I’ve heard of açaí bowls before but they never peaked my interest much for some reason.  And then a few weeks ago I came across a recipe for one and I copied it down thinking maybe I’d make it one day. So on the hunt for a quick and easy breakfast recently, I decided to try the açaí bowl.  It was…

It’s been a crazy 2 weeks! I turned 40 the first weekend of October and my sweetie planned such a FANTASTIC birthday for me, more than a week later and I’m still on cloud 9! My birthday weekend was full of great food, cocktails, late nights and early mornings!  The weather was a little chilly and rainy but the party…

While listening to the Evolution of Medicine Summit this week, time and again I heard the speakers say “food is information” or refer to food as information for the body.  I’d heard this before in the nutrition school I attended but for some reason it resonated differently with me this time. I think there are some key adjectives most of…

Have you been watching your weight but still aren’t seeing results? Losing weight is not always as simple as calories in, calories out. Certain problematic foods may be messing with your metabolism.  That was certainly the case with me.  Not only were these foods preventing me from dropping those last stubborn pounds around my waist, they were robbing me of…