Happy Easter/Passover Rocca Candy

Ok, so this recipe for Rocca Candy is not good nutrition or a healthy lifestyle choice, but it is so delicious and simple and it’s okay (in my opinion) to splurge now and then (like during a holiday). Everything in moderation, right? I say, if you are going to eat candy, at least make it [...]

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Food Tip: Storing Herbs

When I served on a panel a few months ago for a program about healthy eating for lawyers, one of my fellow panelists was Alexis Coppedge, who has a great blog at Cooking After Work. One of her recent posts explains how you can keep fresh herbs in your refrigerator crisper for TWO WEEKS. This [...]

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Easy, Healthy, Impossible-to-Screw-Up, Homemade Chewy Granola Bars

I keep granola bars around at all times. I keep them in the house. I keep them in the car. I keep one in my purse. I do this so that I always have something relatively healthy to eat if I find myself out and about with little time and lots of hunger. So I [...]

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How to Get Your Fruits & Veggies

We all know we need at least five servings of fruits and veggies every day, but we sometimes find it hard to fit those into our diets. Five servings equals about 2 1/2 cups. Here are few ideas to make sure you get yours: 1. Start with breakfast. Add fruit to your breakfast — berries [...]

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Upcoming Event: Healthy Eating Tips for Busy People

I am a panelist for this upcoming event: Healthy Eating Tips for Busy Lawyers on Thursday, January 12, 2012 from 9:00 am-10:30 am at the New York City Bar Association. Because the seminar is being sponsored by the bar association, it is geared toward lawyers. However, you don’t have to be a lawyer to attend [...]

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Root Vegetables

My local grocery store, Hannaford’s, has a healthy eating newsletter and information on their website. This week they are spotlighting Root Vegetables. I love root vegetables, in particular, sweet potatoes. I think they are the perfect food and I like them any way you cook them. Other root vegetables are carrots, potatoes, onions, parsnips, and [...]

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Butternut Squash Apple Soup

Another yummy cool weather favorite of mine: Butternut Squash Soup 1 yellow onion, chopped 1 rib of celery, chopped 1 carrot, chopped 1 T butter 1 butternut squash, peeled, seeds removed, chopped (I usually buy the 2 halves from the grocery store that are already peeled with the seeds removed; if you really wanted to [...]

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4 healthier brownie recipes that’ll disappear in minutes

Another great post at the Eating Well recipe blog. There are recipes for Swirled Cheesecake Brownies Rocky Road Brownies Dark Fudgy Brownies Double Chocolate Brownies They each have healthier (not healthy, really, but healthier) ingredients than the average brownies and thus are lower in calories. Enjoy!

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5 Easy Savory Dinners

If you have pasta, beans, and a savory meat, then you can make a yummy dinner, quickly. Throw in some greens and it’s healthy too! Read the recipes here.

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4 Bad Cooking Habits You Should Break

I found this post at the EatingWell blogs (my favorite) and really wanted to share it with you. It’s about four common cooking mistakes that we make; I know I make them! I’m not really a stickler for closely following directions (in general, in life) but this post makes it clear that some of those [...]

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