It is the end of the year and I have grown to love making granola as gifts. My daughter’s teachers have raved about it, while honestly I thought it was, ok. I came up with this one and several random people just happened to be over and I gave them a small sample. ” Wow, […]

A local friend and blogger posted this NY Times article on her Facebook Page: “Miralax, A Popular Cure, But Not for Children” I read the article in its entirety and have several problems on many levels. But here is what you need to know and understand about constipation and going number two. First, we should […]

This is something that just came to my mind the other evening. I originally bought DoMatcha Green Tea Powder to use as natural green food dye. But I wanted to give it a try given its health benefits. Here is what they are saying, “This potent powdered green tea is charged with antioxidants and chlorophyll. […]

Born and bred from Chicago (yes, I say it through my nose) we often get made fun of for talking through our noses. It amazed me as a kid how someone could pick up that I was from Chicago, now it is just a friendly travel joke. A few months a local Celiac sent out […]

In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I thought I would share my delicious Strawberry Colada Green Smoothie recipe. It got the thumbs up from my 4yr old daughter. This makes it a fantastic post workout smoothie. Strawberries and pineapple are full of vitamin c which helps with fat utilization (or burn fat) and helps bind […]

I find it interesting this debate of which is better. I’ll never forget my first cholesterol screening at my first job out of college, it was 210. What? As I looked at my results. How could this be? I mean, I eat “healthy” I drink skim milk, I have margarine, I eat fat free (in […]