Blog Search for: Educate kids about nutrition Sometimes I wonder if my teenaged son is absorbing what I teach him about health, or if he’s just too annoyed with me and absorbed with “fitting in” to care…. VitaMix vs BlendTec So I came in from running and started to make a blenderful of GS. Sometimes if my BlendTec is full of something else, or my kids put the container… habits of highly healthy people . . . part 2 (of 2) Covey’s Habit #3 is to Put First Things First. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs reminds us of this, if you’ve ever studied psychology. At the bottom of the pyramid… Seven habits of highly healthy people . . . part 1 (of 2) Seven habits of highly healthy people . . . part I You probably know Stephen Covey’s landslide bestseller, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. You can relate some… Good, Better Best: CHEESE Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: what’s good, better, and best for CHEESE? Answer: Some people think soy cheese is a good alternative. I think it’s highly processed and not worth the expense. Also,… Quinoa cookies Brigham Young University’s alumni magazine just ran a story on some researchers who are distributing quinoa cookies to starving populations. The idea is that quinoa is a very nutritious food… The Nutritionally Recalcitrant Spouse: Part Four (Summing Up) Lisle and Goldhamer, in The Pleasure Trap, write about how as a culture we’re like that frog in the boiling water. You try to put a frog in boiling… the recalcitrant spouse . . . part three (of four) FOUR, just put more nutritious foods in the menu without taking any kind of soapbox stand about it. Just do it with no fanfare, and have a rule that… the nutritionally recalcitrant spouse . . . part two (of four) TWO, a major reason you’re enthusiastically moving ahead with health-related dietary changes and he’s resisting is this: you’ve been educated, and he hasn’t! Obviously, or you wouldn’t be blogging… the nutritionally recalcitrant spouse . . . part one (of four) Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: “I am excited about eating right and enjoying the changes I’m making, but my husband/wife is sabotaging my efforts and doesn’t think eating white flour, sugar, meat, and… Good, Better, Best: What Should I Put on My Cereal? ***Note: I apologize to all those who have sent me unanswered email questions. I am trying to get to them all. FYI, I prioritize what is blogged over… Organic vs. Conventional Potatoes I’ve been grading papers for the university classes I teach. A student of mine is the son of an Idaho farmer, and he makes a case that organic produce…
