How to Power-Up * Pick up at least 2 fruits and 2 veggies in your weekly grocery shopping basket - fresh, canned and/or frozen * Make a colorful plate of fruit/veg your goal * Taste one new fruit and one new veggie every week How to Inspire Your Family * Keep a bowl of colorful fruits on the kitchen counter * Teach the kids to peel a carrot...and eat it * Learn to make homemade vegetable soup and practice often September is Fruit & Veggie Month Feeling great and staying healthy are 2 awesome reasons to power-up with fruits and veggies. Try plums, raspberries, … [Read more...] about Power-Up with Fruits & Veggies!
Reasonable Resolutions: Be the Best You!
This is a Guest Blog by Kaylie Chrismon Reasonable Resolutions! What makes a resolution reasonable? A reasonable resolution is one that: • Doesn’t judge • Isn’t impossible • Makes you feel better instead of exhausted, frustrated, and wanting to give up This year let’s make a resolution to promote our well being: mental, physical, and spiritual. Let’s realign our behaviors instead of drastically changing them. Get Started! Start with a weekly goal. Every week, choose a goal. Write it down on a sticky note. Stick it on your mirror or microwave, somewhere … [Read more...] about Reasonable Resolutions: Be the Best You!
Less Sugary Dessert Ideas!
Do You Like Dessert? There are very few people I know who don't like dessert. And, quite often, sweet desserts are a huge issue for my clients. So, what's the solution? We work together and discuss how to cut back on sugar, one strategy being less sugary dessert ideas. It's not just my clients, though. On a personal note, my son adores sweets and so I've been on the watch for less sugary dessert ideas for years! Here is my list of less sugary dessert ideas. If you doubt that what's on my list will satisfy your sweet tooth then at least try it before you ditch it. I'm pretty sure you'll … [Read more...] about Less Sugary Dessert Ideas!
Grocery Shopping 101: Basics Help Everyone Meet Their Nutritional Goals
Basic Foods & Your Grocery Cart There are foods we eat as nature made them, and foods that we do not. Think about what's in your grocery cart minus wrappers. Are there fruits, vegetables, grains like rice and barley, proteins like chicken, turkey, fish, and plain yogurt? Or, do you have a cart-full of foods with processing added? Think about what can be inside modern, processed food wrappers that may harm your health. For example, trans fats, caffeine, artificial colors and flavors are common but your body prefers basic foods. What grandma and great-grandma ate was, perhaps, best … [Read more...] about Grocery Shopping 101: Basics Help Everyone Meet Their Nutritional Goals
Name that Fruit/Veggie: A Game of Healthy Choices!
Game Rules: 1. Look at what I bought at my local Farmer's Market yesterday. 2. Try to name everything. 3. Try to work each fruit/veggie into a healthy meal or snack. Hints: 1. Fresh fruits can be a part of breakfast, lunch or dinner...or, a snack. One easy way to prepare them is to wash in cold tap water, peel (depending on the fruit) and eat. 2. Fresh veggies can be eaten raw, in most cases, or cooked. One easy way to cook them is to wash in cold tap water, cut and microwave. Solution to the Game (left to right): 1. Santa Rosa Plums - Very sweet and a tiny bit tart. … [Read more...] about Name that Fruit/Veggie: A Game of Healthy Choices!
Summer’s Healthy Choices – Now What?
Summer Fruits & Veggies are Here! It is an awesome time of year to go shopping for local, seasonal fruits and veggies. You can find them at your local farm market, roadside stand or supermarket. Stock up now while the summer harvest is 'rolling in' and you'll be glad you did. What to Do with Summer's Bounty! Shopping for healthy summer produce is one thing and figuring out what to do with it once you get home is another. Buy too much? Lacking inspiration to get into the kitchen and cook? Confused how to use it all up? Here's some help. Summer Ideas for Your Healthy … [Read more...] about Summer’s Healthy Choices – Now What?