Nov

11

Goose Valley Wild and Brown Rice Review

November 11, 2010 | 3 Comments

Whole grains, less processing, and fewer ingredients. All three are trends in food that this product delivers.
I received free samples of Goose Valley Rice: Brown and Wild Rice Fusion, Natural Wild Rice, and Organic Wild Rice. My previous experience with wild rice has been a box of Uncle Ben’s Long Grain and Wild Rice. I’ve [...]

Oct

18

Product Review: Dorot Frozen Herbs

October 18, 2010 | 1 Comment

In my last post, the butternut squash, apple, and curry soup, I mentioned using frozen cubes of basil. As promised, here’s my review of this product.
First, these were free samples I received of Dorot Products (Garlic and Herbs). They are crushed herbs that come frozen in a trays, and each tray has 20 cubes. They [...]

Aug

13

Trendy Desserts…The Perspective of a Dietitian

August 13, 2010 | 5 Comments

Fancy Cupcakes
Cupcakes are THE cakes for their birthdays, baby showers, bridal showers, and weddings. Cinnabon has even started selling cupcakes! Trendy and fun. But, are fancy store-bought cupcakes worth your money?
I’m not a dessert-hater, but unless you have money burning a hole in your pocket, $29 to $39 a dozen is a lot. A box [...]

May

19

Review: Flavor Magic Portion Control Sheets

May 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment

I heard colleagues talk about these sheets they saw at the American Dietetic Association’s conference a few years ago. I didn’t attend that year–I had my son exactly around the same time–and I missed on the cool products are promoted in the Expo part of the conference. Either ways, this was one of them. I [...]

May

3

Great Seafood Experience in St Pete Florida

May 3, 2010 | 3 Comments

This post is not about practical nutrition tips. It’s about enjoying your food on vacation!
We’ve been on sunny warm–actually humid–St. Pete beach in Florida this weekend, and nothing is better to eat around the water than seafood.
On Saturday, we drove to St. Petersburg (a 15 minute drive) and walked down the Pier area. The birds [...]

Apr

21

Product Reviews: Chocbite and Post’s New Cereal Just Bunches

April 21, 2010 | 1 Comment

My dear fried Rebecca from Chow and Chatter had a Chocbite chocolate giveaway. I had to go to Chocobite website, design my own chocolate, and write a comment about it. Being a chocolate lover, that was easy to do.
Chocbite is custom-made chocolate. You choose your own chocolate (black, dark, milk, or white) and toppings (savory, [...]

Mar

13

Nut Butters, New Cookbook, and Banana Bread Recipe

March 13, 2010 | 9 Comments

Last month, I wrote about the breakfast challenge that 5 bloggers had. They challenged their readers to use one of these foods to make a healthy breakfast: avocado, flax, quinoa, lentils, and walnuts.
I submitted my banana flax walnut recipe and won the challenge for walnuts. Wo-who!
What did I win?
Two jars of nut butters: walnuts and [...]

Jan

16

Book Review: The Calorie Counter for Dummies

January 16, 2010 | 2 Comments

If you’ve ever thought you ordered the healthiest food pulling in to a fast-food drive-through or browsing the menu of your favorite restaurant to realize that you didn’t, then The Calorie Counter For Dummies is what you need.
The 436-page pocket size book is light and simple reading, written by two registered dietitians, Rossane Rust and [...]

Nov

26

Low-Calorie Peanut Butter

November 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

There was a time when peanut butter was a not so-good-for-you food. Too much fat was the problem. Now that we know about the good stuff in nuts—I’m talking about the mono and the polyunsaturated fats, there’s no way but to enjoy a tablespoon or two often.

If you love peanut butter and still want to [...]