Staring wearily at my laptop screen, I tried to comprehend the task at hand. Every corner of my brain was flooding with “to-dos.” I had let the routine maintenance go for too long and now the reality of giving my 8-year-old nutrition blog a facelift felt like an undertaking of staggering proportions. To say I …
You’ve seen them. The posts on Instagram where someone shares a collage pic of all the food they ate in one day. It’s intriguing, kind of like peeking in on someone else’s daily habits, observing something we don’t typically see unless we actually sit down and share a meal with them. (Or every meal with …
A long time ago, back when I was regularly attending blogging conferences like IFBC as a newbie blogger I must have gotten myself on a mailing list. Or maybe it was when I visited Allrecipes headquarters in Seattle for a local bloggers event. I don’t have an accurate recollection. But whatever I signed up for, I …
My Take on the 2018 Healthful Eating Trends Report from Allrecipes Read More »
I’m beginning to think only dietitians look at the Nutrition Facts Label on food packages. (It’s like leisurely reading for us. Soothing even.) The multitude of numbers can feel overwhelming to a mere mortal and many folks don’t even know which values are the most important to look at. You might be the exception, and …
Are All Breads, Buns, and Bagels the Same? How the Calories Compare Read More »
We finally made it to fat! This is the fourth in a series of posts on the nutritional content of my lunches, including calories, protein, and carbohydrate. Today it’s fat’s turn, and boy did I learn a thing or two from logging my lipids.