Did you know Valentine’s Day is a long and time-honored tradition in many countries? The practice of giving cards or trinkets to someone you love on February 14, Valentine’s Day dates back to the Middle Ages, but Valentine, the Saint lived long before that, during Roman Times. Legend has it that around 270 AD Roman…
Category Archives: Clean Living
Recipe Redux: Egg and Kale Muffin Sandwich
Kale for Breakfast? January 21 – 2012 Kale for breakfast? Why not! I’ve never been one for traditional breakfasts, when I was a little girl my favorite breakfast was toast with butter, thinly sliced cheese and ham. As I got older breakfast became anything I had in the refrigerator and often yesterday’s lunch or dinner…
Four Words for 2012
Inspired by Danielle Omar’s blog post, “My Three Words” I decided to come up with my own guiding principles for 2012. These replace the specific resolutions that although made with good intentions all too often fall to the way side, rather quickly, so I thought I would give this a try. My four words are…
A Tribute to Turmeric
A few weeks ago I received a bottle of turmeric from MySpiceSage at the Eat Write Retreat bloggers conference. Like many average Americans I didn’t know what to do with it. Although I live in a very diverse part of the country where it’s not unusual to find indigenous people from India, Pakistan and Afghanistan…
Great Gluten-free Bread
Eating clean doesn’t mean going vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free or dairy free. But, you can easily eat clean if you follow any one of these lifestyles. I personally do not follow any one of these patterns, but I do make it a point to eat more plant foods (i.e. vegan and vegetarian), more whole grains…
Diane Welland, M.S., RD
Food and Nutrition Writer
Foodie,
dietitian, writer, author, mom and veggie-lover. When I’m not in the
kitchen you’ll find me at a farmers’ market or a food festival. I’m
writing this blog to show how easy and delicious whole, natural,
unprocessed, “clean” food can be, but that doesn’t mean you won’t find a
few indulgences too. Everything in moderation.
Author of:
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Local
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Eating Clean
The Complete Idiot’s Guide
to Belly Fat Weight Loss
