On this day 30 (yowza 30!) years ago, I made my entrance into the world about a month early. What can I say? I guess I was eager to arrive. I kind of love birthdays, and have been celebrating with some of my very best friends all weekend, including two who flew in from DC [...]

A while back, someone from Ruth’s Foods contacted me asking if I’d like to try their Chia Goodness products. I’ve been incorporating chia seeds into my diet pretty regularly in the past year, especially in smoothies, and as an egg replacer, so I was eager to try them. (1 Tbsp chia seeds soaked in 3 [...]

I was recently invited to Forum by Bard Valley Medjool Dates and their spokesperson, Laura Hartung. I was in right away since I love the new Forum (used to be Vox but looks even better inside!), loooooove dates (especially adding them to my banana oat smoothies) and know Laura from some corporate wellness work we’ve [...]

For the past few weeks, I’ve been blogging about recipes I created using Marzetti Simply Dressed all natural salad dressing. I was lucky enough to sample some of these fantastic dressings (made with ingredients I recognize!) and now have a go-to dressing to not only use, but also recommend to my clients. Now I want [...]

Last Saturday night, Funk and I had dinner plans. Knowing I’d be indulging a bit at dinner, I wanted to jam-pack my lunch with fruits and veggies. With a half of a bag of curly kale in the fridge that was about to go bad, I decided to make a massive massaged kale salad with [...]

Over the weekend, my friend Toni and I took a highly anticipated trip about an hour away to Northborough, MA where the first Massachusetts Wegman’s grocery store opened last month! I hold a special place in my heart for Wegman’s: spending four years in Syracuse, NY for college, I grew to love the supermarket that [...]

Recently my parents, who lost power for a few days due to the unusual October snowstorm in New England, gave us some of their refrigerator-only foods so they wouldn’t go to waste with the power outage. Included in the grocery goodies were two 20 ounce containers of pre-cubed and peeled butternut squash. When it comes [...]

Almost two weeks ago I hopped on a plane to vacation with three of my very best friends from grad school for a long weekend in Sedona, Arizona. Of course, amidst hiking in the red rocks, wine tasting in the vineyards, and browsing the shops in town, we talked nutrition. Of course we talk nutrition. [...]

I recently had the pleasure of joining some other Boston bloggers for dinner at Troquet, thanks to California Olive Ranch olive oil. We were invited for a three course dinner showcasing their olive oil (yes, including dessert!) and got to hear from the VP of Marketing, Mike Forbes, as well as local chef Tony Polito, [...]

  I was recently invited to check out a preview of the Whole Foods Wellness Club that launched this month at the inaugural store in Dedham, MA. After browsing around on the Wellness Club website, I was excited to learn more and joined 10-15 other local food bloggers and some of my dietitian pals at [...]