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 […]
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 […]
Oh Snap! Thin Mints® Get a Wholesome Makeover
We dedicate this post to the Girl Scouts, Vani Hari, WellnessBakeries.com and our commitment to healthy hedonism as the inspiration behind these cookies. I have always been attracted to purity and simplicity when it comes to food ingredients. One reason I love to follow the Food Babe, Vani Hari, on Instagram is that she calls […]
What Really Causes Belly Fat? Reasons for weight gain you may not know about and what you can do to change it.
Toward the end of high school, I started putting on weight. Because most of my family was overweight, I was terrified that I was genetically predestined to be obese. So, I would read teen magazines to figure out how to lose weight and get rid of belly fat. The best advice they had […]
You Want Me to Eat What?! Energy Bar Review
I love hiking and playing out in nature for hours on end. Food plays an important role in making this possible. I also like to stay nourished when I’m back in town working with clients and blogging. So when I find a new convenient snack option I usually do a little dance. When it’s something […]
Easy Chocolate Dipped Nutty Ice Cream Bars – Better Than Store Bought!!
Michael and I went camping on the North Shore of Oahu a few weeks ago. On the final day of our adventure, we stopped by one of our favorite little health food stores in Haleiwa. We always bring plenty of food when we camp, but we were a bit famished, looking for something that would […]
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 […]