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How do you make eating vegetables feel like you’re not eating vegetables?
Answer: the Oxo Julienne Peeler, as seen here. Several months ago I got this little kitchen gadget and LOVE IT: it’s a peeler that makes vegetables into noodles! Then, I lost it, then, upon finding...
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What do you eat for breakfast, Sarah?
A great question, mostly because the answer is usually pretty great, too. (If I do say so myself.) Of the few distinct things I do differently from most people, my first meal of the day is one of the...
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Trendy Tuesday: How do you trick people (including yourself) into eating more...
Well, guess what: according to people who are paid by the food industry to figure out what future food trends will be, eating veggies is “in” in 2013. Like, it’s cool…hip…way neato…to get your veg on...
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Festival of Food Carnival time!
Welcome to the Festival of Food Carnival. In celebration of the New Year and Healthy Starts, we’re sharing recipe ideas for healthy, nourishing recipes or anything you would enjoy this time of year....
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What is the best thing to eat after exercising? (subquestion: how’d your half...
If you follow my Facebook page, www.facebook.com/WhyFoodWorks, you may know that on Sunday I ran my first half marathon. It’s #WorkoutWednesday, so I thought this was an appropriate post for the week!...
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When to indulge? (Subquestion: What’s a fastnacht?)
This will be one of the only, if not THE ONLY, entry I ever post to the WFW Blog with a recipe that I wouldn’t recommend you consume regularly. It’s….donuts! To be more accurate: fastnachts. My...
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What does the exercise “recovery window” look like in a graph?
Happy #WorkoutWednesday! Today I just want to share a few of the ways I’ve gotten physical activity over the past week, and a bit more about the exercise “recovery window” I talked about in my last...
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What’s the lightest snack for Oscar-watching?
Short answer: POPCORN. Longer answer: homemade popcorn with attitude, flavor, and even a theme to go along with your favorite nominee. Better yet, it won’t cost you $8 for a bucket of trans fat and...
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What are the best dairy-based breakfasts? (+ 5 rules for breakfast with any...
I was a cold cereal and milk kid. Not only that, I was the kid who begged mom for Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs, and (along with my brothers) finished off the box in about a day when she’d finally give...
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Traveling and making healthy choices: mutually exclusive?
Short answer: NOPE. Yesterday I left chilly, damp DC for…chilly, dry COLORADO! I’m visiting a friend in Denver with my sister for a few days this week and hitting Keystone to ski this weekend. Please...
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Dinner go bragh – a green foods tribute to St. Patrick’s Day!
I wasn’t planning to celebrate St. Patty’s this year…when you give up alcohol for Lent, there isn’t much appeal in being doused in green beer and surrounded by lime jello shooters before noon, it turns...
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Love Your Butt – Eat4Life!
Just some cheeky (haa) colon health humor in honor of Colon Cancer Awareness month! WAIT – don’t stop reading just because we’re talking about a devastating, life-threatening but preventable disease...
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Parsley Pepita Pesto
Well let’s start with the bad news: after I played with the idea of doing a mint-pistachio pesto last week, got really excited about it, did some research, made a list, and went to the store…they were...
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Spartan Sprint: on surviving and recovering
On this Workout Wednesday, I want to tell you about my workout Sunday…it was not my (or anyone’s!) average day of gettin’ in some good old physical activity: it was a Spartan Race. Also known as “mud...
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Why eat fat? (+ silky green gazpacho)
Every day this week, there’ll be a new recipe featuring…(drumroll, waitforit)….coconut water! Each blog is an entry to a contest sponsored by Vita Coco, but I wouldn’t be entering if I didn’t feel...
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When is dessert ok? (+ coconut “cheese”cake)
Dessert is always a tricky topic for dietitians. We know that the number one source of calories (this should SHOCK you) in the American diet is desserts and sugary drinks, and that refined grains and...
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When to eat dessert, coconut water, part II
This will be a short and sweet post, for a quick and easy recipe! My last entry about dessert included a much more indulgent sampling, but this one is practically guilt-free, and summer-friendly! So,...
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Should I go gluten free? (+ microwave coconut risotto)
Hello! Time for my last coconut water recipe for the Recipe Redux contest this week. It’s been fun, and I have to say, has definitely helped me to see how versatile an ingredient it is! I’m...
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Condiment conundrum: flavor vs calories? (+olive tapenade)
This isn’t exactly news: condiments add calories and sodium to our food. Lots of dips, sauces, and spreads are based on high fat ingredients (like mayo, sour cream, and oils) and topped off with 20-30...
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What’s a “complete” protein? (+ strawberry quinoa scones)
It’s been a pretty horrific week here in America. For some reason, a lot of really scary things have happened in a short span of time – starting with the bombing at the Boston marathon, then an...
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