Sometimes I am accused of being a little bit of a food snob. I’m sure my mother thinks I am (that’s okay, Mom). I admit it. And, after thinking about it, I have decided this is a label I willingly accept. Why? Because I don’t want to apologize for appreciating and loving good food. And, I spend
As I promised earlier, I would report to you the results of my own $5 challenge (cooking a fresh, local, healthy meal for $5 or less and sharing it with others that was initiated by the Slow Food Movement). As it turns out, I cooked my own meal and shared it but I also participated
I just received word that the local Columbia, Missouri, chapter of the Slow Food Movement is taking the $5-Meal Challenge seriously. They will be sponsoring a $5-Meal on Sunday, September 18 (see registration information below) with the intention of showing people you can afford to eat fresh, healthy and local. Or, in other words, the
More and more people are asking me for tips on the right food to eat and food preparation. It seems that we have forgotten how to eat and cook of our own food in this crazy busy world and could use a few pointers. I completely understand. The first important consideration for me is to
“On Sept. 17, I pledge to share a fresh, healthy meal that costs less than $5 — because slow food shouldn’t have to cost more than fast food.” from Slow Food Movement I just received this intriguing email from the Slow Food Movement. They are challenging people to prove that you can eat healthy, local
In a recent article in the local paper entitled “Study seeks answer to why we are fat,” I was reminded of the reason I am a little bit cynical about research findings. The article talks about a research question that is being proposed by a professor in an Exercise Science and Epidemiology/Biostatistics department at a
I’ve been particularly struck this week by the devastation that occurs when we engage in negative speech toward ourselves and others. It is so common to be critical of ourselves that we are often unconscious of how much we engage in this type of thinking. While we can’t really stop the critical thinking from happening
This seems to be my week for getting a lot of good TED Talks sent my way. In case you are the uninitiated, I hope you take the time to familiarize yourself with this website. As stated on its website, “TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as
A new long term study was published in the June issue of the New England Journal of Medicine that looked at how the health behaviors of 120,877 men and women over a 12 – 20 year period affected weight gain. Everybody started out healthy and not obese at the start of the study but the results
I’m always having people ask me for tips about how to eat healthy on a budget. I just found this great blog that calls itself “Healthy Food on a Budget: Tips from a registered dietician in Boston.” Please avail yourself to it. I’ve looked through it and found lots of wonderful writings that I’m sure you’ll
