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Diet Hopes Day 1, Barrier #1: Getting Out of the Starting Gate: Do I Really Want to Bother?
Step 1--Getting My Head Behind My Actions Ever made a good eating intention and then, not too long afterwards, come to the sudden realization that you've forgotten all about it?! For example, let’s say it's lunchtime, you're on the road going from here to there, and...
Why Your Diet Resolutions Never Happen
How Are Those September Resolutions Going? If you haven't settled on any, don't worry. As explained in a post last month, nature's seed planting goes on all autumn, so there's still time to use the season’s momentum to your advantage and "plant" some seeds for food...
New Year’s Resolutions Gone by the Wayside? Don’t Worry . . . .
September Is the Best Month to "Plant" Good Eating Resolutions It's nine months since New Year's. How are those resolutions going? Can you even remember them? Statistically, there's a good chance they've slipped your mind. Maybe being reminded of them even feels a...
Recipe: Smoked Clam Linguine–Dairy and Gluten Free
In a world of melted cheese, adjusting to a dairy-free diet is not only tough, but stressful. The previous post shared tricks and strategies to make it less so. One of those is demonstrated here: reforming your meal ideas by finding new ways to flavor your food. ...
Taking the Stress from Dairy-Free Meal Making
Continuing the last post's discussion about mealtime stress, several readers found that working around food restrictions really compounded mealtime stress levels. For instance, Pamela wrote: I have a terrible time getting motivated to eat and create yummy dishes...
Mealtime Transformation: Reducing Stress
5 Tips and Tricks + 1 Fundamental Mindshift This article is the third in our Mealtime Transformation series. We started a couple months ago with an invitation to tell us how you'd like to see your mealtimes transformed. The answers to that survey were helpful and...
Recipe: Simple Miso Soup
Because it's so flavorful, you don't need much besides miso to make a surprisingly delicious soup, as can be seen in this recipe. We're sharing it now because miso soup is both light and warming--perfect for the variable days of spring when the weather can swing from...
Miso: Quick, Easy Mealtime Fun
"More mealtime fun" and "excitement" were popular responses in our Mealtime Transformation Survey that we shared in the last post. Happily, it doesn't take much to brighten up mealtimes. Something as simple as a new ingredient can be completely adequate. Miso, for...
Mealtime Transformation Surveys Are In–and I’m Surprised
Many thanks to everyone who completed the Meal Time Transformation Survey that we shared in the last post. We also got responses from several classes and events over the last month. In summary, you all have enlightened me! I learned that a food life transformation...
Spark a Transformation in Your Food Life
Not surprisingly, it happened again. The only surprising thing is that it happened in my Pilates class of all places. But the "it" was the same: another unfortunate mealtime lament. It started when someone in class mentioned the nice article we got in the Daily...
Recipe: Gluten and Dairy Free Meatballs for Everyday or Special Days
What makes a dish special--something we'd love to serve for special days and holidays? Our live class next week explores how to turn simple foods into special foods, but if you can't make that class, here's a recipe that is a perfect case in point. I decided to make...
Your Recipes Are Half Missing!
Ever wonder why a recipe might not taste as good as you’d hoped, even though you followed it exactly? Here’s a big reason: Recipes are usually missing half the information you need to make them turn out the way you want. Discover how you can “find” what’s missing from your recipes.