How to Make Tater Tots Fit onto a Balanced Plate
Fitting Tater Tots onto a CARE Balanced PlateExtend with tender veggies, watch sodium and keep an eye on nibbling! Members, I have published three recipes to Modernmeal using a beloved favorite, tater tots. The goal of a therapeutic lifestyle is not to avoid favorite foods. The goal is to learn how to use them modestly, [...]
Eating Perfectly Doesn’t Fix Everything
Realizing that I couldn't control everything felt crushing, but it opened the space to embark on the true process of growing.Moving away from expectations and control I spent my young adulthood absorbing the unfolding story of how our daily food and lifestyle choices can manipulate who we are. Hard to pronounce superfoods could guarantee our [...]
This Year Focus on what to ADD not RESTRICT
Focus on foods to ADD and enjoy alongside traditional favorites: In-season fruits like pomegranate, clementines, apples and pears Frozen fruits, like berries and sweet cherries, slightly warmed, and drizzled with cream High-fiber flax crackers, bean dips and hummus, popcorn, and roasted chickpeas Big batches of veggie soups for quick meals or sides Here's the remarkable [...]
The Hidden Opportunity in Holidays
Don’t focus on results yet, just plant a couple of seeds. The holidays grant us a time of preparation before setting our goals for the next year… if we face this time with curiosity and healthy expectations versus guilt and wanting to put our heads in the sand until it’s all over. See if this […]
Wishlist: Essential Kitchen Gadgets
Your wishlist of essential kitchen gadgets for setting up any sized kitchen, on any budget. Many cooking frustrations in the kitchen can easily be solved with the right tools.
6 Tips for How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays
Photo and cupcake decorating author: Make.Bake.Celebrate Top 6 Tips for How to Nutritionally Survive the Holidays This year can be different. The week of Thanksgiving: joyous anticipation fills the air as we all stand on the starting line of another holiday season! All social media posts and chatter with friends right now reflect this holiday [...]
Grilling Tips to Reduce Cancer-Causing HCA
Cancer-causing Heterocyclic Amines (HCA) form when meats and animal products (not fruits or vegetables) are heated at high temps that result in browning and charring (the “desired” crispiness of grilling). Animal proteins react with the naturally occurring sugar molecules in the meat to produce HCA compounds. Once ingested, your body’s enzymes activate HCA into compounds […]
Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants (sounds like) Do This. Shouldn’t Need Help. Mostly Easy.
How Pollan’s famous first line creates tension within the most earnest (and health informed) individuals trying to lose weight (and those trying to support them). Still Quoted, Still an Influence This post is not to critic or review the 2008 best-selling book “In Defense of Food” by Michael Pollan. I respect the awareness this book […]
Product Review: What is Mirin and why is it a nutrition staple in my kitchen?
I was first introduced to mirin in my “Whole Foods Production” cooking class during graduate school and it has been a staple in my pantry ever since. I don’t do much cooking with drinking varieties of wine (reds and white) for two reasons: one I don’t love the flavor drinking wines add to dishes, and […]
CARE Member Question: Integrating CARE with Paleo, or Vegan, or….
Integrating CARE with Paleo ... Or Vegetarian, or Flexitarian, or Vegan, or Gluten-Free CARE Teaches You How to Make the Choices that Best Fit Your Personal Lifestyle One of the nutrition principles learned in CARE Weight Loss & Lifestyle Program is how to balance macronutrients (carbohydrates, protein, and fat) for weight loss. CARE also offers [...]
