Category Archives: Food

What to Eat for Dinner The Day Before Thanksgiving!

You start cooking for Thanksgiving on Wednesday morning…realizing at 4pm that you have no idea what everyone is supposed to eat for dinner that night. So you order pizza. Sound about right?Think about dinner for just a couple minutes on Tuesday (so you can get the groceries when you go shopping for Thanksgiving), and you’ll be all set to eat a healthy, but filling meal Wednesday night. Many people say they’re just not going to eat on Wednesday or only eat salad, etc… that usually just drives them to a mindset of scarcity and straight to eating until they want to throw up on Thanksgiving day! Here are 3 tips and 2 recipes to make for a fun, indulgent, but not gluttonous, holiday.

Are you like most health-minded people that make this mistake?

Step away from the sports drink! As many of you know, I’m deep into my training for the Miami Marathon this coming January 24. I’m walking a half marathon to benefit Friendship Circle of Maryland, an organization that promotes friendship and inclusion for children with special needs. As I analyze what I eat and drink pre and post workouts, I know one thing: I’m not going to go the route of Powerade and Gatorade.

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Looking for a Healthy Dinner in 10 minutes? Look no further!

You come home from work or carpool or kids’ afterschool activities and have no idea what’s for dinner. Put down the box of pizza bagels! There is a different 10 minute family dinner that will give you lots of protein and veggies! It’s even quicker than ordering pizza! Here is your new go-to 10 minute dinner, with ingredients that are pretty easy to keep on hand, or use for something else if you never get around to making the tacos. We all need as much flexibility as we can, right?

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Come to the Party and Healthy Holiday Program! September 20, 2015 7:30-9:00pm, Chabad of Potomac Get your signed Healthy Family, Healthy You books there! or… Get your signed Healthy Family, Healthy You books delivered to your door! (But we’ll miss you terribly at the party!) Healthy menu planning, spiritual and practical preparation for the rest …

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Meal Replacement in a Can or a Box? I don’t think so…

We’ve all been through stages where we didn’t have time to cook or just thought it was simpler to count calories by eating something from a box or a can. Slim Fast started first (or at least in my lifetime it was first…). I don’t know how popular it is now, but I do know how popular Medi-Fast is. I can’t begin to tell people who feel they are only successful losing weight on these plans that they are WRONG, but I do think the approach is misguided. Again, I suppose if you are very overweight and this is the only thing that is worked for you… My problem is that I don’t like to judge. What I do like to do is provide better options.

2 Delicious Summer Salads! Recipes and Pictures included

Easy, Healthy Summer Salads! Use as a main meal or side dish.

For an easy summer Shabbat lunch, with or without company, see how many fruits and veggies you can make! Then when you go to eat the leftovers…you won’t feel guilty – just happy and light and like you’ve set yourself up for a healthy week. That’s the Healthy Family, Healthy You way!