If we are being honest, the reason I really like traveling is because of all of the new food. The most beautiful thing about going to a new place is that you get to experience and appreciate a way of eating that is entirely different than your own. And each time I visit a new […]
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Quick Pickles
One time in college, I had a pickling party. I bought about a gallon of vinegar, a dozen mason jars, and a whole lotta salt. We made classic pickles, pickled onions, tomato sauce (someone brought like 12 boxes of tomatoes? They worked on a farm I guess?) Anyways, it ended up being a lot of […]
Is Sugar Bad For Me?
MMMmmm. Scones. (Get the recipe for these butternut pecan scones with a clementine glaze!) I’m a dietitian. I don’t believe in diets. I love baking much more than a regular person, and probably turn out, on average, one baked good per week. Well, at least, I used to. Now that I have been living and […]
Lentil Soup and Adventures in a Minimal Kitchen
As you may or may not know, things have recently changed for me. I have been in Cusco, Peru for a month learning Spanish, and will be spending another month here before gallivanting around South America. Our home is a tiny apartamento. And as I expected, things are very, very different here. For example, eggs […]
Feeling Our Fullness- Something We Are Born With- Spilling the Beans Guest Blog Post
I feel really lucky to have been a guest blogger on my South Dakota friend Amanda Lambrechts’ blog Spilling the Beans! She is putting her spin on the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating, so I took on Principle #5- Honoring Your Fullness. During my time as a breastfeeding counselor, I learned a lot about honoring fullness- […]
Chocolate Coconut Bites
I’ve struggled with iron deficiency since I was young. Having been a vegetarian from age 7-16 but also a picky eater, I almost exclusively ate bread and cheese for every meal. And french fries. When I first found out I was iron-deficient in high school, I started really paying attention to nutrition, so much so […]
What does Health Look Like?
Here are two memories: The first is when I was 14. I came down with severe food poisoning. It felt like I was dying. The only things I could get down my throat for two weeks were small sips of water and grapefruit (very weird I know). My mom and I both thought maybe I […]
How to Grow Your Own Food Year Round
As a twenty-something living in a tiny apartment in a busy city, you can imagine I don’t have much room to grow my own food. As someone who grew up gardening and working on organic farms, this can be a bit frustrating. There is really nothing like growing and picking your own food! Though there is […]
A Green Drink
I think everyone has their version of this drink. It’s a great way to get in your greens for the day without woofing down a salad. But not all green drinks are created equal. If you own a juicer, you will have noticed all that gobbeldy gunk that gets extracted as you make the juice, […]
Cauliflower Quesadillas
Cauliflower is trending. Cauliflower is the new thing. Cauliflower rice, cauliflower steaks, cauliflower mash, etc, etc. Its really only a matter of time before people start grinding it up and putting it in their hair as a leave-in conditioner or leaving a floret hanging down from their rear view mirror as an ornament or something […]