Junk food season, I mean holiday season is upon. With Halloween, we are about to enter what seems like a three-month gorge fest. It will be a none stop barrage of candy, and food coloring. Followed by traditional Thanksgiving through New Year food overload.
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15 Practical last minute gift ideas
Stop stressing about gifts this year. Here are 15 ideas your friends and family will appreciate.
Read MoreCareer opportunities in the plant based food scene
Some lucky ducks are gifted with having careers they love, but they don’t always start that way. As awareness of the health benefits from eating plants spreads like wildfire many people are changing career paths to participate. Entrepreneurs are developing new products catering to new tastes, educators are helping inform the public, more vegan restaurants are opening, and the internet is abuzz new websites sharing recipes.
Read MoreStress free kids lunch ideas
Congratulations fellow parents! We've made it through the summer. Somewhere between the last day of school, camp fires and beach vacations the summer flew by and it's time to send our kids off to school again. A collective celebratory dance is in order. The only caveat is having to make a healthy lunch for the kiddos during the morning rush.
Read MoreSchool Gardens: A Growing Trend to Get Kids to Eat Better
In a sea of dismal health statistics it can often seem the cards are stacked high against parents who are trying to instill healthy eating habits in their kids. The current landscape of nutritional void is too big of a problem for parents to navigate alone.
At every point of contact with food our kids are bombarded with messages to consume more sugar and processed food. TV commercials, restaurants, school cafeterias and social events reaffirm the new norm: faux food is in, real food is out.
Read MoreWTF do Vegans eat???
The assumption is always the same: fake meat and cheese, grass, which all tastes like cardboard. Basically, bland and boring food. Besides, who in their right mind would give up steak for tofurky!?!?
Read More18 Plant Based Thanksgiving Meal Ideas
Stressed out about what to make for Thanksgiving? No worries, here are some simple and delicious ideas for your table.
Read MoreHave Fun With Your Kids In The Kitchen
The number #1 question most parents ask about how to change kids’ eating habits is “how do you get your kids to eat a wider variety of foods?”
Read MoreWhat exactly is a whole food plant based diet?
The shortest answer is eat mostly plant sourced foods that are packaged as closely as possible to the way nature designed them. Get most of your nutrients from foods instead of pills or powders. I said “most” twice, intentionally. None of us are perfect,
Read MoreSimple Guide to Juicing
Juicing, and in particular green juices, are very popular right now. I’m definitely on the juicing bandwagon. I like to keep my juices simple with the least amount of ingredients as possible. It takes long enough to prep the vegetables and clean the juicer afterwards that coming up with complicated combinations is a hassle.
Read More10 Ways to Incorporate Leafy Greens Into Everyday Meals
Is it just me, or do you also find that leafy greens seem to be the hardest ingredients to incorporate into dishes in a large volume? You know you should eat a lot of them because it’s the powerhouse food category: full of phytochemicals, folate, vitamins C and K, carotenoids, lutein and magnesium. What can you do with them?
Read MoreWhy You Should Consider Limiting the Use of Oils
Oil frequently gets debated over its health merits. It’s maddening. Find 10 articles discussing the use of oil, and you’ll get 10 different suggestions. Who is on which side of the debate, and is there really such a thing as a heart healthy oil?
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