Personally, we love this recipe just for the taste of it! However, it is very adaptable for people with special dietary requirements, such as gluten free and casein/ lactose free (see note about oats below). What’s more, this recipe is super yummy with no sugar. The carbohydrates are balanced with protein from the eggs and […]
Part 2: Is Social Pressure Keeping You Sick? How to Work, Play and up Your Food Game In an Age of Chronic Illness
Do you feel like you have to choose between having a social life and having your health? You don’t. You can have it all! Let’s be real. We are social creatures. It’s in our DNA to want to share food and food culture with each other. However, what happens when whole societies’ ways of eating are […]
Is Social Pressure Keeping You Sick? One Woman’s Journey out of Chronic Illness
Welcome to our third podcast! Can you think of moments in your life when you were struggling with your health and happiness? Did you notice situations where concerns about fitting in or societal expectations got in the way of you making the right decisions that will really help you heal? If we’re honest, we all […]
Time Saving Kitchen Tips: Garlic & Ginger on Demand!
Since we fancy ourselves “healthy hedonists” here at Spoonful, our food must give us pleasure, meaning it must taste amazing and make us feel good long after we eat it (energy goes up, not down). Fresh garlic and ginger are not only medicinal foods (for example), but they taste badass! However, despite their greatness, we each […]
Meet Jun: Kombucha’s Sexier Cousin
What is Jun and why is it better than Kombucha? Kombucha pales in comparison to it’s smoother, more effervescent cousin, Jun. Jun is so amazing that I no longer feel drawn to that sparkly rainbow Kombucha case where $5 bottles of carbonated tea beckon with their colorful labels. Now I spend around $5 making a whole gallon of Jun! Watch the video above (and see […]
Chocolate Love: Could you use a little more in your life?
Why does it feel so good? And why do we feel bad about it? Few foods have the power to conjure the complex emotions that often surround chocolate. It’s commonly associated with feelings of love and pleasure. You’re probably reading this because of how much you love it, perhaps feeling anticipation at the thought of […]
Throw out old ideas about exercise, and get into the groove when you move!
Redefining Fitness Most people who know me are aware that at the peak of my swimming career, I was diagnosed with an “incurable” autoimmune disease of the liver called Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). If you’ve ever read up on that one, you know the prognosis ain’t pretty. I was able to heal myself by radically […]
Cleansing Part 2: It’s time to come clean! Inspire your cells to inspire you.
Click here to read Part 1: Feeling Dirty? When is cleansing clean and when is it a punishment? In this second part of our mini-treatise on cleansing, we will explain cleansing to you so clearly and thoroughly, you will feel cleaner inside just for having read it. Hey, it’s possible. We will explore some of the the […]