This nutritious, easy to make side dish is perfect for summer celebrations.

If you find yourself craving for something crunchy and cold, but not too sweet or rich the recipe below for Cole slaw could be just what your tummy was calling for. It’s full of fiber, phytonutrients, calcium and protein and can be stored in the fridge for up to a week. Perfect as a side for grilled burgers, fish and BBQ or a mid-afternoon snack.

The recipe below is a collaborative effort between myself and a functional nutritionist to find and then evolved over time to include cranberries and pears to align with the autumnal season. I brought this dish to a Thanksgiving dinner at a friends house a couple of years ago, mainly so I had a potato dish to indulge in that was dairy-free; was surprised how much everyone liked the dish and made it disappear before anyone could have seconds.

The topic of psychiatric medications doing harm continues to be ‘taboo’ in the mainstream media which is why I was surprised, in a good way, to see the New York Times write a front-page article (that appeared on-line on Sunday August 28, 2022) titled “This Teen Was Prescribed 10 Psychiatric Drugs. She’s Not Alone: Increasing, anxious and depressed teens are using multiple, powerful psychiatric drugs, many of them untested in adolescents or for use in tandem” by Matt Richtel. He weaves in stories from several people who were prescribed a ‘cascade’ of pharmaceutical combinations as teenagers along with statistics and evidence around the increase in psychiatric medication prescribed for adolescents and teenagers even though they have not been formally approved by the FDA for this age group.

It is estimated that 15 million Americans suffer from depression. If you’re one of them, you may be surprised to know that diet plays an important role in mental health. So much so, that is has inspired an entire field of medicine called nutritional psychiatry. And the gut plays a key role.

Instead of making a new year's resolution to try a ‘diet’, take our group class to learn the best long-term individualized approach to nutrition rather than a short-term diet. Our group class will guide you to connect what foods help or hinder your mood, energy and mental clarity and shift your relationship with food to one that is nurturing and fulfilling.

Reset & Restore is a 6-week group nutrition class that focuses on mindful nutrition and lifestyle resets to help us feel more in tune with our connection to food, mood, energy, and mental clarity.

This holiday season you might want to think about forging a new path around holiday eating. Instead of giving yourself a 10 day pass to eat whatever and then promising to make dietary changes in the new year, try adding in one nutritious meal or snack a day that is filled with veggies and good fats and you may find you will eat less of the sugary stuff later.

This recipe for avocado dip is filled with fiber, ‘good’ fat, protein, vitamins and minerals which means this dip can help you stabilize blood sugar, lower cholesterol, load you up with anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer molecules and keep you satiated to make it easier to pass on extra sugar cookies or white peppermint bark.