Tricky Holiday Dining Event #5: The Grand Finale, Dessert

Think back to the holiday season of 2014. What was the outcome of your approach to eating during that time, and, in particular, how did you handle the main holiday meal? Maybe you started the day with a workout, eliciting a more sensitive insulin response, allowing you to more efficiently process the excess carbs, and […]

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Tricky Holiday Dining Event #4: Hosting the Holiday Meal

Hosting the holiday dinner in your own home is quite possibly the easiest route to go. Unless you’re someone who doesn’t enjoy cooking, preparing the holiday meal in your very own kitchen allows you to take complete control over what will be served, rest assured there are no tricky hidden ingredients to be cautious of […]

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Tricky Holiday Dining Event #3: The Cocktail Party

Care for a hot, steaming mug of eggnog?  How about a cranberry cosmopolitan?    While we’ve been covering various eating during the holiday scenarios this week, the topic of what to sip on, if you’re someone who likes to have a drink has yet to be addressed. Don’t worry, I’m not going to suggest you […]

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Tricky Holiday Dining Event #1: Attending an Event with a Set Menu

With less than two weeks to go until both Christmas and Hanukkah begin, things are undoubtedly ramping up in terms of having way too much to do in far too little time. There’s shopping for gifts, making last minute travel arrangements and, of course, finalizing plans for the main holiday-related dining events. While it’s straightforward […]

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Holiday Eating Strategy # 4: Focus on Flavor

We’ve thought about eating more fat. We know we’ve got to cut the sugar. In addition, we now know that a trip down memory lane is facilitated more by our sense of smell than our sense of taste. But one last thing we haven’t considered is how to capitalize on taste without compromising on health […]

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Holiday Eating Strategy # 3: Satiety Through Scent

Food that tastes good or food that tastes bland; which would you prefer? Kind of a silly question, of course, but it emphasizes the importance of the impact the flavor of a meal has with regard to how enjoyable it is. Strictly from a health standpoint, there is absolutely nothing wrong with eating a broiled, […]

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Holiday Eating Strategy 1: Eat More Fat

How about some rich coconut cream in your coffee with a dash of nutmeg?  Takes away the need for sweet! With the holidays now in full swing, you’re probably finding yourself in a conundrum. Stick to your ‘diet’ and place yourself in solitary food confinement or throw it all out the window in order to […]

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Williams Sonoma, An Empire Created from a Dream

Williams Sonoma. My version of a toy store. A place I could easily spend hours in (and have). A shop where you can find every possible thing you’d need from the most basic of basics, like the perfect chef’s knife, to the latest, fun new gadget, like a spiralizer tool. I suppose I never really […]

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