National Nutrition Month – Get Started to Eat Right!
The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics promotes March as National Nutrition Month* and we love that they do this. Just when the weather is getting better and many of us are getting…
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Spring Into Veggies!
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…
Sustainable Eating: Being Greener Begins at your Dinner Table
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…
The EWG's 2014 Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen Produce Guide
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…
The Importance of Family Dinners
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…
Three Simple Rules for Eating Better
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…
Using your Slow Cooker
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…
Vegan & Vegetarian Meal Plans from The Dinner Daily
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…