Happy December! This brand new recipe is from my culinary and creative sister. Just the thing for a quick, nutritious snack or even a breakfast on the run. Enjoy! Continue reading
In case you were looking for something to add a little excitement to your November (Thanksgiving is still a week away, after all) here you go: Nourish will be giving away a free glow in the dark Banana Guard to one lucky reader! Continue reading
I am addicted to this yummy recipe for a super-easy pumpkin dip! I recently gave a nutrition workshop for moms of young children and this is one of the recipes we made. You can make it literally in minutes, it is nutritious and children love it! Enjoy!
I heard an interesting piece on the radio yesterday about efforts to increase the nutritional value of foods served at school lunches. These include highlighting healthier foods with better lighting, rearranging the way different options are presented to the kids (for example, move the chocolate milk a little farther away to make it more difficult to reach when going through the lunch line), and adding pureed veggies to foods that wouldn’t normally contain veggies (nacho sauce). The retail-style tricks to allure young consumers to pick certain foods over others with lighting and placement are brilliant. We know that this works to entice us to buy more stuff at the mall and the grocery store, so it stands to reason that it would also work to subtly encourage kids to make healthier choices. However, hiding veggies in other foods is just a bad idea and here’s why.
By now, we all know that a good diet and regular exercise are the foundation of staying healthy. The specter of a family history of heart disease or diabetes can be a big incentive for some of us to keep exercising regularly so that we have a better chance of avoiding the ravishing effects of these diseases. But this isn’t what keeps me coming back to the gym. Nope, I come from a line of physically very healthy people. No heart disease, no diabetes, no hereditary cancer, no allergies, nada. 2 of my grandparents lived to be 100. There is one thing, though: Alzheimer’s. Continue reading
Most every time I sent a banana in my girls’ lunchboxes, it would come home sad, bruised and uneaten. They said that the bananas got smushed in their lunchboxes and then were “too gross” to eat. I pack everything in their lunchboxes in reusable plastic containers so things stays fresh, intact and appetizing (as well as being better for the environment). But how to protect a whole banana? After reading about the Banana Guard on another blog, I knew this was something I had to try. Continue reading
What’s the most popular lunchbox item in the Nourish kitchen right now? Fruity Chicken Salad, featuring sweet, crispy apples from the farmers market! Sometimes I serve it on a sandwich, other times as a wrap in a whole grain tortilla and sometimes the chicken salad is in a container with crackers on the side. This recipe for fruity chicken salad was a hit with everyone in the family and is so quick and easy. Continue reading
Yet another diet drug has been pulled from the market. Read the story here. In the quest for a quick fix for overweight and obesity, people have been putting their health at real risk. This quote pretty much sums it up: ” “In all its investigation of the drug, the FDA could find not one person whose benefit from the drug outweighed its risk,” said Dr. Gerald Dal Pan, director of the Office of Surveillance and Epidemiology at the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.”
Fall is here and that means the return of hot breakfasts. One of the easiest and healthiest breakfasts for busy, chilly fall mornings is this recipe for the ever-popular pumpkin oatmeal. With plenty of complex carbs, protein and vitamins, it will keep you and your family going strong until lunch.
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