Some of you may be under the balmy impression that because I’m a dietitian, my children also tow the line of embrace the near-vegan, low-sugar, no-processed-foods diet that characterizes my lifestyle. So let me describe a conversation that occurred at my dinner table a few nights ago… Kids: “Oh I remember string cheese as such a childhood food…” …
Howdy folks! That little head cold I mentioned a couple of posts ago? … turned into a full-blown sinus infection. Shows what happens when you let yourself get run down… or just breathe in the wrong germ, I guess! But unless I’m sick to my stomach, I don’t see illness as a reason not to …
I must confess that Valentine’s Day has never made a whole lot of sense to me. I mean, if you have a “true love,” then why set aside only one day to celebrate… CELEBRATE EVERY DAY, PEOPLE!! And if you don’t, then it seems like a sort of “in-your-face” holiday at best. I’ve long harbored …
I was just thinking the other day how long it’s been since I’ve had a cold… or any illness, really, and I felt inwardly smug. I prided myself on how my super-healthy eating and workout routines obviously keep my immune system impervious to germs. Well. I’m sitting here this morning with my face completely blocked up with …
It started out, as Katniss Everdeen would put it, as “a hollow day… a day where no matter what you put in your belly, it’s never enough.” (The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Limited, 2008.) I had my green smoothie, as usual, but instead of a plain banana oat cookie (the usual,) I topped it …
Soooo… I know half of the world is buried under at least a meter of snow, and the East Coast of the United States is just now digging out from “Snowzilla”- the blizzard that shut down airports, schools, and even US government offices for more than a day. But over here in Philippines, we’re harvesting …
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I had one of those rare and magical days where I did not leave the house except to make bus stop runs. Not that I would want every day to be like that… then it wouldn’t be magical anymore, hey? But normally my days are so full that I never even sit down except to …
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve loved the flavour combination of chocolate and orange. Baskin-Robbins used to make a flavour called Dark Chocolate Orange, and it was so dark it was almost black, really great I’m sure for my mother to try to clean off my face when I was finished. But from …
Sometimes I know you worry about me… you know, spending all my time either working out, or by myself in the kitchen, slaving away over my latest recipe, then taking a million pictures to get 5 good ones for the blog. Rest assured, dear friends, this is not the case! In fact sometimes I scramble to get …
I was halfway through my morning when I realised I’d forgotten what day it was, & I should have been clicking pix of what I ate. But never mind, you guys know me by now… I had a cup of coffee, the green smoothie, and a banana oat cookie with almond butter. I’m a girl of …
