Yesterday, I felt like I was gonna burst out of my jeans. I’ve never felt so bloated and miserable without actually being sick. Ladies, you know what I’m talking about here – it was a fat pants day, all the way! And you know what? LOTS of...
8 seconds. That's how long I scrolled on Facebook to find a blog/link/post about the latest unhealthy food. Then, when I Googled the phrase 'bad food', I got 2.1 billion search results. Billion! Food-fear is nothing new. In the 70's, we were warned that fat was bad...
Staying healthy through a season of cold, flus, and stubborn respiratory viruses doesn’t have to mean staying isolated from people or taking a handful of supplements every day with a wish and a prayer. It can be as simple as pausing throughout the day for...
I love pickled food, and the more sour and vinegar-y, the better. I secretly crave pickled beets, and a salad isn't a salad without them. Sauerkraut? Love it. Especially with a meaty sausage and tangy mustard. Pickled herring was a favorite of my dad's growing up,...
Why don't more people shop at farmer's markets? Heck, why don't I shop there more often? The only possible answer is this: habit. I'm just not in the habit of stopping at more than one place for groceries. The thing is, the food at neighborhood farmer's markets...
I didn't follow a recipe; I followed my tastebuds. And my mouth was watering for the taste of cumin, curry, and salt. Here's what I put together for a tasty lunch/dinner after a recent farmer's market visit. 8 Cups mixed greens (kale, mustard, and turnip are...
[caption id="attachment_1282" align="alignleft" width="300"] Summer berries eaten in season offer the most health benefits[/caption] My guest blogger, Jen Wilford, shares what she discovered about herself, and primitive man, when she started eating seasonally. For most of my adult life I knew that eating seasonally was a good...
A client brought his 94-year old mother to me, asking for help with her 4 months of bowel incontinence. It was making her miserable and exhausted, not to mention the discouraging loss of dignity that goes with that sort of thing. Her doctors had prescribed all...
Today's guest blog that started as an enthusiastic email from my friend Carolyn, who was tired of being 'stuck' in her old patterns. She found a way to break through after a couple weeks of seasonal cleansing. With some light editing of exclamation points, I'll...
When I think of snow, I think soup. So, of course I spent our Nebraska snow day in the kitchen cooking up a bowl of tummy-warming homemade soup. White bean soup with gluten-free cornbread. Snow day deliciousness. Here's how to start a pot of white bean soup...