X your success making meals that are healthy, tasty and affordable? Meal Planning! But what's the one thing home cooks regularly duck and dodge? Meal Planning! Given this unfortunate coincidence, I was interested to see a recent...
The Monster in the Closet
The Modern World's Plague In today's world, the spectre of Alzheimer's looms large. Perhaps the disease is so frightening because, unlike other major conditions, there are no surgeries or drugs that can stop, cure or even arrest it significantly. A Hopeful Nugget A...
What Does a Meal Making Transformation Look Like?
This is the second of five articles on Transformation: Being New in Our Thinking, the missing link to speed and ease our journey to healthier, happier eating, for life. A previous post began the conversation around Meal Making Transformation, starting with why it's a...
Kitchen Tip: Don’t Get Stuck with Sticky Pans–The “Leidenfrost Effect”
One of our readers contacted me about a pressing issue: Stuck-on eggs! Every morning after cooking breakfast, he would be left with egg stuck all over the bottom of his frying pan. Of course he could just get a non-stick pan, but given all the recent concern about...
Healthy Eating Tip: Protein Paks
"Get more protein into your diet!" That's a common piece of advice in nutrition circles these days. It's likely because our diets are so heavy on carbs like pasta, pizza, pretzels, toast, sandwiches, crackers, cereal, pastries, deserts, chips and most snack foods, not...
Kitchen Tip: Small Kitchen Scissors
I had to go scissor shopping after breaking a pair while cutting some branches (dumb move, I know.) I bought a big replacement pair that happened to be packaged with two little pairs. The little ones looked pretty useless, but they've turned out to be quite helpful...
Want to Save Money?
With grocery prices front and center in the news, who doesn't want to save a few dollars? Here's a simple way to save both dollars and your health: Steer clear of the snack aisles. In almost all cases, snack foods are highly processed (i.e., ultra-processed) and...
What Good Are Recipes?
I love sharing recipes for whatever dishes I happen to be making at a particular time. But do I think you're making them all? Not at all! So what good are recipes and why do I keep sharing them? In a word: Inspiration! If you should make one of my recipes, that's...
Routines: Boring or Brilliant?
Does the word "routine" make you think of stuck-in-the-mud people who do the same boring things day after day? I'm with you, and that's why I try not to be too "routinized." But a recent article made me reconsider my aversion to routines. Decision Fatigue According...
The Science Behind Meal Planning’s Success Guarantee
I have been singing the praises of meal planning for over 30 years, and I have been planning my meals for all those years, too! Because I'm so bullish on it, I did a meal planning workshop a couple weeks ago with a wonderful group of women. I love sharing the many...
[VIDEO] Ideas, Tips, Strategies and a Fun Roundtable Conversation with 4 Healthy Eating Experts
Meal Making Transformation is a rich subject that opens a window to many interesting topics, as you'll see in the webinar below. Today's post shares something new and different: a joint healthy eating webinar and roundtable discussion with me and three nutritionists....











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