Have you ever eaten wild blueberries straight from the blueberry bush? This time of year in Maine is blueberry season. In fact, Maine produces the largest quantity of blueberries in the world. The hills are painted with speckles of purple-blue berries that taste unlike any blueberry you’ve ever eaten. I’ve …
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Sometimes, we can’t see what’s right in front of us. For me last weekend, this was literally the case. I was sitting on my deck thinking about what to write about this week and the answer was right in front of my eyes… I had spent the past hour in …
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Once a staple of the Incan, Mayan, and Aztec cultures, chia seeds have been long prized as an endurance food. The Mayans believed that they could run all day with the help of these seeds and so called them “chia”, meaning “strength”. Today, we love chia seeds for their other …
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Tom Robbins of Jitterbug Perfume called beets the “most intense of vegetables”. Likely he’s referring to the intensity of color in the red beet. It has a bright pink flesh that will turn your urine or stool pink! The excitement of pink poop was how I encouraged my own daughters …
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Move over kale, collards are in! Collard greens, a staple in the southern United States, have become increasingly popular throughout the rest of the country. A dark green member of the cruciferous family of veggies, collards are a bitter green that pack a nutritional punch not unlike their close cousin, …
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Maca is a Peruvian root vegetable. Root vegetables are, as the name implies, the root of a plant. Roots like Maca give us a warming, grounding energy that’s perfect during the colder winter months. Unlike all roots, maca has achieved superfood status in the nutrition realm, and here’s why… Maca grows in the …
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Do you struggle with making dietary changes that last? Join my Stick-With-It! Challenge and discover why changing your eating habits is so hard (& what you can do about it). Five days, 5 simple-doable steps to better your health. Are you in?!
