Healthy Recipes

Just off the vine – STRAWBERRIES!

Back in the day, like in 1997, the supermarket produce section was a veritable wasteland, at least when it came to fruit. Between the months of October and April selection was limited to oranges, apples, bananas and maybe grapes. May was always a celebration for me, for with the arrival of late spring came a…

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Baked Kale

African Americans like greens. OK, that’s a total generalization but to be fair greens are an important part of soul food cooking – collards, turnip greens, mustard greens and even kale. Growing up my mother extolled the virtues of greens, but I wasn’t buying what she was selling. I didn’t develop my appreciation for the…

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Living in a Paleo World but am I a Paleo girl?

I started the Paleo Diet Challenge, the team challenge that I doing with the folks at CFDV, on January 4th. I broke the news about The Challenge to The Husband on Christmas Eve while we were in Giant doing our food shopping for Christmas dinner. “So, I guess I should tell you now… I’m doing…

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“C” is for cookie

The week before Christmas is a minefield – at least it is for me. Clients give me their home baked goodies (I think they’re trying to get back at me for all the push-ups), while for some reason The Husband buys bags and bags of holiday M & Ms (Apparently this is essential for his…

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The crash…

10/24/29 (Black Thursday) 10/19/87 (Black Monday) 10/9/02 10/17/08 Listed above are some of the worst dates for financial markets. They mark either the start or apex of a recent economic disaster. A Crash. Why do so many market crashes occur in the fall? Why October? 10/30/09 No, there was no worldwide economic event this day;…

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It IS easy being green

I find that many of my new clients have trouble getting in the recommended 3-5 servings of vegetables a day, not to mention the recommended 3 servings a week of green leafy vegetables. My clients are no different from most Americans. According to surveys conducted by the CDC only 27% of adults get the recommended amount of daily vegetable servings.…

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