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If you stop a stranger in the street and ask them to list 10 foods that make the foundation of a healthy diet, chances are they could come up with a list pretty easily. But what are the chances that their diet is actually based on those foods? Healthy eating seems simple enough in concept, [...]

I’ve heard that living with a guy makes you more likely to gain weight and now that I’m shacking up with Ben (my husband) I can completely see why. It seems I have picked up more of his unhealthy habits than he has picked up my healthy ones!
Since I’m making dinner for a man now, [...]

Since starting up my dietetic internship, which is 40-45 hours a week of full-time work, often with a hefty commute ( ), I’ve been one busy girl. While I was in school, many of my blog readers would email me to ask how I would handle eating if my time was short. Here [...]

One of my favorite weeknight meals is a quick and easy frittata.  They taste great and keep me satisfied.  One of my favorite ways to jazz up the normal frittata is to serve it on a baguette sandwich.  This is a hearty meal and would be best served alongside a small salad.  Feel free to [...]

Many of my blog readers ask me how I stopped counting calories. I reminded myself whenever I felt the urge to start counting or worry about missed counts that it doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. Here is an example of a transition from accuracy and counting to just being… You are normal [...]

I have done my “fare” share of traveling this summer and seem to have come to a good balance of healthy eating in airports. Here are a few of my tricks –
Bring food from home. So long as it’s not liquid, you shouldn’t have trouble getting a lunch through security. I brought a Whole Foods [...]

Who would have thought of sardines as a gourmet food? Back in the day, I had no interest in putting gross little fish into my mouth. I remember when I was in high school my dad opened a can of sardines. I tried them, and I didn’t think they were bad, but I just didn’t [...]

There seems to be a trend creeping across America – and the blog world is no exception – towards alternative styles of eating. “Diets,” if you will. Rather than cutting out carbs or fat like folks did in the last millennium, diets these days are a little more sophisticated. Trends of veganism and vegetarianism are [...]

Summertime usually means lots of vacations, parties, cookouts and generally all kinds of events that tend to tempt us into overdoing it on the food front. I think this whole summer I have 2-3 weekends to spend at home cooking healthy meals and will spend all the other weekends traveling and dining out. Having just [...]

I think most people would agree that healthy eating is easiest at home. With a well-stocked kitchen of fresh ingredients, healthy eating is fun! Venturing from your house into the busy world poses a bit of a challenge, but with a little planning, tackling eating on the go isn’t hard. You’ll find some tips and [...]

Our feature stories for the summer are all about food and family. I’m always thinking about food, and with a baby on the way (our first!), family’s definitely been in the forefront of everything I do. Will I be a good mom? Am I getting enough exercise? Is there such a thing as an affordable, [...]

Do you know the letter and number for every candy bar in your office vending machine? Can you name the drive-thrus with the best French fries in town? Maybe you are the Queen of Healthy Eating in your own kitchen, who turns into the Burger Queen when you’re starving and stranded while out running errands [...]