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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...
Recipe: Warming Tahini Sauce + Autumn Meal Ideas
Roasting big batches of winter squash and root vegetables is one of my favorite autumn rituals. It provides me with an easy springboard for several days' worth of meal ideas. For instance, here are three quick meals made with the roasted spaghetti squash, beets and...
PODCAST: What’s Missing from the Healthy Eating Prescription?
A couple weeks ago I was on a podcast with Dan Young, a naturopath in Cheyenne whose show is not only informative but lively and engaging. We talked about how ours is the most well-resourced population in the planet's history, with scores of cookbooks, recipes,...
FREE Food: A Powerful Purslane Meal Idea
A few weeks ago I watched a fascinating series called The Healing Kitchen, which shared many traditional and ancestral healing herbs and plants. It reminded me about humble little purslane, a "weed" you see everywhere and walk right by (or on.) Not long after, I was...
Have You Talked to Your Cells Lately?
Why bother with Meal Making Transformation if you don't really believe healthy eating makes a difference? Find out why your cells need you! Listening to our bodies is a trending topic these days. "Your Body Speaks Your Mind" was a recent LinkedIn article that got a...
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[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....
Recipe: Gingery Carrots and Green Peppers
3 Green peppers are in season, as evidenced by the 10 peppers in my farm share box plus 8 more from my garden! Usually I think of using green peppers as a sidekick, e.g., in a breakfast scramble with tomatoes, onions and chiles, in classic Chicken Cacciatore and of...
How courageous are you when it comes to healthy eating?
When we think about Meal Making Transformation are we yearning for something more and deeper in our food lives? A few weeks ago I was outside watching an incredible super moon pop over the horizon when a neighbor walked up with her dog. I barely had time to ask "How...
Coping with Kitchen Frenzy
Several recent posts have focused on motivation. Kitchen Frenzy is yet another motivation-zapper that can sabotage Meal Making Transformation. I recently had the privilege of going to a week-long retreat. And yes, in case you're wondering, the experience led to my...
Zucchini Time! Preserving Plentiful Summer Squash for Winter
Whether you shop at the farmer's market or grocery story, both zucchini and yellow squash should be plentiful, inexpensive and at their flavorful best in mid- to late-summer and early fall. In fact, they get so commonplace that they're easy to overlook. But in the...
What’s thinking got to do with healthy cooking?
Find out in my recent podcast! More About the Podcast Three things come together to make Meal Making Transformation possible: becoming new in our kitchens, new in our cooking and new in our thinking. While all three are necessary, being new in our thinking is the most...
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[VIDEO] Perk up meals with a new and refreshing ingredient
What's a good way to stay motivated on your healthy eating journey? Have fun. What's a good way to have fun? Mix things up! Try something new and different! But maybe your meal making enthusiasm is flagging? Here's a quick fix: crunchy, refreshing jicima. And here is...