Love Matters For … Your Relationship With Food

What’s Love Got To Do With It? During the month of February, we are going over reasons love actually DOES have something to do with your emotional, physical, and social health. Let’s start with the love of food I got into a long drawn out discussion with a wonderful...

Resolution Solutions: The Importance of Support

Visibility Creates Accountability. Talking about your goals to your friends, family and coworkers can be a key element to your success. The more you put them out there, the more people know what you are setting out to do, and the more support you create around you! You will...

Resolution Solutions: Reward For Long Term Success

We’re human and like to be rewarded for our accomplishments. For the new year, we often have goals for ourselves, and those goals should come with rewards! The key to these rewards is to make them support your efforts, rather than work against them. For example, if your goal...

Slim but sedentary might face same heart risks as overweight

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Adults with a healthy weight but a sedentary lifestyle may have the same risk for heart attacks or strokes as people who are overweight, a recent study suggests. Researchers found that normal-weight people who spent much of the day sitting but still hit minimum...

Resolution Solutions: Barriers To Your Goals

Even well-written goals can fail. And that failure may not come from the goal itself, but from life circumstances that get in your way. The key is to acknowledge that there are barriers, identify what they are, and then plan a fix for them. There are so many kinds...

Resolution Solutions: Face Forward

The new year is a time when people often reset expectations for themselves, to have a brighter future. One great exercise in facing forward is to answer the following:  Life is short, so today I will [fill in the blank]. Take a moment each morning to reflect on what you...

Resolution Solutions: One change solves two problems

In the new year, many people make resolutions to better manage such things as their finances and their health. But there is one activity that can allow you to do both: make your own food in your own home. For example, eating out might cost $10 for breakfast, $15...

Pumpkin and Ginger Scones

 Give this wonderful recipe a try and it’s great way to use leftover pumpkin puree.   YOU’LL NEED 3/4 cup whole-wheat flour 1 cup all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into...

Pecan Pie

You’ll Need 1 pie crust 2 cups pecans 4 eggs 1 ½ cups brown sugar Pinch of salt 1 stick of melted butter 1 TBSP all purpose flour 1 tsp vanilla 1/8 cup bourbon or brandy (optional) Directions Beat together the eggs, sugar, salt flour, and butter to make...

Golden Fruit Cake

With the holiday season upon us many goodies are being made, shared and enjoyed. Sometimes when people here fruitcake they run. But this is one that will redefine fruitcake. This has been tested and enjoyed many times by family and I and so I wanted to share it with...

For A Stress Less Holiday: Look Forward

This week, the phrase you should focus on is, “Here’s what I’m looking forward to …” Then fill in the blank. Last year is done, and now we can view the horizon in a positive way. Create next year as one full of potential and promise by taking time...

Butterscotch Baked Pear

Give this fabulous dessert a try. It’s a nice way to incorporate an in season fruit into the holidays .You may want to give it a try with apples too. You’ll Need 6 medium (6 to 7 ounce) ripe but firm Bosc pears, peeled, halved lengthwise 6 Tablespoons (3/4...