Yes, many of our lovely lettuces disappear as the weather turns, but that’s when cabbage, carrots and peppers start to shine! This salad is a perfect example of using what’s in season (delicious AND cheap right now!) to make something wonderful. The Thai Quinoa Salad comes from Shalane Flanagan’s Run Read more…
Fall is here, with cooler temps (at least up North), so our steady supply of berries, melons, tomatoes and fragile greens is coming to a close…but that doesn’t mean the end of awesome salads! This time of year produce like cabbage, kale, carrots, squash, apples, beets, broccoli, collard greens, grapes, Read more…
I have friends who seem to live for Fall when they can get their favorite pumpkin spice latte/muffin/pancake/dessert thing. Go ahead and enjoy your orange spice, but did you know that there are delicious, savory pumpkin dishes too? I used to turn my nose up at them too until I Read more…
We’re NOT too busy to meet our health goals, but sometimes we have to get creative to find ways to work them into our busy lives. If a 5am gym session isn’t in your schedule then 5 and 10 minutes through out your day can be just as effective. Activity Read more…
Right now it seems like almost everything is in season…apples, berries, carrots, beans, greens, peppers, tomatoes, squash, etc. The produce section is a pretty place with some of the lowest prices of the year as farmers are trying to move their bounty into our houses before it’s overripe. But what Read more…
One of the tenants of Thrive Nutrition is that I don’t endorse ‘restricted foods.’ Why? Because it rarely works. There are seasons when it makes sense to stop buying peanut butter/ice cream/chips/etc because we’re eating them like 3 year olds at 10pm each night. But, in the long run, these Read more…
Everyone needs a few no-brainer meals to get through those days when all our brain cells are used up by 3pm. This seasoning is what makes several of my no-brainers work: Recipe: 1 cup Kosher salt, 1/4c black pepper, 1/4c garlic powder, 1/4c onion powder. Shake it up and done! Read more…
I LOVE Summer. I love the heat, the green, fireflies, the pool, kids playing outside and gardens full of delicious produce! Tomatoes, pesto and jalapenos we picked yesterday! But it won’t last. Especially up North, we know what’s coming. One of my ways of fighting back is to save little Read more…
I probably don’t need to convince you to eat strawberries, blueberries, raspberries or blackberries…they’re delicious! They’re at their peak of freshness and lowest prices right now because they’re abundant and they go bad rather quickly so farmers and stores want to get them home with you as soon as possible. Read more…
That seems like a silly question, but according to The New York Times that’s exactly what we do every year. Globally we throw away 1/3 of all the food we grow. As a country, we literally throw away $160 BILLION dollars every year. That’s around $2,000 per household each year Read more…