Bananas, Baby

Or, rather…baby bananas! Have you tried them? If not- a must do. While I first enjoyed them fresh from the Wednesday Farmer’s Market in downtown Kona, I will occasionally pick them up here at home, from my nearby Whole Foods. Like many other ‘baby’ versions of produce, they’re delicate, sweet and one of the most […]

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Hungry at 3…

Don’t do it! Put down the muffin and back away from the barista! So many of my clients report the same thing: “I’m always hungry at 3pm. I don’t know why.   I try to power through, but I either end up starving and eating everything in site when I get home, or giving in […]

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Is Truvia A Good Sweetener?

That depends.   Do you like to eat erythritol?   Do you know what erythritol is?  It’s yet another sugar alcohol that has been approved for use as a food additive in the United States (as if that means anything). Neatly packaged up in a friendly looking white envelope with a green flower logo makes it […]

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Stop! Don’t Eat That Dirt!

Yes, we do, in fact, need to wash all of our produce, even that which is organic.    I’m not being funny here, as I have been asked this very question, whether or not organic produce defaults to an equivalent ‘no need to wash’ and no, it does not. Even though any given fruit or […]

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