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Carbs are a constant topic of nutrition conversation.  No matter what education topic I’m presenting on or discussing with a group, carbs always come up.  If I had a dollar for every time [...]

August’s Recipe Redux vacation challenge came at the perfect time since I looked at the theme a week before I was going on vacation! I was to think of a vacation memory and create a healthy [...]

This month’s Recipe Redux challenged use to make a dish displaying creative cuts for fruits or veggies.   Originally I wanted to do something cool and trendy like spiralized veggies such as [...]

Disclosure:  I received free samples of California walnuts mentioned in this post. By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by the California Walnut Commission and am [...]

Recently, my most talented baker friend asked me about coconut sugar.  What’s the deal? Is it worth all of the hype? Coconut sugar isn’t anything new, but it sure is trendy, with a nice big [...]

I’m super excited to be a new member of the Recipe Redux crew and posting my first recipe for one of their challenges!  This group of Registered Dietitians and food bloggers is all about [...]

Who says hummus has to be made from chickpeas??  You can only create as many flavors as your imagination can come up with!  I needed orange food to serve during a Denver Broncos viewing soiree, [...]

I am currently in mourning.  My favorite neighborhood Latin happy hour joint recently closed, without any notice.  My husband and I were there on a sunday and when we came back 2 days later, [...]

Did you know that 2016 is the International Year of the Pulse according to the United Nations?  What is a pulse you ask?  They are beans, peas, chickpeas and lentils and they are some of the [...]

I have an acquaintance who is kind of eclectic.  Ok, the word I’d really like to use is kooky. She is obsessed with kale.  Last year she reminded me to massage my kale for a salad I was [...]