Getting everyone out the door, dressed, teeth brushed and lunches packed in time for school (or grandmas or daycare) can be a real challenge. Oftentimes packing a lunch is an afterthought. Some parents reach for easy, prepackaged items marketed for children, but these contain empty calories with little nutrition....

Did more people just become interested in local, healthy food, or does it just seem like that? How much of the foodie thing was the norm 60 years ago? So much to ponder about our history with food…and I certainly have plenty of time to do so, working on a...

Eating a radiant raw vegan diet comes with copious amounts of head turns. Head turns from peeps asking, “your diet consists of what!?” And head turns born out of the fact that the dietary lifestyle hooks you up with a radiant glow and bod that won’t quit. Aw yeah, heads...

As moms, we want to have good intentions of writing a menu plan each week, shopping for great deals, and then making wonderful meals that our kids will gobble up!  Then Sunday passes, we eat sandwiches. Monday... still didn’t get around to it, and the kids cheer when you announce...

As a food microbiologist, I work closely with food manufacturers to help design safe food processes for meat and poultry, fresh cut produce and many other types of food products. Ideally, the risk of harmful bacteria is minimized or eliminated by food processors before food products are brought into your...

Let’s face it: Most of us rely on all of our food purchases coming directly from a grocery store.  Sure it’s convenient and everything looks pretty, but what is the real cost of buying purely for convenience? Ignorance is bliss as they say and isn’t it so much easier to...