How Healthy Are Mushrooms? - Mushrooms are an essential food for health. I include them in my diet every day as they offer powerful nutritional benefits. Mushrooms offer tremendous powers to enhance our immune system function. They are a superfood; one of the most health-promoting foods on the planet. By including mushrooms among other nutrient-dense, plant-rich foods, you will make your diet extremely...
Why Sunday is Definitely Soup Night -In my house, Sunday is Soup Day. Almost every Sunday I make a huge pot of vegetable bean soup. It is a convenient way to do two important things: make sure that I have a reliable meal on weeknights when I am tired after working all day, and it ensures that the quick, handy meal that I am relying on is nutritious and filling. I use that soup for several days to limit...
By Dana Poblete for Thrive Market - Going vegan can sometimes feel like all things sinful are suddenly out of reach, and blandness is the price to pay for a soul-soothing, cruelty-free diet. On the other side of the coin, you may be cheerfully gulping apple juice and melting soy cheese on a veggie pizza, proudly reveling in your ethical choices, oblivious to what's really in your food. First of all,...
Don't let those colorful easter eggs go to waste. Here are some simple ways to turn them from beautiful to delicious! - 8 hard boiled eggs, peeled. Slice lengthwise, remove yolks and place them in a small mixing bowl. Mash yolks with 1/4 cup mayonnaise and 2 Tbsp. milk. Mix in one of the following flavor combinations: 2 Tbsp. garlic herb cheese and 1 tsp. fresh basil 1 Tbsp. chopped green chile and...
People talk about the ‘Freshman 15’ – which is the weight gain associated with starting college - but what about the ‘Holiday 10?’ I am talking about the potential pounds you can gain from overindulging during holiday celebrations. From the stuffing and pies at Thanksgiving, to the Christmas cookies and New Year’s Eve buffets and cocktails, the holidays are full of potential land mines designed to...
I’ll be traveling to Houston in a few weeks, and that has started me thinking about the arrival of fall, Tex Mex cuisine and tailgating parties. To ward off the chill in the autumn air, the menu at almost every tailgating party features a pot of chili con carne: beans, beef and vegetables in a tomato-based sauce. But while chili is a staple of Tex-Mex cuisine, the meat-heavy dish is dangerous to your...
"I need to step it up about five notches, -stat-," my friend texted, obviously frustrated about trying on bikinis for an upcoming two-week Maui vacation. She wanted fat loss -fast- without deprivation, hunger, a ridiculous fad diet, or other extreme measures. Over my nearly three decades working with celebrities and other A-listers who must become lean quickly for a movie role or other career opportunity,...
“I wasn’t even hungry,” my friend confessed recently. “I had a stressful morning, my coworker brought in hot cinnamon buns, and their waft become too hard to resist.” - Hunger rarely provides motivation to snack. Like my friend, you’re stressed, bored, emotionally unfulfilled, or otherwise want to drown your feelings in a bag of chips or a blondie brownie. While some experts argue snacking or “mini-meals”...
Breakfast has always been my favorite meal of the day: pancakes, oatmeal, fruit and yogurt, eggs! And what luck—it's the most important meal of the day too. Right? - The problem is, many of us are loading our bodies with dense, gluten-heavy, sugar-packed meals as soon as we wake up, when digestion is slowest. You know how sometimes you eat a big bowl of fruit and cereal and then immediately want to...
Okay, I like an evening glass of good red wine or the occasional martini, so you have to know I got a kick about writing this title. But alas, that's not what this article is about. No, this article is about something else entirely… actually it's about something that I have to admit I thought I'd be kicking and screaming before I would agree to drink this stuff. Just so you know where I'm coming from:...