Fit Fare

When I asked for help from experts on topics related to pork, Chef Scott Uehlein of the Canyon Ranch Health Resorts and Spa Clubs, responded with this recipe . . . it will be making its debut on my table this weekend for Father’s Day.
Photo and recipe courtesy of Canyon Ranch/Scott Uehlein.
Quick Orange BBQ Sauce
Makes […]

As a mother, some things worry me. Among them, making sure that meat is properly cooked. I have a handle on chicken and beef, but pork — that’s an enigma. So this week, Fit Fare is talking all about pork.
Let’s talk temp:
The USDA says that pork should be cooked to an internal temperature of […]

Hey readers, summer officially started about two weeks ago and Fit Fare wants to hear from you. Respond to the question in the comments section and you might be featured in an upcoming exercise story.
What is your favorite summertime exercise or activity? 

So, I recently participated in a Biggest Loser-type competition at work. Unfortunately, I got sick about halfway through and wasn’t as motivated as I hoped to be. I lost one pound overall (bad, but at the same time good that I didn’t gain).
My trainer offered up these tips to help me kickstart the weightloss without […]

The price of baby food - the organic, affordable food that Paige eats - jumped 10 cents. Sugar has more than doubled in price for our small town. Gas is teetering on $4 a gallon. I talked about my fears last week . . . and they only seem to intensify as the days pass. […]

Melissa Garner lost 75 pounds on a radical diet plan. On Smart for Life, you eat six “cookies” each day and then a sensible dinner (their words). The cookies come in varieties like chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin and are packed with healthy ingredients like flax seed.
Melissa weighed 200 pounds and was a size 14 […]

I had a huge wake up call this week.
I knew that summer was coming, but it never occurred to me that my post-pregnancy body – still 10 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight – would conflict with my ideal summer-weather clothing. Well. It does. Majorly.
I tried on shorts – they fit just right in the waist, […]

I have a two-year-old who loves pasta. And when I say loves it, I mean devours it. Whether it’s laced with marinara, teased with pesto or coated with just a simple oglio olio, he is all about it. But pasta for a toddler can be elusive. Getting it on the fork is no simple feat. […]

I was so excited when the box of Kashi pizzas arrived on my doorstep that I nearly gave myself frostbite getting them out of the dry-ice packed box. It seems that putting only one potholder on, instead of two, was a poor decision. But was the initial excitement worthy of the product?
I certainly think so. […]

I live in a very small town. If I don’t know someone, chances are that someone else I do know does. So, needless to say, news travels with lightning speed here.
Recently, that was the case with news that wasn’t good. A father of three was playing basketball in the gym at Newtown High School. Basketball […]