St. Patrick's Day is almost synonymous with beer right? I'm sure those of Irish decent, and those who love the Irish, will be enjoying a beer or two this weekend. If you are trying to lose weight, alcohol of all types can contribute a lot of extra calories. [...]
Food doesn't have to fancy to be good for you. You don't have to add chia seeds to everything. You don't have to use hard-to-find ingredients. You don't have to have fancy "nut butters" on hand, if all you have on the shelf is peanut butter - it's [...]
I just returned from the annual Food and Nutrition Conference and Expo where registered dietitians have a chance to get some of their continuing education requirements met and also learn about new foods and products coming into the market. It's a large conference, with about 11,000 in attendance [...]
I have been having a rough time sitting down to focus on my writing lately. I've been writing a regular nutrition column of some sort since 1995 when I penned my first column for the local Meadville Tribune in August (Fad Free RD), after visiting the County Fair. [...]
Truth: I love food, wine, craft cocktails and beer. For my birthday in 2011, my husband and I attended Cleveland's Fabulous Food Show. I remember my two highlights: A fun food demo by Bobbie Flay, and a beer garden feature, which included a guided food and beer pairing. [...]
When my children were young, I read books to them daily. This was a time to relax and have fun, and sometimes have a teaching moment. The Peter Rabbit series, by Beatrix Potter, was a set that I read over and over. We had a book set that [...]
I began this blog to help consumers distinguish nutrition myth from fact. There continues to be no shortage of nutrition myths out there as well as bad dietary advice. To start off the year right I'm offering up the facts about 10 nutrition myths: Poultry does not have [...]
We've all heard about that Thanksgiving where Uncle Jim or cousin Johnny drank too much. Often it's not on purpose - guests usually show up hungry, with a completely or mostly empty stomach, and then all of sudden that first cocktail hits them hard. The best "medicine" is [...]
Who doesn't love pie? But pie takes a bit more time and skill than a simple fruit crisp. Instead of going to the trouble of pie crust, adding an oat topping to sliced fruit is a great way to enjoy a dessert that gets a serving of fruit into [...]
With school back in session, it's lunch packing season. Now that you have a teenager, you know that the days of love notes and cutting sandwiches into fun shapes for your finicky child are over, but lunch still needs to be enticing enough to eat, and still provide the [...]