A few of my favorite things
Happy Friday! No links this week, because I spent most of this week off the
What’s in an egg?
I love eggs, and not just because my three backyard hens obligingly provide them for
Safety first!
Do you can? We love to can...or should I say Jeff loves to can, and
On Nutrition: The beverage of champions
When it comes to beverages, I am a big fan of water. When I'm thirsty
Happy Birthday, Julia Child!
I'm chastened to say that I would not have known that yesterday was Julia Child's
Have you hugged your farmer today?
Do your weekend plans involve shopping at a farmers market? No? Well you're about the
Mmmmmm…mushrooms
Some of the work I've been doing during my three-week community dietetics practice experience rotation
On Nutrition: Healthy foods that aren’t
Greetings. If you haven't read my On Nutrition column on "Five 'healthy' foods that aren't"
Meatless Monday: Minestrone
I've never officially observed Meatless Monday. And it's not because I'm so enamored with meat.
Getting cultured
I had a question from a reader about Nancy's Yogurt. I had mentioned that people should look for the "Live and Active Cultures" seal on their yogurt to make sure that the probiotic bacteria in the yogurt have not been killed by heat processing (if they aren't alive when you eat them, they have no chance of improving your intestinal bacteria population).
Survival of the fittest
A reader asked me how probiotics and fermented foods make it through the stomach digestive acids. It's an excellent question. I mean, our stomach and small intestine digest our food, why wouldn't they digest any passing bacteria? It's true, our digestive tract is a harsh environment, full of acids and digestive enzymes, but some bacteria are up to the task.
One grain more
I'm taking a little blogging break today, so I thought I'd share this video that
On Nutrition: Health From the Inside Out
In my On Nutrition column in today's Seattle Times, I talk about the difference between prebiotics (foods that contain substances that the beneficial bacteria in your gut (a.k.a. your intestines) can ferment and use as food) and probiotics (food that contains actual live specimens of beneficial bacteria that can add to your existing population or possibly alter it for the better).
Right Bites: Healthier festival fare
I spent a few hours yesterday tasting and testing my way through The Bite of
Reunited and it feels so…green!
Several months ago, I let my Full Circle produce delivery subscription lapse. As convenient as
I left my heart in San Francisco…
...and came home with happy tastebuds! Jeff and I did a loooong day trip to
Passing the buck
Greetings and salutations. I'm in the middle of a big editing project and my house
A cool pick-me-up
It's not especially hot in Seattle, but after a long, cool spring and early summer
On Nutrition: Season’s Bounty
Happy Monday! I hope you had a good weekend. I felt pretty productive, turning 10
Basil: a delicious taste of summer
Since I try to eat seasonally as much as possible, there are certain foods and
Celebrating Independence
I hope everyone (well, US readers, anyway) had a nice July 4 holiday. We celebrated
Ladies who lunch
I eat a lot of lunches at my desk while working, or in the library
A good thing gone awry?
One area I think I want to focus on professionally once I'm a Registered Dietitian
Recipe: Banana-Oatmeal Pancakes
I love a good pancake, and while there is something delightful about the traditional fluffy
A rush of delicious inspiration
I've mentioned here and there that my eating habits for the last nine months (the
Plan for an active future
When you're 20, 30, 40, 50 and maybe even 60, you don't think about becoming
Vitamin D: The story continues
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm on the fence about whether to take vitamin
BlogHer: Its a wrap!
Words can't adequately describe what great fun it was to spend the weekend with a
BlogHer Food: A fresh perspective
For the last nine months, I've been so heavily invested in the nutrition side of
Author Interview: Terry Walters
As I mentioned, I'm attending the annual BlogHer Food conference this weekend, which is so
What I’m reading: An Everlasting Meal
Would you rather read this......or this?Now, I may have introduced some bias in this little
Food for the ears and eyes…
...otherwise known as a podcast and a video. First the podcast, a nice WNYC conversation
Sleep more, stress less
I've received a few e-mails from readers of Sunday's On Nutrition column asking about tips
Beyond super size
Great infographic from the CDC's Making Health Easier site! Do you suffer from "portion distortion"?
Citrus & Orange
I'm finally getting around to sharing one of the two great new recipes I made
How to eat an artichoke
I mentioned yesterday that my weekend cooking plans got derailed a bit. Saturday afternoon, I
A day late and a recipe short
Greetings! I had intended to post a few recipes this weekend, but my cooking plans
What does dinner look like?
Even though many of us cook and eat on the fly, at least some of
Planning a perfect pantry
If I had to shop every week for everything I eat in that week, I
Books For New Cooks
This is an update of an earlier post in which I tried to limit myself to selecting five cookbooks from my library that I thought would be good for newbie cooks. I didn’t quite hit the mark, as you can see. And I’m adding one more that I’ve recently acquired. What can I say, other than, “Hello, my name’s Carrie and I’m a cookbook addict.”
Cooking 101: “Little black dress” recipes
My "On Nutrition" column in yesterday's Seattle Times talked about the loss of fundamental cooking
On Nutrition: Are you an Armchair Cook?
Hello everyone. The weather is just gorgeous in Seattle this weekend...I hope it's nice where
Sometimes it is the small stuff
I had a different post planned for today, but then I had an awesome guest
BMI…why?
You may well be aware that body mass index, or BMI, is an imperfect measure
Befriend Your Bones, Part 2
So, how do exactly do you befriend your bones? Ideally, you develop bone-healthy habits as
On Nutrition: The Mediterranean Diet
Happy Sunday. I say that tongue-in-cheek, as I've been chained to my computer all weekend
A Tale of Two Documentaries
Hello. I'm back from the Washington State Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics conference (held jointly
Fruit fly by the foot
I'm relying on the lazy blogger's (OK, let's be fair...extremely busy blogger's) crutch of video.
Beyond vitamins and minerals
Vitamins and minerals are important. Really important. There are the antioxidant vitamins (A, C, E
On Nutrition: Leafy green revolution
My column in yesterday's Seattle Times was a bit of an ode to the wonders
Busy as a bee
Hi everyone. I'm dealing with a pile of deadlines, so in lieu of a formal
Lazy Thursday
I have a pile of textbooks staring reproachfully at me, so I'm going to be
A (food) day in the life
I don't often do "what I ate today" types of posts, but since yesterday's post
On Nutrition: Moderation
I planned to post a link to my On Nutrition column in today's Seattle Times,
Food for thought
In my Nutrition and Chronic Disease class yesterday, we discussed the fact that, in Seattle,
Truth is stranger than fiction
There are some stories I don't like to read. A story about a healthy, active,
A nutritional Trojan horse
It didn't feel right to rail against sugar-sweetened beverages the other day and not say
The opposite of nutrition
I had a different post planned for today, but then I saw the latest study
I get knocked down, but I get up again
The only thing worse than running the end-of-the-school-term gauntlet is doing it with a two-week-long
On Nutrition: The Debut
OK, so here's my big news: As of today, I am officially a nutrition columnist
Watch what you eat
We had our last lecture in Food Safety today, and it was a good one.
Get your plate in shape!
Hey, guess what? It's National Nutrition Month! I suppose that means I'll be writing about
Building a healthy body and mind
In yesterday's Nutrition & Metabolism class, our guest speaker was Laurie Mischley, ND, who received
I try not to judge, but…
So, I'm writing this post from the calm quiet of the Health Sciences Library, killing
First cookbooks, now this
It's bad enough to never have enough time to peruse all the wonderful cookbooks out
Salt of the earth
Have you seen NPR's new food blog, The Salt? I stumbled upon it yesterday because
When two become one
I enjoy a lot of whole grains, but I get excited about farro. And I
A win-win
This post is going to be quick. I've had a busy weekend, and a large
Sat fats, sad fats?
OK, so yesterday I told you that, for most people, dietary cholesterol isn’t a big
Happy Valentine’s Day
Is this picture a sign that I have an off-kilter sense of humor? Perhaps...but it's
Houston, we have a problem
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The good, the bad and the ugly
I decided I couldn't slap the "Links I Like" headline on this one, because...well, you'll
A very good week
Greetings. The rain may be gently falling as I write this, but we had a
Only 3,800 to go
Nigella Lawson has 4,000 cookbooks.What have I been doing with my time (and money)? I
You say it’s your birthday?
Well, it's my birthday, too! Or it was, yesterday. I had the day off from
Three things
A few quick things before I head off to watch my beloved Oregon Ducks play
Happy New Year!
If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then New Year's Day breakfast
Blogging as stress relief
I'm sitting in the school library, killing time until my epidemiology final. By epidemiology final,
Baby, it’s cold outside!
Chilly temps+ Pho Cyclo= Balance in the universe!It's been soul-suckingly cold this week, but not rainy,
Step away from the couch!
I've decided to start running. I could blame my sister and stepbrother, who both ran
A feast for the eyes
I'm working on a little project about food in film, so naturally I'm replaying in
Beef. It’s what’s for dinner.
This morning we made our annual trek to the country to pick up our quarter-share
My lost week(s)
Hello, old friends. It it clear that I need to adjust expectations (my own and
Two degrees of pumpkin pancakes
You know the whole "six degrees of separation" thing with actor Kevin Bacon (i.e., think
Danger! Danger!
I've found a new (to me) food site: Food 52. It "had me at hello"
The big picture
I try to not be judgmental about other people eating patterns, largely because there was
Mega portion distortion
I know I ended yesterday's post with the suggestion to avoid food buffets, but the
Variety: Not always the spice of life (or health)
One of the topics we’ve been covering in my Nutrition & Metabolism class is age-related
Fun nutrition facts!
I can't even tell you how much my brain has grown in the first two
Exit the food carnival
Here's what I read on the bus yesterday on the way to "nutrition school." Excellent,
Just for the record
A food diary is an amazing tool for getting a clear look at what you're
Public health, personal health
Today I had the first of three grad school orientations, this one for the School
Figtastic!
Hello, my precious...I was tortured, tortured I tell you, reading about Trader Joe's fig butter
Link + Recipe = Food for Mind + Body
I heard that the medical journal The Lancet published a large series of reports on
About face
Uh, yeah...about that weeklong fall detox I was planning to do? Not gonna happen. All
The roast with the most
I seriously don't know what I was thinking when I planned to cook a roast
In the yoga zone
In the relative lull offered by my break between summer and fall classes, one of
Eating healthy for less
I've talked about eating healthy and affordably before. Two keys to succeeding in this area
Labor of love
Happy Labor Day! I hope most of you are having a nice three-day weekend (I
Veggies for breakfast
When at all possible, I like to begin my copious daily vegetable intake at breakfast.