Cereal: good or bad for you?
Americans love cereal! There are about a billion different kinds of breakfast cereal (okay hundreds?) on the shelves at the supermarket. Most are loaded with sugar. Even the ones that seem healthy may still be loaded with sugar so be sure to read the Nutrition Facts label. Look for the sugar grams per serving. Did […]
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Winter vegetables: what to do with them?
I love winter vegetables. My favorites are all kinds of winter squash, kale, broccoli, brussels sprouts and cauliflower. And I guess beets although I’m only slowly falling in love with beets. I also love chard, spinach, celery, carrots although these hardly seem like winter vegetables any more, so easily purchased year-round. Oh and parsnips! I […]
Read MoreFurther attempts at gluten-free, dairy-free cooking
Hey, at least I’m trying. The gluten-free dairy-free banana nut muffins I made today were okay…I mean they were edible, maybe a bit bland. No one actually said “one step up from cardboard”. The recipe (on a great website realfoodwholehealth.com) called for almond flour which I’ve used successfully before, but I was a little concerned […]
Read MoreGluten free? Yes to lasagna + a cool new magazine: easy eats
My husband recently decided to go gluten free. He has noticed that he gets brain fog the day after eating gluten and has decided to eliminate it to see how he feels. This adds an interesting element to our family since last year my two kids and I were diagnosed with an allergy to whey […]
Read MoreBrain Food: I’m serving fish for back to school week.
You may have heard your grandmother say “Fish is Brain Food” but there is increasing evidence that this is true. A study in 2009 found that teenagers scored an average of 6% higher on intelligence scores if they ate fish once a week. Okay so I served it three times this week – does that […]
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