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A “River of Food” and a practical solution
Over the course of the past week I met two new readers, both with interesting food backstories. The first of these, Tom, approached me after a meeting where I had spoken briefly about the Meal Making Transformation work that I do. He wanted to learn more because he...
Recipe: Boredom-Beating Asian Twist Salad–Take 2
In a previous post I shared my "recipe philosophy" for successful Meal Making Transformation. Because we need meal making to be manageable enough to do every day, we need manageable recipes, too. That's why I'm starting this recipe with last week's simple Green Salad...
Does Eating Irish Sea Moss Make You a Healthy Eater?
Apparently, the latest "it" food is Irish Sea Moss. But not the kind traditionally harvested along the Atlantic coasts of America and Europe, which is used to make soups, custards and ice creams. Today's version is manufactured into highly profitable tinctures,...
Boring Food Is Dangerous! A Quick, Boredom-Beating Remedy
Raise a hand if you're often bored with the food that shows up on your plate. While a little boredom here and there is fairly common and not too worrisome, a steady diet of boring meals is actually dangerous. That's because boring meals can leave us feeling "blah,"...
Spring Planting–without getting your hands dirty!
There is a new podcast I've been listening to called Go Play in the Dirt. It shares information on health and nutrition topics you've probably heard about but don't quite understand e.g., metabolic health, intuitive eating and thyroid support. The "Dirt" part comes in...
Food “Trauma:” Is it limiting your diet diversity?
Healing past trauma is a big topic in the world of healing. Experts believe it is key to solving many of the problems and challenges we face. Did you ever think about whether there is any past food trauma that is limiting your healthy eating efforts? That may sound...
Recipe: Curried Salmon “en Collard-Leaf Papillote”
You've heard that wild caught salmon is better than farm-raised, both for humans and the environment. For some people, however, wild-caught salmon can taste dry and tough because it doesn't have the fat content of farm-raised salmon. One solution: Cooking it "en...
Recipe: Warming Winter Kale Salad
Squashes and Roots Winter is the time for hard squashes as well as root vegetables like beets, carrots, rutabagas, potatoes, celery root, turnips and parsnips. They are at their flavorful best in winter and are also more affordable. As part of my winter farm share...
5 Quick Tricks to Reform Your Comfort Food Favorites
Who wouldn't be a healthy eater if you could have things like cheesy tacos and lasagna, creamy soups, comforting casseroles and even pizza? Dream no more! With a few recipe reform tricks, almost any dish can be "health-ified." And they won't taste like insipid diet...
The one gift you really need–and it costs next to nothing!
Tucked away in the mountain parks near my home are a number of homesteads that have been preserved. I like walking around and wondering what life was like in those remote quiet places, especially, of course, what kitchen and cooking life was like: No electricity, no...
6 Tips to Health-ify Your Grocery Shopping
Recent posts have talked about The Problems with Cooking and how to solve them by learning to Cook Without Really Cooking. Here is the recording of a recent Cook-Together where we made Quick Caribbean Greens Skillet using the Cook Without Cooking Strategy. Watch the...
Shocked by Food Prices?
"Wow, food prices have really gone up!" My son had just gone grocery shopping and was shocked that his usual 10-15 items cost several dollars more than usual. While his surprise was certainly warranted, it wasn't really surprising. News articles have been warning us...