Caution: Zombies Ahead

October 23rd, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Fitness - (9 Comments)

We survived! Literally, anyway. Our day started in the car where we enjoyed breakfast in the form of pumpkin oats and lunch in the form of hummus, veggies, pita chips and my favorite portable protein; hard boiled eggs. Five hours later, we finally made it to Zombie Land in time for our 4 o’clock wave …
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Fat is Your Friend

September 1st, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Healthy Habits - (2 Comments)

I just read a study published by the New England Journal of Medicine from June of this year concerning the changes in diet and lifestyle and long-term weight gain in women and men. More than 120,000 healthy men and women were observed over the course of 20 years.  Their change in weight was evaluated at …
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How to Eat More Vegetables

August 30th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Healthy Habits - (7 Comments)

Once upon a time I always ate processed, snacky type foods like Kashi crackers, pretzels or frozen, baked french fries as my “side” at lunch.  While those are certainly better than some foods and are of course OK once in a while – one of the best habits I ever created for myself was learning …
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Lunch Time Law

August 24th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Lunch - (2 Comments)

An amusement park excursion was on the docket for today. And like most day trips, a packed lunch was the first order of business on the agenda. It is at this juncture that I would like to present our midday meal + snacks for inspection: Exhibit A: Carrot sticks Exhibit B: Homegrown grape tomatoes and …
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Cucumber Water

April 26th, 2011 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (8 Comments)

Once upon a time, (in March) a couple of little gals traveled two and a half hours north to hit up the city of Toronto for a long weekend. One of the many kid-friendly tourist stops we made on our trip was the Royal Ontario Museum – a totally cool place where the kids made …
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I’ve written casually about my favorite way to make Brussels sprouts before, but now I feel that this vegetable dish deserves an official post of its own because: 1.  I make them all the time and have therefore seriously improved my method 2.  I want to flesh out each step that goes into preparing Brussels …
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Uncensorfed

December 19th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Party Time - (6 Comments)

It recenytly occur4red to me that I’m still not using my left pointer finger when I type. My finger felon incision has completely healed, but is sttill a bit tenderr. I keep findigng that figner hanging out in the air when I ttype though, completely slacking off.  Itt’s more than willing ot let all the …
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A Time for Fish

November 3rd, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Dinner Time - (13 Comments)

Earlier this week we met up with some of our unschooling, nature loving friends for a salmon run adventure. We were the first to arrive, so we figured out how to keep ourselves entertained as we waited for our friends to join us. One by one a colorful gang of kids showed up, and then …
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gazPACH!!o! Gazuntite.

August 17th, 2010 | Posted by Alison Spath in Vegetable Lovin' - (5 Comments)

Don’t be fooled. Gazpacho is not cold, raw soup. That’s a lie. Gazpacho is a vegetable slurpee. ‘Round these parts, tomatoes are in abundance right now. If you too have been looking at the slew of tomatoes on your counter thinking “what the FREAK am I going to do with all of those?!” every time …
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A dear reader named Kenzie left a comment the other day asking me to do a post about how I make my salads and what I put in them. Turns out I just so happen to have “Big Giant Salad” on the dinner menu tonight! Here’s how I make a salad that will knock your …
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