Cold and flu season has hit my house hard this year, and the one thing that will always make me feel better is this Greek Chicken and Lemon Soup (Avgolemono). It has a base of chicken broth (low sodium), and is made creamy and rich by adding some eggs and lemon juice. Sounds a bit […]
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Tart Cherries – They Work!
I rolled my eyes when my husband got off the phone with a friend and told me about the tart cherry miracle cure that took his pain away. So I did some research, to see if it was worth a try (and maybe to prove him wrong). It turns out I was wrong. Tart cherries […]
Today is the Day
A few weeks ago a new client came into my office for her first appointment, all Type A and ready to roll. It was January, so this is pretty normal. Except she wanted to actually start next week. This week was far too busy and crazy, but next week would be perfect. Now this is […]
Cauliflower Soup!
I saw the original recipe for this soup on America’s Test Kitchen, tried it, and it was fabulous. Rich, nutty, creamy and fresh all at the same time. Except for the entire stick of butter required – yes, an entire stick of butter for six bowls of soup – it was a perfect recipe. So […]
Gorgeous, Easy Salads
Isn’t this a gorgeous salad? Its the quinoa spinach salad from Rutabegorz, one of our favorite places to grab a healthy meal. It looks complicated, but really its so easy to put together. This salad has spinach, quinoa, roasted red peppers, feta cheese, edamame, chickpeas, cucumber, avocado, artichoke hearts, pine nuts, and dried cranberries (I […]
The Truth About Saturated Fat, Cholesterol and Your Health
The cover of TIME magazine this week tells us to “Eat Butter”, that saturated fat has nothing to do with our cholesterol or heart disease. TIME magazine is wrong. The studies highlighted in the article indeed show no correlation between saturated fat and high cholesterol. That is because the type of studies they used for […]