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Strawberries in Springtime

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It’s a Rite of Spring in our family: a trip to Sweetberry Farm to go strawberry picking.  I know we’ve gone at least five times, but this was a banner year for the strawberry crop.  Not only were the berries big, red, and plentiful, but you could smell...

Planting Seeds for Growth

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  For those of you who are still experiencing winter weather, just stop reading now.  I don’t want to torture you. It’s already growing season in Austin.  About a month ago, my kids and I cleaned up our raised bed and got it ready for the Spring...

Super Snackers!

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Eat five small meals a day! Eat three meals with a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack! Eat when you’re hungry! Just like confusing food packaging, the messages we receive about when and how to eat are also wildly variable and unhelpful.  But there is one food trend...

Do Shortcuts Work?

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Everyone is looking for a shortcut.  We’re a people about efficiency, mental speed, and moving on from one thing to another in the name of productivity.  If we can find shortcuts to get us from A to B sooner, that’s a good thing, right?! Maybe and maybe not. In...

Confusing Food Packaging

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Magazines and online health articles are always reminding us how important it is to read food labels.  While I agree that being an informed consumer is an important part of your wellness, I also completely understand why people find food labels so confusing. Let’s...

Sugar-Free Me

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I’m three weeks in to my annual sugar-free period.  As the proud owner of a whole mouth of sweet teeth, I dedicate January to resetting my taste buds and giving my gut a cleansing break. While I thoroughly understand the health benefits of being sugar-free all the...

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