Fit Fare

While the idea of carbo-loading often conjures up mental images of towering plates of spaghetti and every Italian restaurant in town being booked the night before a big race, you really shouldn’t limit yourself to pasta. In fact, pasta - and even whole-wheat pasta - isn’t necessarily your best option for your pre-race meals. Brown […]

It seems like everyone is touting some sort of diet that works for them: low carb, high protein, no carb, limited protein, no fat. It all comes down to this: what does your body really need? The answer is simple: you need all three, just in a balanced way.
You don’t want to get all of […]

Eating healthfully is challenging enough in this world where we’re surround by super sized this and high fructose that.  It’s even harder when you are cooking for more people than just yourself, people who are more committed to foods tasting good than being healthy.  Therefore, those of us who cook for others develop an arsenal […]

Cereal may be the ultimate child pleaser, but the benefits are all adult. Starting your day off with cereal helps you not only start your day off right but also give your health a boost to boot. A bowl here and a bowl there can help you lose weight, gain vitamins, and even stave heart disease away.
When […]

Summer is almost over around these parts, but even with that teeny hint of fall in the air there’s plenty of time to enjoy a nice cool salad. This refreshing couscous and lentil salad has just the right balance of flavors to make it the perfect accompaniment to almost any main dish–meat, seafood, or […]

It would seem on first investigation, that healthy white bread is as elusive a creature as wealthy white trash. There is a long-standing dichotomy between bleached white flour and whole wheat flour. If you want to make well-behaved bread products you will favor the former, while those health-conscious granolas out there will insist […]

When Oprah went on and on last year about the wonderful steel-cut oatmeal she’s come to love, and her guest Dr. Mehmet Oz explained how the whole grains of steel cut oatmeal drag all the unhealthy stuff out of your intestines, I couldn’t help but be intrigued.
Is oatmeal really a miracle food for your digestive […]

It’s a good thing that my almost-four-year-old son, Nicholas, enjoys black beans as much as he does, especially since they are considered one of the Top 10 Brain Foods. In addition to being good for your mind, Science News also reports that it is invaluable in warding off heart disease. As one of the World’s […]

“No matter whether your goal is to run a marathon, to avoid common allergens like gluten, or simply to eat good tasting food, teff provides all you need for accomplishing these goals.”
That’s some big talk from such an itsy-bitsy grain. Teff is, in fact, the smallest grain in the world. Native to Ethiopia, Teff remains […]

Your husband hates vegetables. Your stepchild won’t touch it if it doesn’t come in the form of a “familiar shape” or stick (see Supersize Me). Your toddler would rather fill up on watermelon and bread than get a little protein and veggies in their mouths. Perhaps your school-age child even comes running home demanding cookies, […]