Orange Grapefruit Vinaigrette and a Giveaway

When you embark on a 30-Day Whole Food Challenge, especially the low-FODMAP version, things can become a bit boring. No sugar. No wine. Just whole foods and lots and lots of water. Excuse me while I cry into my empty wine glass… When plain water starts to get a little blah, I love to pull out my Zing Anything bottles.  I either stick some citrus in my Citrus Zinger… …some berries…

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Dietitians for Professional Integrity – 22,000 signatures strong and a new website!

Remember when I asked you to sign an important petition to stop junk food companies from taking over nutrition programs?  Well, you supported us in a big way. Thank you. At this point, we have over 22,000 signatures and the backing of important food politics experts such as Mark Bittman, Michele Simon and Marion Nestle. Today, we launch our new website IntegrityDietitians.org.  (We tried to get the domain name IntegrityRDs.com,…

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Easy Turkey Chili

It’s pouring rain right now.  POURING.  We keep looking out the window, mouths wide open, “It’s still raining.  Can you believe it?  It’s still raining!“ Rain means a break from the heat. Rain means a preview of fall temperatures. Rain means chili. This is an older recipe, which means I haven’t updated it for our paleo low-FODMAP month, but this would be easy to tweak.  I’ll just take out the…

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Weekly Confessions: Pie for Breakfast Edition

I woke up to the wonderful pitter patter of rain this morning.  Rainy days are rare around here, and they always make me to want to curl up with an old book and a hot cup of coffee.  It’s still over 90 degrees outside, but I like to look out the window and pretend it’s cold and blustery. My mom made a perfect apple pie last night.  Not too sweet…

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Weekend Links

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Questions to ask yourself before engaging in social media

Social media is a funny animal.  On one hand, it allows us to connect with people across the world, keep up with far-away family, and network like never before.  I would not be where I am professionally without it.  For many reasons, I am grateful for social media. However, there is some baggage that can come with being so connected. 10 years ago when you weren’t invited to a party,…

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Packing Light: Thoughts on Living Life with Less Baggage

  Have you ever looked around at your life and wondered if there is something more?   Something more than nice clothes, a nice house, a good job?  Have you ever wondered if there is more to life than working hard to be comfortable? Ally Vesterfelt found herself wondering these things, but instead of shrugging her shoulders and getting back to life as usual, she took a trip.  Selling everything…

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