Eating Local at the Apple Orchard
I took some time off from writing the past few weeks but I wanted to share with you the wonderful time that I had at Justus Orchard when I volunteered with ASAP’s annual farm tour. This beautiful place...
View ArticleHealth Concepts Nutrition Holiday Challenge Week Three: Surviving the Holiday...
You made it through Thanksgiving and only five weeks until the new year. Today is the day to recommit to your holiday weight maintenance goal. You have heard when the “going gets tough, the tough get...
View ArticleWeek 6: Health Concepts Holiday Maintain Don’t Gain Challenge: Don’t Stress...
By the time that you read this post, I will be on a fourteen hour car ride to the Midwest to spend the holidays with our families. The trip itself is stressful and then dividing time between homes and...
View ArticleFarm Fresh Nutrition
The Essential Guide to Local Food and Health is Here! Eight years ago, I moved to Asheville, NC and as a nutritionist, I began to make local food connections in Western North Carolina. I began...
View ArticleFarm Fresh Nutrition: Eating Green and Clean. Supporting Your Local Economy
It is finally here! After all the writing, editing, picture taking, interviewing, cooking, and printing. After all the nights with only four hours of sleep and those nights without any sleep, the time...
View ArticleLocavore Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving plans have been in the works, whether its traveling far or near to friends or family, making dinner reservations or planning the menu at home. Thanksgiving was designed around the bounty...
View ArticleHealing Foods: Building a Healthier Immune System
Winter time is cold and flu season and one of the best ways to stay well is to eat a healthy diet! Eating meals and snacks rich in fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low in saturated fat is the...
View ArticleGreat Beginnings: Getting Back to Your Roots! Eat Your Sweet Potatoes
The past two weeks, I have been sharing new ideas for quick and easy breakfasts ! I have a few more more that will share before spring is in full swing but with planting season coming, I wanted to...
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