Elizabeth Yarnell's Blog, page 29

Why You Should Avoid Genetically Modified Corn… And Why It’s Hard To Do

During a Lunch-and-Learn session on nutrition and healthy eating for a corporate wellness week program, we had fun talking about everything from the importance of carbs to the toxicity of artificial sweeteners, but when I ended the session with a discussion of the horror of GMO foods, I left feeling like Cassandra of Troy with [...]

LiveWell@School Healthy Food Initiative

LiveWell Colorado is a nonprofit organization committed to reducing obesity in Colorado by promoting healthy eating and active living. Recently, my friend, gluten-free queen and cookbook author Elana Amsterdam and her husband, Rob Katz, CEO and Chairman of Vail Resorts, donated one million dollars to help launch the LiveWell@School Healthy Food Initiative and bring made-from-scratch [...]

Fortifying Seaweed Miso Soup Recipe

It must be fall because I’m in soup mode: making huge batches of soups and freezing portions for quick and easy dinners to thaw on a cold winter night. This week I had a craving for seaweed: I couldn’t stop thinking about a seaweed soup. Vegetables from the sea offer a huge nutritional payload: Vitamins [...]

Non-drowsy remedy for seasonal allergies

For more than two decades I depended on allergy medications to see me through the late summer until the first frost. That was only until I discovered a homeopathic seasonal allergy remedy that works significantly better without all of the yucky side effects. Every year during hay fever season the roof of my mouth would [...]

Can Glorious One-Pot Meal Recipes Work with the Paleo Diet?

Reader question: We eat Paleo in our home, so no grains, but I am always looking for healthy, yummy and easy ways to get proteins and veggies prepared. I am wondering if your recipes will still “work” if I omit the grains portion of the recipes (rice, couscous, etc), or will that alter everything and [...]

Vegan Potato Soup

We turned a corner into autumn this week with a cold, rainy day that seemed perfect for a creamy, hearty potato soup. Lower in fat that the typical potato soup because coconut milk is substituted for cream, this recipe could be made more savory by using chicken stock instead of simply water, though it would [...]

Does a Healthy Diet Prevent Chronic Disease?

Studies have shown that a poor diet is a major contributor to chronic disease and illness in the U.S., and, in fact, a healthy diet can significantly improve health outcomes in chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. The American College of Preventive Medicine recommends two dietary plans that both have solid research [...]

Stocking Your Pantry A Good Way to Cook Conveniently and Economically

My friend Joann Bruso, author of Baby Bites: Transforming a Picky Eater into a Healthy Eater and star of the What’s Cooking with Nonna podcast, offered a great post yesterday titled Gourmet Cooking From Your Pantry. In it she gives a comprehensive list of items she keeps stocked in her kitchen. With a well-stocked pantry, [...]

Arnica A Good Remedy for Stiff Back Muscles

I have a long history of discomfort due to tight, locked, and/or spasming muscles in my back. Yet today was the first time I tried taking homeopathic arnica montana to relieve the pain. Much to my surprise, it worked quite well. In my early twenties, my back was a tapestry of interwoven layers of clenched [...]

Food Substitutions In Recipes

Some people need to follow a recipe, letter for letter, and if there is one ingredient they don’t like or are sensitive to, they will discard the whole recipe. I’m just the opposite. When I look at a recipe, I hope to find inspiration as to the pairing of ingredients and the cooking method, and [...]