Food for Thought

Ask Dani – How Do I Help my 10y/o Son Lose Weight?

Dani, I came upon your website after looking for quinoa recipes and I am so impressed with your easy and simple recipes. My question though is this… How can I help my 10y/o son lose weight? I know you struggled from age 12 with diets. I don’t want his self esteem affected. I need to create healthy snacks. Can I put protein powder in smoothies for kids? He’s working out with a trainer once a week and I’m having him swim a lot this summer. My struggle though is that i have a thin 12y/o who eats whatever but I have to limit the 10y/o. Please shed some insight, thanks….  Ann Marie

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Ask Dani Video – Session Three; Quick On-The-Go Lunch Ideas, Weight Lose and Menopause, & Vitamix vs. Food Processor

Holy baby brain!  I shot and posted this video on You Tube over a month ago and just realized that I never shared it on here on C&D!!

Well, you know what they say, “Better late than never”, right?

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Soy – The Whole Story

The once touted “newest” health food on the planet, soy, seems to be getting more and more negative press these days.

So what’s the deal?…

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Ask Dani Video – Session Two; Eating When Preggo, Kids That Won’t Eat Fruit, Calorie Counting

Okay so let’s jump right in! Ask Dani: Session Two, here we go…

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Five Ways to “Get Out of Your Head” With Out Using Food

I am a very curious person. 

I am forever looking to learn and grow and if there is anything that I know for sure it’s that I have way more questions than I do answers!

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10 Healthy Snacks to Pack When You Fly

Packing healthy snacks for an airplane is not that much different than packing healthy snacks for a car, train, or bus ride, BUT there are definitely a few things you may want to know!

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Ask Dani Video – Session One; Protein Powder, Quinoa Serving Sizes, & Grass Fed Beef

No more procrastinating on the “Ask Dani” questions!!  I’ve decided to answer them in video format… it’s faster, easier, and in my opinion – more effecient!

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Frustrated… So I Ate.

So annoying but what can I do? Observe, learn and move forward, right?

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What Kind of Eater Are You??

I have to be honest, I’ve always been a bit of a fast eater BUT now with my new “Mom status” I have become an even faster eater.

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Ask Dani – How Do You Come Up With Ideas?

Hi Dani, I’ve been reading your blog for about a year now and I’ve never let you know how much I’ve learned from not only your recipes, but your approach to food in general. I’m a 21 year-old college student in Portland, Oregon and I’ve been cooking healthfully for about three years now, and I’m always looking for ways to improve my cooking skills and spice up my plates. It’s hard because I’m on a tight budget, I go to school full-time and have a tiny, limited kitchen, AND I only cook for myself. That means I can’t make huge grocery trips where I spend 100+ dollars for only 3 or 4 days of food, and I can’t let ANYTHING go to waste.

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