The Art of Healthy Living
The Art of Healthy Living
With cooler mornings I’ve been loving starting my day off with oatmeal with chopped apples and cinnamon. Sometimes I add chopped prunes or raisins for a little extra sweetness and grab an orange for calcium and vitamin C to ward of all the viruses of the season For lunch at …
The leaves are falling, mornings are cooler, and travel plans are being made. It’s November! And that means Thanksgiving. This will be my second Thanksgiving after changing my diet to a whole food plant based, and this year I am pulling out recipes and planning all sorts of great tasting …
I’m back from vacation! I took the six pillars of Lifestyle Medicine with me on vacation, but it’s time to get back into the regular home routine! And that’s how I practice Lifestyle Medicine -the 6 pillars-just for today!
It started usual and ended fun! Breakfast was the usual Grape Nuts Cereal with Soymilk with blueberries and a banana Lunch was curried lentils that I had left over with some geeens and roasted veggies and garden cherry tomatoes with a sprinkle of hot sauce Snack was simple edamame and …
Most days are not anything special. It’s ordinary food whether you are plant eating or not. But I do like to learn new ways of cooking with plants. I learn a little bit at a time and this week’s new recipe was BROWNIES! Breakfast was grape-nuts and Soymilk and blueberries …
It found me this weekend; the big Covid. I hardly have any symptoms, but I am trying to stay away from other people who might be more vulnerable. I am also doubling down on my nutrition with extra vitamin C and colorful fruits and vegetables for antioxidants. It is times …
People often ask me how I changed to a plant based diet. There seems to be a disappointed disconnect as I shrug my shoulders and reply, “I just decided to do it.” I really want to give people a 7 step plan for getting rid of all the saturated fat …
I try to be honest so this is actually what I ate yesterday, Sunday, but I repeated most of it with leftovers today! For breakfast I sliced some whole wheat sourdough and layered on some hummus and greens and apple with a drizzle of honey. Then, for lunch I whipped …
Well, today, beach week turned into only beach weekend as hurricane Debby arrived to join us. She had us dragging our feet while trying to accept the fact we needed to leave, binge watching The Weather Channel, and then with inward groaning hurriedly packing up the car as the rain …
This morning started off with oatmeal and blueberries. I microwave this for a minute or so and then add a bit of soy milk. For lunch I did my favorite recipe called “throw stuff in a bowl.” I had some spinach which I topped with farro and white bean mixture …