I bought a bag of blood oranges from Trader Joe’s this week. Besides having fun scaring and delighting my son and his preschool class (we are “fruit family” this week, charged with bringing in the fruit/veggie snacks), I wanted to do something fun for me. Well, first I stained my sweatshirt, but that wasn’t very fun.
So this morning ( I’ll spare you the details) but after a few days of migraines, I needed to re-hydrate with a natural hydration drink.
This will be short and sweet because it’s a busy week preparing for Sunday’s 15 minute meal workshop in Potomac. If you aren’t registered yet, click here! However, I am reading such a brilliant book, I had to start sharing some of its gems with you! What is it? “Slim by Design” by Brian Wansink, Ph.D.
According to Wansink, the best way to stay slim, healthy and energetic is to figure out how to mindlessly eat LESS.
Here is an excerpt from a recent story (with a link to my recipe for vegan lasagna) I wrote for www.JewishFoodExperience.com.
Nothing in life is free, especially when it comes to food. Warm up store-bought or frozen lasagna to make your weeknights easy, and you will have enough saturated fat and sodium for days. Substitute artificial sweetener for sugar, and you’ll have a dish that tastes artificial and still elicits the same insulin response as sugar.
February 28 Cooking Demo and Tasting
Three 15 Minute Meals
Discover the Healthy Family, Healthy You Way to cook dinner in 15 minutes!
Leaf Orange Enjoy fun, healthy, gluten-free, vegan, kosher food!
Learn and experience just how easy it is to cook dinner quickly.
Leave with Recipes and Instructions for Three 15 minute meals.
Just like oatmeal, I’m going to ask you to put down the store-bought hot chocolate packet (or box mix) full of high fructose corn syrup, “milk solids,” and who knows what else.
Here’s a healthier hot chocolate choice.
What a great way to start off to a healthy new year! I’ve just returned from the Hazon Food Conference, an event I’ve had the pleasure of covering for various Jewish publications 4 times, and then this year, I had the pleasure of presenting my new signature workshop, “Three Secrets to a Healthy Family, and a Healthy You.”
I’m thrilled to announce that The Healthy Family, Healthy You Cookbook is today’s Cookbook Spotlight on The Joy of Kosher website!
Get over to Joy of Kosher now and enter to win a free cookbook! Plan a healthy, plant-based, family meal using the three featured recipes from The Healthy Family, Healthy You Cookbook!
Check out my 3 new oatmeal recipes on www.joyofkosher.com. Stay tuned as The Healthy Family, Healthy You Cookbook will be their featured cookbook on December 21, 2015. I’ll post as soon as it is up. At that time you can also enter to win a free copy!
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW. KEEP READING! Okay, so we’re not even halfway through Hanukkah and I can’t believe the gluttony! No judgment here; I promise. Everyone who has a party has to serve donuts and latkes, right? And cookies shaped like menorahs and dreidels with food colored sprinkles… Seriously, I’m not giving you a hard …
Continue reading “You can still save yourself and others Mid-Donut-Week!”
How was your Thanksgiving?
Were you “good”? Were you “bad”? Did you eat the treats you wanted to for that special day and you’re just fine with that? Did you take my advice for a healthy, enjoyable, holiday?
I can tell you a few conclusions/recommendations that I came to after this Thanksgiving.