This steak recipe is a great healthy entrée for a quick gourmet meal. Add sides such as baked sweet potatoes and steamed asparagus or broccoli for a complete meal packed full of essential nutrients and colors. One serving (4 ounces) of beef will give you one-half of your daily requirements for protein, B-12, and zinc. […]
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Wild Alaskan salmon is one of the most nutritious foods available. It is a fish that is full of the essential omega-3 fatty acids that our body needs. I wrote an article in Bella Magazine that gives a lot of information about fats. I also have more information about fats in this article on my […]
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“A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.” Erasmus I read this quote in a book written by a friend in Aiken, Peggy Wojtowicz. Her book, Joy on High Places, is a memoir about how God transformed her life in many ways including her eating habits. Habit Change is Hard. […]
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Rules, rules, rules. People are confused about what to eat. There is a lot of information about healthy eating available on-line and in books. Unfortunately, much of it is conflicting. It is difficult for the average person to figure out what sources are most reliable. There are a couple of successful and reliable books published […]
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What is the most common reason for not cooking at home for most of my clients? A busy lifestyle and a lack of quick healthy dinner recipes. When I first realized I had food sensitivities to gluten, soy and corn I became very discouraged. I began looking diligently at food labels and found that almost […]
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My husband came home from work recently and asked me if I would like to go out to Jimmy Johns for dinner. I was ready to cook but had not started yet. I had been out working most of the day at my volunteer job at Lifechoices and was feeling a bit tired. I was […]
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“We don’t remove the clutter, reduce the stress, and boycott busyness to have a simple life. We do it to have a life.” Courtney Carver from Soulful Simplicity Courtney Carver is a blogger at the website Be More with Less. She writes about simplicity, minimalism, intentional living and dressing with less. I had read […]
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Brussels sprouts are a cute vegetable! They look like small cabbages. They may be small in size, but they are large in nutrition. They are excellent sources of a number of nutrients, including vitamins C and K and also are very good sources of fiber, vitamin A, as well as a number of the B […]
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Do you remember the hilarious Wendy’s commercial with the old woman who yelled “Where’s the beef?”, picking on the small size of McDonalds’ burgers? I still remember running around as a kid yelling “where’s the beef!” and then collapsing in laughter. It irritated my parents, but we, like millions of others, remembered it much to […]
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I recently wrote an article for Bella Magazine entitled Fighting About Fat: Facts and Fallacies. In this article I discuss some of the research that has been done about the various types of fats in the diet. The article also discusses omega-6 and omega-3 fats, why they are essential and gives a number of ideas […]
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