Interested in how you can increase taste and up the nutrient content in some of your favorite store bought, pre-packaged foods? If so, click here to check out the article I contributed to for Halogen TV written by freelance writer, Amy Carniol. In it you’ll find 7 easy and nutritious recipes for common everyday staples including granola, tomato sauce and salad dressing.
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October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month – a time to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. There are pink ribbons, pink M&M’s, designer pink accessories, pink beauty products, and even NFL players making touchdowns in pink. Remaining one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers among American women, rather than talk pink, let’s talk prevention. Continue reading
Nearly 400 businesses and organizations dedicated to food safety and consumer rights appealed to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week in hopes of giving consumers the right to know what’s in their food. The petition, on behalf of the Just Label It organization, is hoping a mandatory labeling of genetically engineered (GE) foods, also known as genetically modified organisms or GMOs, will become mandatory. More specifically, foods altered with at the molecular level Continue reading
It’s official. Fall is here. The temperatures are turning cooler, the holidays are just around the corner, and so long are the days of fresh peaches and corn on the cob. Yes, it’s a little sad, but I can’t think of anything better than autumn in New York (and no, I’m not referring to that horrible Richard Gere/Winona Ryder flick). Maybe it’s because I’m an October baby or maybe it’s just because I’m a sucker for the smell of fall in the air, apple picking, fall harvest festivals, the turning of the leaves, pumpkin pie, and roasted root vegetables…
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A few weeks ago a client of mine introduced me to Mandy Gresh. Mandy is a savvy NYC woman who took 6 months off from her high powered job to create the life she truly wanted. In that time she started the blog aptly titled My Six Months Off. Full of inspiration and business advice, the website is a great go-to for women of all interests and backgrounds. One unique section is 5 Question Friday. This is an area dedicated to women who, like Mandy, have taken the plunge to create the life they want. This past Friday I was featured. If you’d like, check it out…..
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For a large majority of Americans, highly publicized health foods and products have become similar to luxury goods. We’ve been bombarded with the idea that a healthy diet is expensive, something only for the affluent, and must come from high-end grocery stores that are over-priced. You know the one I’m talking about. I disagree. Continue reading
Willamette Valley
Pinot noir grapes are grown around the world and remain a difficult variety to cultivate and transform into wine. The grape is chiefly associated with the Burgundy region of France and in more recent years, The Willamette Valley of Oregon. Willamette Valley is at the same latitude as Burgundy, and has a similar cool, damp climate in which the finicky Pinot Noir grapes thrive. Both regions are widely considered to produce Continue reading
Fans of the Cheesecake Factory and Cold Stone Creamery Beware: The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) released this year’s Xtreme Eating Awards for the restaurants that have the fattiest, saltiest, calorie-richest, non-healthy foods conceivable. And it isn’t pretty. In their annual tradition of attempting to shame restaurants for their unhealthy choices, CSPI has put together a list of the most indulgent menu items at some of America’s most popular restaurants. Continue reading
Summer seems to be flying by me. Maybe it’s the time I’ve spent out of town, maybe it’s a busy work schedule, or maybe it’s just a fulfilled life, but days are turning into weeks with the blink of an eye. Or it could just be that for the past 2 weeks I have been going through intense CrossFit training. (Allow this website to explain it to you if you haven’t heard of it). Needless to say it is the most intense and frightening Continue reading
Perhaps you do it once a week. Perhaps you do it more. But eventually, you toss spoiled fruits and vegetables in the garbage. Lots of them. I know I did it last week, cringing and cursing at not having a composter to throw them in. Clearly we’re not alone. According to researchers at the University of Arizona, people throw away an average of 470 pounds of food per year – about 14 percent of all food brought into the home – at an annual cost of $600. That boils down to Continue reading
