• Conquering Cookies

    Today I baked five dozen Death By Chocolate cookies for a church Christmas party without eating a single one. This is a big win for me! How did I do it? I didn’t bake when I was hungry. I made sure to have a morning smoothie full of nourishing foods — filtered water, banana, boysenberries, beets, spinach, flaxseeds, organic protein…

  • New Food Mantra

    I was at a Blue Zones-Project Umpqua planning meeting a few weeks ago and Toni Brase, another committee member, said she counsels her WIC clients to “Clean it up, lean it up, and green it up” when it comes to improving their diets. We were putting together a cooking demo on beans and fellow volunteer Kim Turner piped up with…