What a Healthy Plate Should Look Like

What a Healthy Plate Should Look Like

Rarely does a day go by when I am not asked what a ‘healthy’ diet is? Some people ask in the hopes of finding the magic combination of foods to achieve a health goal; others ask so they can justify how they want and/or like to eat and/or proselytize how one diet or way of eating is better or worse than others. But most people are just confused about what a health meal really looks like, and it’s no wonder with all the (mis)information out there. (more…)


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My Balanced Lunch: 6/24/13

My Balanced Lunch: 6/24/13

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My balanced lunch today was a salad with butter lettuce, red onion, sungold tomatoes (from the farmers market!), grated carrot, raspberries and homemade honey mustard dressing. On the side I had leftover vegan meatballs in marinara sauce. These were homemade, frozen and then thawed out for a easy lunch.

Here’s the breakdown:
Protein: vegan meatballs
Vegetable: lettuce, red onion, sungold tomatoes, carrot, tomato sauce — tomatoes, herbs, onion
Carbohydrate: raspberries
Fat: dressing