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Olive & Garbanzo Bean Tapenade with Endive

It’s almost Superbowl time, and you know what that means: Snacks and Commercials! I don’t know about you, but I’m hoping for more ingenuity and a lot less shock value this year.  (I’m looking at you, GoDaddy). If you’re short on time, but still want to impress your friends with a stunning appetizer, this tapenade with endive will do it.  It takes only a few minutes to whip up, and…

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Coconut Chicken Chili

What a week! My beloved Sooners won the Sugar Bowl, my sorry KC Chiefs choked in the playoffs (again), and Jeff and I celebrated our 12th wedding anniversary. Oh, and I made my first batch of coconut chicken chili. Friends, this is good. So good.  Serve over rice or quinoa with a sprinkle of cilantro (or basil if you’re a cilantro-hater), peanuts, and a squirt of Sriracha. I promise, you’re…

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Breakfast is Better with Friends

The presents have been unwrapped, the cookies have been eaten, and the hustle and bustle of another holiday season is coming to a close. It’s a new year, and the perfect time for a fresh start. What better way to kick off resolution month than with a few friends and a healthy breakfast bar? {Continue reading on Van’s Natural Foods Blog…} Food Styling by Lexi Grace Design.

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The keys to successful weight loss (plus, a giveaway!)

My RD friend Lauren Slayton released The Little Book of Thin yesterday, and I couldn’t wait to tell you all about it.  I actually read it a few weeks ago and what I found in between the bright orange covers was some of the best diet advice I’ve ever heard.   I’ve always been drawn towards Lauren’s cheeky no-nonsense writing on her Foodtrainers blog, and this book is no different.…

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Know Your Front Groups, Food Politics Aficionados!

It’s time to put on our thinking caps as Andy Bellatti, MS, RD is back with more on food politics.  This series was started as a way to open up honest communication about injustice, food politics, and the food we decide to put in our grocery carts.  Today he is educating us on front groups. If there is one thing the food industry pays an exorbitant amount of attention to, it’s public…

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Eat well to heal your diastasis recti – How good nutrition can help your body to close ‘The Gap’

It’s the first of the month, so Wendy Powell is back!  This time she is sharing nutrition tips that can help us close the gap of diastasis recti.   Healthy, real food has a powerful, positive effect on your body and your mind. Good nutrition blasts fat, reveals muscle. It makes hair shine, skin glow and joints feel supple. It creates energy, lifts spirits and keeps your mood even. A…

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Let’s Move and Drink Up: Ripped-from-the-Headlines Food Politics

It’s time to put on our thinking caps as Andy Bellatti, MS, RD is back with more on food politics.  This series was started as a way to open up honest communication about injustice, food politics, and the food we decide to put in our grocery carts.   Last month, I introduced you to the concept of food politics — a field that looks at how food recommendations, nutrition policy,…

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