While many people steer clear of whole grains, they’d do well to give them a second look. The average person eats refined grain products, like white flour and white rice, and avoids whole grains... Read more >>

More brown rice, please! New research shows that filling up on whole grains may be better for your belly as well as your heart. A recent clinical study at Penn State reports that whole grains have... Read more >>

I call this vegan bread “salad bread” because it’s made with oil and vinegar. It has no sodium in it, but lots of fiber. Ingredients 2 3/4 cups Hodgson Mill Whole... Read more >>

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Teach your kids about healthy breakfast choices with these tips. Limit sugar in the morning. Serve a blend of fruit or whole grains along with... Read more >>

They’re not glamorous, breathtaking, or even mildly exciting. Instead, brown bag lunches are convenient, economical, and all too often boring. But are your packed lunches becoming too mundane,... Read more >>

We are two months in to the year 2011 and I’m already seeing red. Truthfully, it happens this time every year. The month of February conjures up images of hearts. Our thoughts are focused on... Read more >>

Today I met my friends Portia and Sean at a little vegan haunt in the trendy Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. It was a morning coffee date which, in my mind, means a chai tea latte paired with... Read more >>

Diet advice is everywhere—in the newspaper, the new government guidelines, and on the SparkPeople site. “Limit sweets, cut down on sugary foods, and decrease consumption of refined... Read more >>

Energy bars come in all shapes and sizes, with widely differing calorie counts and nutritional values. Picking the right bar for your needs can vary, but nutritionists warn that not every one is... Read more >>

I don’t say this nearly enough but, “God bless my mother!” I can’t remember a day that went by as a kid that she didn’t haul her tired self out of bed to make sure I had... Read more >>