Why Family Dinners Matter: ♥Staying Healthy: cooking healthy and simple meals at home regularly is an essential part of good health and keeping my family healthy. It does not have to be gourmet or fancy, just simple recipes with wholesome ingredients. Plus, real food just tastes better. ♥Happier and Healthier Kids: families that eat dinner…
Eating a better diet is on almost everyone’s mind, and especially at this time of year when we are emerging from holiday over-indulgence. Many are quick to point to carbs…
Eating a plant based diet can be a fulfilling and delicious approach to a healthy lifestyle. Studies have found that cutting back on animal products, even just a few times…
No Peeking! Lifting the lid can add up to additional cooking time. It is sometime hard to resist the urge to take off the lid, give it a stir, and take in the wonderful smells of your dinner but each time you do it releases the steam that is cooking the food. To save yourself…
Many of us (perhaps most of us) are looking for ways to improve our diets, so we’d like to share some ideas on eating better meals. Michael Pollan, a Professor at…
The Family Dinner. It sounds like such a humble term on the surface. For some, family dinners might even sound old-fashioned or a thing of the past. With non-stop to-do…
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has recently updated their annual produce guide with the 12 most contaminated and 15 cleanest produce items. We are talking pesticide exposure and its a great list to guide you in the grocery store when deciding if its worth it to buy organic or not. If the item is on…
Do you want to help make every day an Earth Day? Here’s an idea for how you could lower your environmental footprint, one that you may not have thought of…
We all know veggies are loaded with vitamins, minerals, and fiber. We also know that vegetables are extremely healthy for us and the foundation of every healthy diet and weight-loss plan. The American Guidelines for Americans recommend making ½ your plate non-starchy vegetables. However, the last thing a busy person wants to do after working…
