A plant-based meal suitable for the low FODMAP diet, topped with a delicious marinated “feta-style” tofu.

Sweet and Savory Spaghetti Squash Salad adorned with lentils, arugula, feta and pomegranate arils. A healthy and colorful low FODMAP salad.

Refreshing lemon dressed kale and tomato salad with a hearty dose of quinoa is a match made in heaven.

Summertime means salad time! And I love adding nuts and fruit to my salads!  This week, I concocted a nice quick fix salad that I thought I would share with you. I am a big fan of kale.  I can honestly say I crave it.  I was so happy when the Monash University researchers tested […]

‘Tis the season for pomegranates! I love these little juicy jewels! So…I decided to incorporate some tasty nourishing pomegranate seeds into a salad recipe.  Here is what I came up with…I added a little of this and that and made this yummy salad. Fancy, right? I think pomegranates add a little the holiday spirit, don’t […]

It’s blueberry season.  This makes me happy.  Love bluebz.  Do you? Here’s some blueberries from one of my favorite places on earth, Tangerini’s farm. Even though we are in the midst of a heatwave, I loved plucking these fresh blueberries today to eat right away. Today I whipped up a nice refreshing salad with some […]

Every summer we try to visit Saratoga Springs, NY and connect with our dear friends, Neil and Dianna.  Dianna and I go way back to our dietetic internship days at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. One visit Dianna packed a picnic lunch with chicken salad sandwiches that were outrageously good.  I remember she […]

The weather is warming up in Boston and I am very happy about that.  I love outdoor activities, like hiking and running, preferably done without snow and ice.  Today is the running of the Boston Marathon!  Having run a marathon in warm conditions, {I ran the San Diego Rock’n Roll marathon} I feel for those […]

It’s a big job to be a Dad, and I am grateful that my husband Russ does a really great job at it. Russ has taught my kids many things simply by being himself and leading by example.  Russ says “just do the right thing.”  And even though “doing the right thing” isn’t sometimes what […]