I always thought the strategy stopped once I served Thanksgiving dinner, but I actually think it's just as challenging figuring out how to work efficiently with all the leftovers. I really detest throwing away food, so I try to give away care packages to my guests before they leave on Thanksgiving ...
Vanilla and chocolate chia seed pudding recipes
Have you ever bought something that you heard people talking about, that you thought you should start eating and would figure out how to get it into your diet soon but never did, only to have that something sit in your pantry forever? That would be a scenario with me and chia seeds a few years ago. ...
Acai Bowl Recipe
I am a little bit of a skeptic, I'll admit. When a new food comes onto the scene claiming to save your life, I have to raise an eyebrow. One food can't do it all. If you've noticed, I try not to beat anyone over the head with nutrition facts but rather emphasize a diet of a wide variety ...
Spinach and avocado smoothie recipe (aka “Leprechaun Juice”)
Are you having trouble getting your kids or significant other to eat green food? If so, your big chance is coming up and I don't want you to miss out. Instead of looking at St. Patrick's Day as a day of corned beef and cabbage, artificially-dyed green bagels and Irish soda bread, it's actually a ...
Do-it-yourself almond milk — 3 versions
You saw from my Alternative Milk Guide that these non-dairy beverages are basically nuts/seeds/grains pureed with water and strained. Although Mr. Picky drinks raw milk regularly, the rest of us don't and the non-dairy milk that is used most often in our house is almond milk. Once I learned how ...
Alternative milk guide
I get a lot of requests in my classes for non-dairy substitutions from people who are lactose-intolerant or because they have a lactose-intolerant child. If you've been to a supermarket lately, I'm sure you've noticed how popular alternative milks have become. There's certainly no rule that kids ...
Iced Blended Mocha
If you opened this post with glee and thought I actually put a recipe on my site for a real iced blended mocha, well then, you don't know me well at all, do you? But if you clicked on the link anticipating a recipe for something that tastes just as delicious as an iced blended mocha, but is ...