Category: Healthy Eating

Guest Blog: How Many Calories Does Your Dog Breed Need?

Are you an overprotective dog parent? No! You’re actually doing a great job if you’re interested in how much your barker should eat. It matters a lot how much you put in front of your dog to eat because different breeds have different calorie intake needs. As a dog owner, you have a serious responsibility

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Pet Fooled: Interview with Kohl Harrington

Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of meeting Kohl Harrington, the director and writer of the documentary Pet Fooled. The meeting was unplanned and the venue wasn’t right for me to ask a bunch of questions even though I wanted to. Luckily, Kohl was happy to do an interview for the blog at a later time. The

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Whatever Wednesday: Ginger Tea

When I was young, my mom made ginger tea all throughout the winter. My palate wasn’t fully developed yet so I wasn’t a fan of the taste but enjoyed the aroma of spicy yet warm ginger filled the whole house. My mom’s tea had two ingredients: ginger and dried Jujube. You can get dried Jujubes at any

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Whatever Wednesday: Matcha Green Tea Oatmeal

Ingredients: 1/4 c (organic) steel cut oats 1 tbsp (organic) chia seeds 1 tsp (organic) matcha green tea powder 1 c (organic) soy milk 1/2 tsp (organic) maple syrup 1/8 c chopped unsalted dry roasted almonds 1 tsp golden raisins I use my lunch crock food warmer to make this oatmeal but you can make

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Summer in a Bowl

It cannot get any more summer in a bowl than this. Let me introduce my old time favorite summer eating since childhood. Korean style shaved ice. It’s called potbingsoo (pot-bing-soo) which translates to “red bean shaved ice”. Traditional potbingsoo is always topped with cauldron-cooked red beans and has mochi (sticky rice cake). The ones I used

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Summer in a Bowl

I love quinoa. It’s very versatile. I have replaced my rice with quinoa more than a year ago and never looked back. I also make a variety of salads with it all year around. Here is an entree salad I made yesterday. What’s in the bowl? Cooked organic quinoa Organic arugula Dried cranberries Organic apple

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