What Makes a Great School Lunch?
It’s that time again – back to school. And with it comes the need to come up with nutritious school lunches that your kids will actually eat (as opposed to bringing it back home at the end of the day, and spending the afternoon snacking on junk food because they’re hungry). For years, it was a real ordeal at our house. Knowing that I didn’t like it when they brought home uneaten-lunches, my kids actually hid those lunches in their bedrooms (under the desk…) – really! – to be found weeks or months later, all grey and fuzzy. So, what makes a great...
Read MoreRaw Indonesian ‘Peanut’ Sauce on Zucchini ‘Pasta’ – I could live on this!
Oh My God!!! This is so delicious! My husband insisted on licking the handheld blender. And the spoon. And the mixing-bowl. Background: I ordered a spiralizer a few weeks ago, and it arrived last week. I made a zucchini ‘pasta’ with marinated mushrooms for supper that night – my husband and I decided that it was a winner, worth serving again (and again). I used it with the thick curly-fry blade on potatoes a few days later, when my daughter was making a dish with grated potatoes for supper – she loved it! And then, when my parents-in-law were by a few days ago, I...
Read MoreJust Back From a Two-week Family Road-trip – Without Gaining a Pound!
My family and I just got back from a two-week long summer vacation. It was fantastic! We spent several days camping at Glacier National Park – did some hiking, went white-water rafting… Continued on to Yellowstone, where we camped just outside the park, and drove around the park for a few days, stopping for every scenic loop, boardwalk, and short hike. We saw bison, grizzlies, elk, a young brown bear, mule deer, as well as geysers, mud-volcanos, and some truly incredible scenery (don’t miss the walk down to the brink of the Lower Falls – it was spectacular!) Went to...
Read MoreAlzheimer’s Disease – Cut Your Risk By Living Healthily
Today in the news : This week, the Lancet Neurology medical journal published the results of an extensive study into the potential prevention of Alzheimer’s disease by avoiding seven significant, yet potentially avoidable, risk factors. They concluded that roughly half of all (33 million) cases of Alzheimer’s disease, worldwide, could be attributed to one or more of these risk factors, and that as much as one quarter of all cases could be prevented through healthier lifestyle choices. * * * The seven risk factors, in descending order of magnitude, were identified as: * Low...
Read MoreHow Are Your Lifestyle Choices Impacting Your Health? Quantitative Feedback
Over the years, the way I eat has gradually changed. Growing up, it was definitely ‘meat, potatoes, vegetables’, with milk and cereal for breakfast. => As a young adult, the milk and cereal disappeared, to be replaced by (non-dairy) homemade fruit smoothies – a change that relieved the lower-abdominal pain I had suffered regularly for as long as I could remember. => I dabbled (for about five years) with vegetarianism, and thoroughly enjoyed the assorted ethnic meals (Indian, Indonesian, Italian, Mexican…) that formed my take on vegetarian-eating. => Moved to...
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