Pharma Foodie is an on-going series – a collaboration between Learning Center Chef-Instructor Nina Lesser-Goldsmith and Nutritionist Kim Evans.  In these classes we look at the value and pleasure of using food to treat, prevent, and address chronic disease. What a great concept! We work with our culinary “pharmacy” (food ingredients) to design dishes that will delight our tastes and senses for the sake of creating a foundation of good health....

Nutrition therapy for eating disorder recovery need not be prescriptive.  At times when I am working with a client, the love hate relationship around food gets played out as a desire for a food plan and a simultaneous rejection of the thought of prescriptive eating.  To be honest, in my work with clients in recovery from an eating disorder I very rarely recommend designing a food plan.  Occasionally, when I am...

Mindful Monday

For today, think before you eat.  Our bodies are an amazing tool of communication when we allow them to really talk to us.  Three to four times a day we have an opportunity, at meal times, to check in with our bodies to learn more about ourselves.  Our bodies hold information that often gets communicated through our eating habits.  And as habits go, they become assimilated...

As we start back into the hectic school year there are many ways to still ensure your family is consuming healthy foods. Often times families get stuck in the habit of take out because there is simply not enough time in the day. Here is a list of 10 suggestions to make planning meals a cinch.

1) Portion out baggies of dry goods on the weekends for snacks. This can include trail mix, nuts,...