Good afternoon 🙂 I’m teaching 8 classes and I’ve been a big slacker in researching things for friends/clients (but I’ll admit, I’ve been researching the things that interest me the most…). Often, when I am trying to help someone improve their health, we have to find substitutions for “old” habits—without that, we’re bound to try …
DIY: Nut Butter and Baby Formula (not together!) Read More »
If you know me at all, you know I am (1) Queen of Ideas and (2) Princess of Simplicity in the Kitchen. My mom is the opposite (in the kitchen)—she makes so many great dishes that call for specific ingredients, and multi-step processes. Everyone who knows how creative and awesome her food is wants holiday …
KISS my Brussels Sprouts (and Halloween Planning) Read More »
People are constantly asking me what they should eat before, during (!), and after a workout. I do think there is some variability regarding what works best for different people. As a result of that, I’m just going to tell you what I do, and why it works for me. I generally do not eat …
What I eat After I Work Out (and the best snack I’ve ever had) Read More »
Since the newest spin on my exercise/activity habits involves working out “smarter, not harder,” I’ve really gotten more into functional training. Right now, I’m primarily doing a lot of low-moderate-level cardio, interval timer strength/cardio training (with a variety of intensity levels), and yoga (the teacher training I’m doing helps push me to keep it a …
On Saturday, I participated in the Finger Lakes Wellness Fair. I had four things to focus on while I was prepping: seminars I was giving on bone health, nutrition for athletes, and smoothies, plus healthy snack demos/samples. What I learned: ditch the seminars and just give people food! I did have amazing conversations about my …
Pizza Flavored Kale Chips, Dark Chocolate Avocado Pudding, Smoothies, and the Ugi Ball Read More »
I’m running around like crazy this week…not to say that some of it isn’t for fun! A new client of mine and I were exploring ideas for better afternoon snacks—ones that don’t mess so much with blood sugar (like chocolate covered pretzels). I came up with these (and named them J Balls, after my client): …
A new snack, a new appreciation for riesling, and a new workout tool Read More »
After speculating about how the cauliflower pizza crust could be made vegan with the cashew cheese sauce from the Cheesy Kelp Noodles…I decided to give it a whirl today. As I was heating up the oven, I wasn’t thinking about NY’s outrageous heat index, but shortly thereafter I realized that today should not have been …
Last night, Katelyn and I went to Lori’s Natural Foods in Henrietta to listen to the amazingly awesome Brendan Brazier talk about Stress and Food. We sat in the front row, and I could have totally reached out and touched Brendan’s feet. Not that I would have. I first read Brendan’s first book a few …
Apparently, I’ve needed a break from blogging. I had the opportunity last week to attend an online teaching summit, and it was great to learn new ideas (to spice up my classrooms) and also meet some of my colleagues who I’ve only known through email up until now. A couple days ago, I made a …
Cauliflower Pizza Crust (grain and gluten free!) Read More »
This week flew by, didn’t it?! Since I’m working mostly from home all summer, distinguishing between weekdays and the weekend really doesn’t matter too much—except that more people are around me on the weekends, so I get less work done (a-Ok with me!). I’m still grinning at my garden pics—and there will be more to …
