I spent the morning in my test kitchen, whirling up concoctions of seeds and nuts and dried fruit, peanut butter, protein powder and even a few chocolate chips for good measure, in my whirl-it-up machine.
My kitchen table is now full of various pans of bars and individually hand-crafted nutrition bars, each having been lovingly taste-tested by a handful of intrepid clients and friends.
Each of following recipes takes just a few minutes to make, providing a week’s worth of healthy afternoon or bedtime snacks. In my humble opinion, and that of my taste-testers, these bars beat the commercial competition hands down – they are a fraction of the cost of commercial bars and are, for the most part, made from whole foods. And, really, whether you have kids in your household or not…they are just plain old fun to make. Read more
I am about to start my dietetic internship. Yup, I leave tomorrow for a week-long orientation at a beautiful lodge on a lake in the middle of New Hampshire. It doesn’t get much better than that; autumn in New England.
I expect to return home from orientation and hit the ground running. It will be a full and interesting year ahead. The internship consists of several different rotations, giving me the opportunity to work in a variety of settings from in-patient medical nutrition therapy, to community nutrition education, to food service management.
And do you know what this means for you?? I will have, oh, so many more important nutrition and healthy living topics and tips to share with you!
So, keep those questions coming…and stay tuned!
Be well-
Jess
Dear Jess, I just can’t seem find time to stop at the gym after work. Do you have any suggestions for a home workout? Thanks, JS
There is quite a bit you can do at home with just a minimal amount of equipment. Without knowing more about your personal fitness goals and current exercise routine, let me just throw out a handful of ideas:
An interesting, and important, addendum to my last post on the delicious, nutritious egg:
Today, as I do nearly every Thursday afternoon, I visited my local farmer’s market. I arrived right as it opened, because the pasture-raised eggs by Skagit River Ranch are the first things to go. These eggs are laid by hens that live in the thick pasture eating grasses, greens and grubs…just as nature intended them to do. The yolks are a rich bright orange from all the beta carotene the hens get from eating grass. I chatted with Eiko, the farmer, as I picked up my weekly dozen (along with a pound of the best hamburger I have ever tasted) and she told me something very interesting. Skagit River Ranch recently analyzed their eggs for omega-3 content. I was delightfully shocked that these pasture-raised hens were producing eggs with 21 times the amount of omega-3 fatty acids as commercial eggs!
Planning and preparing food for the week ahead is an important aspect to maintaining your goals for a healthy diet. Having healthy foods available makes it easier to avoid poor food choices.
Eggs are an affordable, nutrient-rich food. They contain the highest quality source of protein as well as nearly every essential vitamin and mineral. They also contain nonessential nutrients like choline, which is essential for normal brain development and memory, and lutein and zeaxanthin, two anti-oxidants from the carotenoid family, that contribute to eye health by protecting eyes from ultraviolet rays, reducing the risk of age-related macular degeneration, and decreasing risk of developing cataracts. Read more
