Meatless Monday Recipe: Peppermint Patty Green Monster Smoothie
Happy Meatless Monday and happy St. Patrick’s Day!
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I wanted to share one of my favorite, festive, and deceptively healthy green smoothie recipes: Peppermint Patty Green Monster Smoothie. This kid-friendly smoothie is packed to the brim with deliciously minty and chocolatey flavor, with the added bonus of masking the spinach (you’re family will never know what hit them!). This smoothie recipe is perfect for breakfast or dessert and can be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled to accommodate the little leprechauns in your life.
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Peppermint Patty Green Monste...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 17, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition Source Type: blogs
Enjoy the Taste of Eating Right with Flavorful Foods
It’s National Nutrition Month and all month long we’re sharing fun and delicious ways to “enjoy the taste of eating right.” To me, it’s all about making practical food choices, and about blending taste and nutrition. When we’re trying to eat right, we want to focus on FLAVOR, because who wants to eat something that doesn’t taste good, right?
I was on Let’s Talk Live this week sharing some of my favorite tips for snacks and breakfasts that are full of flavor and packed with nutrition. Hopefully it can help make eating right a little easier (and a little tastier!) for you and your family. ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - March 13, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food fruits recipes vegetables healthy eating lets talk live national nutrition month Thomas' Bagel Thins Wonderful Halos Wonderful Pistachios Source Type: blogs
Building Unity Farm - The Ducks
As the weather begins to improve (we’ve even had an afternoon above freezing - wahoo!), the ducks are beginning to wander farther from their duck house. This week, they discovered the rain cistern that collects runoff from our farmhouse roof.For hours, they’ll bathe, preen, and drink their fill of the circulating rainwater. They’re very social and tend to travel in groups. They’re calm and have learned to recognize us as helpful rather than threatening.We have 10 ducks at the moment -2 Chocolate Indian Runner ducks2 Fawn Indian Runner ducks2 Welsh Harlequin ducks2 Swedish Blue ducks2 Rouen ducksT...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - March 6, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Source Type: blogs
Produce of the Day: Blueberries – So Much More Than Just Muffins
All this month I’m making it fun to eat better with my 30-Day Challenge “Half Plate Produce” in the spirit of National Nutrition Month’s theme “Enjoy the taste of eating right!”
Tweet, Post, Instagram or Pin your favorite pics and recipes that help make it fun for YOU to eat better. (Use #30DayChallenge and #NNM in your messages.)
Feature Produce of the Day: Blueberries
Did you know that blueberries are one of the few fruits actually native to North America? Most of the other fruits grown in the US were imported from overseas at some point, but blueberries have been here since before t...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - February 25, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: cooking eating healthy food fruits nutrition recipes 30 day challenge blueberries produce Source Type: blogs
Salmon Salad Recipe: Quick, Convenient, and Healthy
If you’re like me you love all kinds of salads. Not just greens (which are FAB) but also tuna salad, egg salad, chicken salad and the like. That’s why I can’t believe it took me so long to add salmon salad to the mix!
Make Ahead Meals Save Time and Energy
I love meals you can make once and eat 3-4 times, especially for lunches which tend to be “all business” for me. I want it to be super easy and delicious, but during the week, I don’t have time! I know you don’t either.
This recipe is my healthy take on salmon salad. I use hummus to add another interesting layer of flavor plus n...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - February 25, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: food nutrition pregnancy recipes healthy lunches healthy recipes salmon salmon salad Source Type: blogs
Healthy Tuna Salad with Hummus
Add some tang and creaminess to your next tuna sandwich with some hummus and avocado. Unlike many high-fat dips and spreads, humus provides a number of essential vitamins and minerals, protein, and fiber that will help keep you feeling full for longer. This brilliant combination of flavors is a guaranteed delicious omega-loaded sandwich you’ll want to make again!
Tuna Salad with Hummus
Makes 8 servings
Image reprinted with permission from thecozyapron.com and http://www.healthyaperture.com
Ingredients
2 12 oz cans light tuna packed in water, drained
½ C tomatoes, chopped
½ C celery, chopped (about 2 stalks)
½ ...
Source: Balanced Health and Nutrition Rebecca Scritchfield's Blog - February 7, 2014 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Authors: rebeccascritchfield Tags: nutrition Source Type: blogs
Forget the Diet Plans: The No-Brainer Way to Eat Healthy AND Lose Weight
During my life I’ve had a love/hate view of “the meal plan” segment of diet books. I want to make it work, but often it just takes too much time and effort to follow the plan and so I don’t stick with it for more than a couple days.
I’ve read many many books and articles on nutrition, food as medicine, and weight loss. In that time I’ve come up with a simple formula that I use to eat healthy and lose/maintain weight.
What follows is a simple approach to eating that is both healthy and conducive to losing/maintaining your desired weight.
The 5 Pillars of Healthy Eating
Remembering...
Source: Life Learning Today - February 2, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: AgentSully Tags: Exercise Healthy Living How To Motivation Personal Development diet diet plan eat healthy healthy diet healthy diet plan how to lose weight weight loss Source Type: blogs
Hors d'oeuvres Suitable for the Super Bowl
I've never been a big sports fan, in part, because the ticket prices to attend virtually any professional sporting event is beyond ridiculous. I remember attending my first professional baseball game with my Dad at Fenway Park when I was a kid. That event remains one of the most memorable events I spent with my father when I was growing up. But the prices to attend games like that are now simply out-of-reach for many families, and a lot has to do with the salaries for players, although the leagues can afford that with the costly TV broadcasting rights deals they sign for the games. Its little wonder...
Source: Scott's Web Log - January 31, 2014 Category: Diabetes Tags: 2014 Appetizers Crudite Hors d ' oeuvres Super Bowl Source Type: blogs
Hors d'oeuvres Suitable for the Super Bowl
I ' ve never been a big sports fan, in part, because the ticket prices to attend virtually any professional sporting event is beyond ridiculous. & nbsp;I remember attending my first professional baseball game with my Dad at Fenway Park when I was a kid. & nbsp;That event remains one of the most memorable events I spent with my father when I was growing up. & nbsp;But the prices to attend games like that are now simply out-of-reach for many families, and a lot has to do with the salaries for players, although the leagues can afford that with the costly TV broadcasting rights deals they sign for the games. & nbsp;Its little ...
Source: Scott's Web Log - January 31, 2014 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2014 Appetizers Crudite Hors d ' oeuvres Super Bowl Source Type: blogs
Paleo breakfast bowl! Tex mex grits topped with egg, bacon and avocado!
I bet the word 'grits' in the title got a few of you fired up, but don't worry, it's not real grits! It's cauliflower rice that got too much love from the Vitamix and turned into tiny grains more like cornmeal than rice. The good thing about cauliflower is that it tends to absorb the flavors of what you're cooking it in. In this case it's TexMex richness in the form of ancho chili powder and cumin. I love a good burrito bowl and despite my skepticism, this one delivered in a big way. The fine cauliflower had a mouth feel like grits, making it easier to suspend reality for a bit. And the flavor? Out of this world! If you li...
Source: the beautiful diabetic - January 12, 2014 Category: Diabetes Authors: Kathryn Source Type: blogs
More Reasons to Eat Christmas Brussels Sprouts - Fertility
Fertility Clinic BeaulieuNutritionists have long been aware of the potential of an optimum diet to improve fertility and help with healthy successful pregnancies. Statistics gathered by pre conceptual care charity Foresight show healthy childbirth success results that most IVF and fertility clinics can only dream of (up to 4 times more successful in some cases)A new study goes one step further to prove why. Sadly it's an animal study rather than a human study but it exposes the potential mechanisms that inadequate diets provoke. It also highlights how important it is that the potential fathers adopt a healthy optimised die...
Source: Healthy Eating and Nutrition News - December 21, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: baby beaulieu children conception fertility harley street health new forest nutrition nutritionists pregnancy Source Type: blogs
Best Dairy Free Vegan Cheeses for Christmas
Top 10 Dairy Free Vegan Cheeses for Christmas Yep, it's true, even vegans, those with lactose and dairy allergies and food in-tolerances or those who avoid dairy for ethical or other health reasons can enjoy a cheesey Christmas.Here's a list of our top 10 favourite Christmas dairy free vegan cheesesVegusto Piquant Dairy Free CheeseSwiss dairy free vegan cheese to smile forA delicious, award winning Gruyere-like, good mature cheddar alternative that could rightfully take it's place on any cheeseboard in any restaurant without having to provide a warning with a wag of the finger introducing it as "The Vegan Cheese". Aw...
Source: Healthy Eating and Nutrition News - December 17, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: cheese cheeseboard cheeses cheeze cheezly christmas dairy free food freefrom health risella scheese sheese sheeze vegan vegerella Source Type: blogs
5 Weirdest Ways to Lose Weight
Losing weight is tough, and conventional methods don't always work quickly or easily. So it's not surprising that people will try tricks and tips that promise shortcuts to shedding pounds, even if they sound kinda offbeat.Me included!But what constitutes a truly "weird" weight loss approach?Well, when I googled, many of the "weird but helpful weight loss" tips were ideas that weren't all that strange.According to Allure Magazine, snacking on whole foods instead of refined junk, and watching less TV are a couple of "weird weight loss tricks." While eating at home and riding a bike were some of the "unusual...
Source: Cranky Fitness - December 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Crabby McSlacker Source Type: blogs
Nat’s holiday party
Here is the agenda for Nat’s holiday party. I just got from Nat’s house manager, in regard to the holidays. My heart is just brimming with thankfulness.
(Of course they asked if we wanted to do a Chanukah activity, but I declined because it’s already over! But — I will contribute blue and silver decorations!)
Appetizers- as people arrive
Toast to the guys and the home
Dinner buffet style at beginning part of the party
Standing up the Tree
The guys will decorate their tree on Monday Night, I feel this will leave room for us to do the other activities but also provide them a time to decorate the tr...
Source: Susan's Blog - December 6, 2013 Category: Autism Authors: Susan Senator Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Don't Ruin Your Diet With These Dips
Dips have a bad rap. With the exception of our BFF salsa, many of 'em are total diet-busters. (Hello, Spinach Artichoke: We're talking to you.) You can waste THOUSANDS of calories just by noshing --and that's before your holiday dinner even starts. (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - November 27, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Recipes diet entertaining food holiday nutrition party Source Type: blogs
