Snack Savvy Recipes

How to Eat Your Way to A Healthy Heart

Here are four delicious and easy-to-make snacks that are perfect for summer Instead of chips, try munching on asparagus. It’s delicious raw or lightly steamed. Throw some in your lunch box for a snack or use a few stalks to dress up your next vegetable platter  For a refreshing smoothie, combine a banana with 1 […]

Chuck E. Cheese: Enough with the JUNK!

Maybe  Chuck E. Cheese’s should consider changing its slogan to “Where a Kid Can Put on the Pounds.”After watching the movie FED UP yesterday, I am being bolder in supporting behavior change through awareness, So, my first discussion is about Chuck E. Cheese. I’m delighted to be partnering with the Center for Science in Public […]

Calories Are Not Equal

Remember when the standard diet advice was a simple equation about calories in and calories out? In fact the equation was simplified down to eating less and exercising more. When I was writing my book, Is Your Lifestyle Killing You?, I received some “advice” that talking about food addiction and emotional eating was not part […]

How toxic is your food?

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Sugar is the New Fat

For so long we were brainwashed to think fat was bad and we have been on a fat free binge. Guess what? We are getting fatter and sicker! All this time we were increasing our consumption of sugar and not realizing that sugar in all its forms is the root cause of most of the […]

Quick and Easy Kale Chips and Kale Salad

A great way to get kids to eat their greens is to make these fun kale chips. They are easy and quick. If I have time I marinade it overnight in the oil mixture and let them soak it up. The photo shows the extra salad I made. (just add crushed walnuts and unsweetened cranberries […]

Food Addiction Part 2 – Why Eat Less and Move More is Not Enough

The typical eat less, move more strategy does not address the unique mental, physical, spiritual and biological hunger of food addiction. We have a reward system in the brain that plays a very important role. It propels us forward to be motivated and curious and creative. The problem for many of us is that chronic […]

Want Gluten Free Snack Ideas?

Want gluten free snack ideas? Snacking is the hardest part of my food plan. Following a gluten free food plan means  I have to be prepared, so I always have these snacks ready. I also LOVE my new USANA  gluten free nutrition snack bars called Peanutty Bliss, Choco Chip and Fudge Delite. CLICK HERE TO SEE […]

Gluten Free Lasagna Recipe

You’ll be surprised how easy this gluten free lasagna recipe is to make! For this recipe you will need: lean ground turkey low fat cottage cheese gluten free spaghetti sauce gluten free lasagna noodles Watch my video below for step by step process: STEP 1 – Turn oven on 350 degrees and on stove top cook […]