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A Garbage Disposal Salad?

Some headlines you just have to click. I was browsing some health headlines this morning and saw an interview with Kristen Bell — star of the new movie When in Rome. The headline I couldn’t resist clicking was this: “Kristen Bell’s diet secret? Garbage disposal salads.” You can read the full interview at Health.com if you’re curious… I certainly was! Turns out a “garbage disposal salad” is one where you put everything you can find into a salad. Fruits, veggies, nuts, cheeses, what have you. Bell commented that with so many flavors, you didn’t need the salad dressing. That’s a … Continue reading →

Dicing Up Dinner

Meal preparation can be tricky with a baby. My baby takes up a lot of my mental capacity. Some days, the last thing I want to do is think about what to make for lunch or supper, especially when I want my meals to be healthy. My baby makes grocery shopping more complicated. If she’s in a good mood, it can be a fun experience. I get to get out of the house, and my baby gets to see and hear interesting new things. However, if my baby is fussy, it’s a whole different story. Even after I decide what … Continue reading →

Looking For My Waist: I Can’t Believe I Ate the Whole Thing

I haven’t weighed myself since Monday and don’t plan to until next Monday. If fact I have spent the week being quite gluttonous. Each time I finished a whole bag of pre-packaged food products I thought, “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”! So what food item was so important to me that I ate entire packages in the midst of a diet? It was vegetables. I don’t normally cook or eat vegetables. This is not because I dislike them, but because I don’t like seeing them go down the garbage disposal. Instead, I hide what I can in … Continue reading →