I loved reading Dr. Christiane Northrup’s post on the importance of getting enough magnesium in your body. She points out that while most doctors recommend women get more calcium in their body to keep their bones strong, they neglect to mention that without magnesium the calcium won’t be absorbed. A magnesium deficiency might look like [...]
What do you do if you are in the midst of preparing a recipe and you discover you’re missing one ingredient? This is what happened to my fabulous coach Rachelle Disbennett-Lee’s husband, Adrian, the other day. Now that Adrian is retired, he will be taking over more of the household duties, including shopping for and [...]
No less a respected culinary source than the James Beard Foundation has predicted that Brussels sprouts will be one of our major trends for 2010. To that I say: What took you so long? (Be sure to read all the way down for a chance to win a free cookbook!) We love, love, love Brussels [...]
Every so often I get a bee in my bonnet about a food I want to taste. Yesterday, I saw someone eating a delicious-smelling Chinese dish out of a take-out container and I knew right then that I would have to make a noodle stir-fry for dinner. What I love about stir-frying is that you [...]
I gave my kids a choice one recent snowy morning: I had two pounds of thawed chicken cut into fajita strips. I wanted to make a big pot of something so that I could stock up the freezer as well as enjoy a comfort dinner that night. “It’s either chili or pozole,” I told the [...]
Feeling weighted down by holiday cheer already? I feel like I’ve been eating chocolate non-stop since Halloween, I don’t know about you! Not to mention all the heavy, hearty meals we’ve been eating during our recent sub-zero weather. Take a break from rich and heavy foods with this quick, easy, and delicious vegetarian one-pot meal: [...]
