Tag: healthy

Nutrition & Dietetics, Tasting

Back to the Basics

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Back to the Basics

Is butter a carb? In this post we'll go back to the basics of nutrition. Start understanding what you are eating.

Other, Recipes, Tasting

Eggs over Spicy Red Pepper Quinoa

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Eggs over Spicy Red Pepper Quinoa

Baked Eggs over Spicy Red Pepper Quinoa. Start your morning off right with a nutritious balanced breakfast.

Other, Recipes, Tasting

Shrimp and Scallop Tacos

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Shrimp and Scallop Tacos

There's no time like summer for shrimp and scallops on the barbie. In San Diego, the food culture is centered around the fish taco, and eating a good fish taco is a life changing experience.  If you don't believe me, ask my boyfriend who claimed he didn't like fish before he had his first San [...]

Nutrition & Dietetics

On the Subject of Sweeteners

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On the Subject of Sweeteners

  "How do your take your coffee?" Black with 3 Splendas. With all this talk about the dangers of sugar consumption, there is a lot of discussion about sugar substitutions.  People often think that replacing sugar with a sugar substitute is a get out of jail free card, an easy healthy solution with no consequences. [...]

Recipes, Tasting, Traveling, Trips Outdoors

3 Meals to up your Glamping Game

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3 Meals to up your Glamping Game

Curious how to shop for your next car camping trip? Here's a sample shopping list and three simple easy gourmet meals to take your camping trip to the next level. Added bonus: everything tastes better when cooked outside. Note: it's recommended that you actually get outside and go for a hike, rather than sit around and drink all day. Please try to clean up and leave no trace.

Recipes, Tasting

Eggplant Wrapped Dates with Goat Cheese

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Eggplant Wrapped Dates with Goat Cheese

I was having a dinner party the other night.  A number of vegetarians were invited, and so I needed to get a little more creative than usual.   My roommate often makes Bacon wrapped stuffed dates as an appetizer at many of the events we host together, but for obvious reasons, bacon was not on the [...]

Recipes, Tasting

Hearty Healthy Chicken Fajitas

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Hearty Healthy Chicken Fajitas

  My roommate and I like to feed people.  Maybe it's my jewish side and my time in Italy coming out, and well my roommate is half jewish half Italian, so you get the point. Mangia! I  understand that for some, it can come as a challenge feeding a crowd.  To those who can only [...]

Nutrition & Dietetics, Other, Type 1 diabetes

4 Things I’ve Learned Working in Weight Loss

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4 Things I’ve Learned Working in Weight Loss

Want to know the secret to losing weight and keeping it off? There isn't one single easy solution, but I'll tell you four tips I've learned working in weight-loss research.