The weather has been so nice this late summer/early fall and I had a chance to spend time walking, hiking and biking in some area parks that are treasures for the Seattle area. I did a bike over to and around Seward Park on Lake Washington in Seattle (featured image), biked into and around Lake […]
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I was so excited when I came around this corner at the drug store and saw these three baskets filled with whole food-real food with no nutrition fact labels to analyze! I decided on a banana and a single packaged mozzarella string cheese with 6 grams of fat and 6 grams of protein (as you […]
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The day was quite warm and I saw something special in the freezer case. Frozen yogurt is good for you, right? It is just like eating Greek yogurt, right? This coffee frozen yogurt does have 8 grams of protein, but it also has multiple portions with 21 grams of sugar in each serving. I guess I […]
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I needed to stay hydrated so I went to the beverage case and this vitamin water caught my eye. What is the crystalline fructose along with cane sugar and can a bottle of vitamin water really have 32 grams of sugar? This does not sound like a wise choice to me! This is what I […]
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I really love dried fruit for a snack. Dried apricots are one of my favorite so this package caught my eye when I first walked into the store. Sugar content of dried fruit: Raisins: 59%. Dates: 64–66%. Prunes: 38%. Apricots: 53%. Figs: 48%. Fruit contains significant amounts of natural sugars including both glucose and fructose. Sugar and calories are concentrated […]
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Leading a healthy lifestyle is all about the choices we make everyday, which includes how we fuel our bodies. However, making healthy food choices “on the go” can be risky. Convenience food is often filled with too much sugar, salt and other ingredients you may not even recognize! Being prepared and organized can keep you […]
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I really love to cook together with friends and family. Sometimes it can get a little crowded in the kitchen and if my son has his smoker fired up it can get a little “heated”, but the results are usually spectacular. Last summer my daughter-in-law made our family amazing Grace paella. I made the sides […]
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Sometimes I will get a text from my son “want to make me dinner Thursday night”? I love to have him over, but it can be a bit of a challenge deciding what to prepare since he eats out at VERY nice restaurants. At the formerchef.com a great post about cooking is “I cook because… […]
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There are certain recipes that I tend to make again and again. Usually because those I cook for think the recipe is delicious and sometimes just because it is so fun to make. Measuring, chopping, and squishing the ingredients between your fingers is a wonderful sensory experience (making meatloaf for example:) It makes you feel like […]
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Some of the best recipes are found in personal cookbooks from family, friends, PTAs etc… My son’s childcare at Eastgate Elementary put out a call for all of our children’s favorite recipes and the Dutch Baby recipe taken from that cookbook has become a favorite in our family. On streetdirectory.com the love of cooking […]
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