Hi everyone! I receive an email newsletter from CUESA (Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture) every week for a heads-up on what to look for at the market that weekend. I love checking out the part where it lists what’s in or out of season. I figured I’d share this bit of information with you today, and hopefully make …
A Week’s Worth of Wellness vs The Cost of Illness
I go the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market here in San Francisco nearly every Saturday morning. I love it. It’s sort of my thing. It’s not only my grocery shopping trip and a chance to just get some air and be around bustling crowds excited about food, but it’s also my way of providing myself with that extra bit of insurance …
5 Things to Love About Coconut Oil
I really, really, really love coconut oil. Organic, virgin, unrefined coconut oil. I buy coconut oil all the time. This week, I was lucky enough to receive a sample of Tropical Traditions brand Gold Label Standard Virgin Coconut Oil. I also recently received my order for their Coconut Creme Concentrate as well! I’m in love with that stuff…but more on …
Guess the Non-Food #4: Play the Game!
Play the game! Below is a list of ingredients from a fairly commonly consumed “Non-Food.” (Meaning it’s eaten by many people, but I don’t consider it food.) I’d love to see your guesses in Comment posts, but if you want to just play the game to yourself that’s okay too. Try to guess the Non-Food! Don’t cheat by doing a …
Going Gluten Free: Cukoo for Couscous? Try Quinoa Instead!
Quinoa. It’s pronounced keen-wa. Not kin-oh-ah. Keen-wa. It’s kind of fun to say, isn’t it? Well, it’s easy to make and fantastic to eat. It’s versatile, hearty and tasty. And guess what? It’s gluten free! Unlike it’s aesthetic fraternal twin, couscous, which is made from wheat and is actually a tiny pasta, quinoa is a seed! It can be soaked …
When Fall Hands You Apples…
Make applesauce! At my office, we are lucky enough to get a CSA delivery of fruit and nuts every week. We get fresh, seasonal fruit to snack on while we’re working, but sometimes we don’t make it through all of the older fruit before the new delivery comes. So…rather than chuck out the older, slightly less than perfect fruit, I …
Your Stomach Acid is a Good Thing. Really.
It’s a common belief these days that the feeling of heartburn or acid-reflux is caused by excess stomach acid. While this may be true for a small number of people, get this: the majority of us who get that burning sensation in our belly are suffering from LOW stomach acid. Yes, really. Your stomach is an ACID environment. Yes, acid. …
My Top 3 Easy Tips for Boosting Immunity
It’s that time again. It’s getting darker earlier. It’s getting colder. And yes, colds and flus are spreading across homes, schools and work places like wildfire. The spread of germs is inevitable, but you can prepare yourself to combat the germs so that when they hit your system, your system is in top fighting-back condition! Here are my Top 3 …
Guess the Non-Food #3: Play the Game!
Play the game! Below is a list of ingredients from a fairly commonly consumed “Non-Food.” (Meaning it’s eaten by many people, but I don’t consider it food.) I’d love to see your guesses in Comment posts, but if you want to just play the game to yourself that’s okay too. Try to guess the Non-Food! Don’t cheat by doing a …
Quick Money-Saving Tips: Save Your Fats
You may not know how much I love bacon. If you don’t, well, I love it. A lot. I especially love bacon from my local butcher Prather Ranch Meat Company. Their bacon is thick and tasty. And it happens to give off a TON of fat. I remember my parents saving the bacon fat when I was younger in a …