Worst Breakfast Foods: 12 Things to Avoid and Tips to Improve your Meals!
What are the worst breakfast foods for me to eat? We need to talk about the worst breakfast foods. Why? Because I am a huge proponent for eating breakfast. Breakfast is often referred to as the most important meal of the day. I’m sure you’ve heard this, but does it actually happen? Between busy schedules, […]
10 Essential Kitchen Tools and Gadgets with Recipes
What essential kitchen tools and gadgets do you need to set up your kitchen or step up your cooking game? I’ve always been told, “a cook’s most valuable tool in the kitchen is their hands.” This is 100% correct. Sometimes, even the fanciest kitchen gadget can’t replace getting your hands dirty. But, there are some […]
Mindful Eating Exercises for Healthy Eating with Diabetes
How can mindful eating exercises help with diabetes management? We grow up loving food. Food is a natural earthly pleasure. What happens to many of us as we grow up, is unfortunate, many of us start to distrust our bodies and our appetites and start to have unhealthy relationships with food. Some of us, overeat, […]
Reading and Understanding Food Labels for Every Medical Condition
Understanding Food Labels can be a challenge, we will help you decipher the information. Food companies spend millions of dollars on food packaging trying to convincing consumers to buy their products. Sometimes they use terms on their packaging that they know consumers are looking for when they read food labels like “whole grain” or “natural”– […]
Black Bean Burgers
This blog is dedicated to high fiber black bean burgers! One of the most underrated super foods in my opinion is the black bean. First let’s look into the nutrition content of black beans. One cup of cooked black beans packs in: The nutrients in beans help… How you can include black beans into your […]
3 Easy $10 Meals
Check out these $10 meals & tips for sticking to your budget while cooking at home. Trying to save money on food shouldn’t mean sacrificing flavor, variety and nutrition! Tips for Reducing the Cost of Home Cooked Meals Buy Frozen Produce In many meals frozen fruits and veggies can be used as a substitute for […]
Chocolate Mint Cookie Bites will remind you of girl scout cookies
Chocolate Mint Cookie Bites will make you immediately remember the very popular Girl Scouts mint chocolate cookies. This simple chocolate mint cookie bites recipe is a healthy alternative for cookies or ice cream. Have your children help prepare these for their enjoyment! You might wonder how cookie bites are healthier than traditional cookies. Take a […]
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bites will remind you of girl scout cookies
One of our favorite cooking demo foods is making energy balls, energy bites or cookie bites. These are all names for this type of energy bite that is so popular among our clients. Our culinary dietitian, Kaitlin Williams Eckstein, MPH, RD, LD has actually developed recipes to mimic popular flavors of girl scout cookies. Did […]
Coconut Cookie Dough Bites
This fun Coconut Cookie Dough Bites recipe is a great way to get the entire family in the kitchen with its simple and delicious ingredients enjoy! You may wonder, how healthy is a recipe with cookie dough in the title? Well, take a look at the ingredients, you will soon see how this recipe is […]
4 Tips For Healthy Eating During A Busy Week
I really wanted to write a blog about navigating a busy week for a few different reasons: For me, the busiest weeks are usually when I wind up traveling for the weekend. I find I use the weekend as a time to recharge, and when I am away, this can be difficult (as much fun […]