Spring is the season for beautiful artichokes, which are full of nutrition and flavor. Find out why you should love artichokes now! Pin this Post It’s Spring, which means that the season to love artichokes is finally here! While many of us think of artichokes as a vegetable, they are actually thistles, which are a group of flowering plants characterized by leaves…
Celebrate National Nutrition Month® in March and Bite Into a Healthy Menu Plan Monday! Welcome to March! The snow is still falling in NY, but we are having a heat wave today with 35 degree F temps – woohoo! I think it’s an understatement to say that we’re excited for spring around here. What better way to get in the mood…
February’s Recipe ReDux, a recap of our favorite links from last week, and this week’s Menu Plan Monday Hope everyone had a great weekend! In case you missed it, the February Recipe ReDux post went live on Sunday. Be sure to check out my Chocolate Peanut Butter Truffles and all the other amazing chocolate recipes my fellow ReDuxers came up with. In…
Celebrate Heart Health Month and do your heart and taste buds a favor by savoring this hearty beef and vegetable stew! Pin the Recipe Beef gets an underserved bad rap when it comes to health, especially heart health. However, research shows that a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle that includes lean beef (like in this hearty beef and vegetable stew!) can…
Plant-based foods are good for the whole body! Get some from homemade almond butter and roasted beet hummus, both chock full of nutrients and easy to make! Today I have a guest post from my colleague and friend, Melissa Halas-Liang, MA, RDN, CDE. I was first acquainted with Melissa when I wrote and edited articles for her site SuperKids Nutrition. She…
Embrace the New Year by reflecting on the past and making small improvements to your health and wellness in the year ahead. This post is sponsored by the General Mills Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition. I was compensated for my time, but all opinions are my own. A new year means time to reflect on the past and move…
For years I’ve said small changes lead to results when it comes to living a healthier life. That’s what the Meta Effect and the new line of Meta products are all about. Disclaimer: I am a paid consultant with Meta and was compensated for this post. Opinions are my own. I have always believed that small changes can lead to…
Peanut butter is more than a sandwich spread. We’ve rounded up some of the most nutritious and delicious peanut butter recipes around the web. Show your peanut butter love this November! Now that you know November is Peanut Butter Lovers Month, we figured you’d want to get in the kitchen and put your jar(s) of peanut butter to good use….
Hope everyone had a happy, healthy, safe, and fun Halloween! My girls had a blast trick-or-treating with some of their little friends and collecting candy. Once they went to bed, mommy and daddy had our fill of what they collected 
Don’t worry, we saved them some! The rest of the weekend was treat-filled too with mini-muffins at brunch Saturday…
The past week has been a whirlwind as I attended the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo (aka FNCE) in Atlanta and came home just in time to get cooking with moms from my girls’ nursery school for our annual parents’ cocktail party. While I’m still trying to catch up on what I missed while…
Teach kids the importance of balancing what they eat with physical activity by celebrating this year’s National School Lunch Week theme “Get in the Game.” Post was written by Tiana Yom, MPH, CHES Schools have been back in session for a couple of months now and everyone knows how important it is for kids to be properly fueled to make it…
