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The United States Department of Agriculture has thoughtfully replaced the My Pyramid food guide with the My Plate food guide, according to Professor Marian Nestle, of the nutrition, food studies and publicity department, at New York University.

The USDA announced Friday that it has replaced the familiar Food Guide Pyramid with the up-to-date, and more nutritious, MyPlate icon.

First Lady Michelle Obama , Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and Surgeon General Regina Benjamin presented the new My Plate icon and recommended Americans to follow the new, simplified nutritional My Plate. Read the rest of this entry

I love this time of year. The pollen has died down, the weather isn’t too hot yet, and the farmers markets are just getting started. You saw in the video that I did that I am growing my own little urban garden. Zucchini (taking over already), melons, tomatoes, herbs, peppers… It’s fun, but of course can’t sustain me by itself. Our local paper came out with a list of all the local farmers markets and the days and time they will be there. I have to admit I am a little embarrased to admit that I didn’t realize how many we have within close driving distance from my house. I am committing to try and support our local farmers markets as much as possible. Read the rest of this entry

Why Being Happy Makes You Lose Weight

We live in a time where the inflow of events is as fast as the speed of light. At one point, you might find yourself sitting behind your desk, working on piles of unfinished tasks and in the next, pulling at your hair while you’re stuck in traffic when you just badly want to go home. On top of that, once you do arrive home, you remember that you don’t have food in your fridge and you end up settling for burger and fries. In all honesty, if you actually have this kind of lifestyle, the likelihood of you successively gaining weight and clogging up your body’s system increases by tenfold. Read the rest of this entry

I was complaining on twitter last month that I was the only one on the block that didin’t get a tree from the city. I finally did, so I thought I would do super quick video. It’s a Kousa Dogwood, which quite frankly I had never heard of. It bears kousa fruit. How fitting that I would receive a fruit tree. Of course once it bears fruit I will think of all kinds of ways to use it.

Some of the best meals I’ve come up with over the years are out of necessity. You know, basically whatever you have on hand. And that’s what inspired this recipe (what I had in the fridge). I’ve been eating a lot of chicken breast lateley because my freezer is full of it. If you have my grocery store savings guide you know that when I find a screaming deal at the store I pounce on it! Read the rest of this entry