Barley Risotto with Caramelized Onions, Sun-dried Tomatoes, and Mushrooms

I've eaten a lot of food that can fairly be categorized as good for you, but that was not actually satisfying, like it was just missing any sort of depth. I've also eaten a lot of food that was incredibly tasty, but was also not really, genuinely satisfying, like it was all fluff and no…

Week 5 Review: Mediterranean Diet and Sparking Joy

This past week the wellness steps I incorporated included shifting my diet slightly towards the Mediterranean Diet and doing things that created more small moments of joy in my life. Here's how that went. Mediterranean Diet This wasn't a big move, more of a small adjustment to my weekly shopping list. Instead of buying a…

Lemon, Manuka Honey and Fresh Herb Salad Dressing

Part of my coping skills for working full time, training part time to be an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, training for a marathon (Yeah, that's still going on in the background here), and coping with Lyme recovery is doing some meal prep work on the weekends to set myself up for success in the mid-week…

Week 5 Wellness Steps: Mediterranean Diet and Sparking Joy

Week five. Let's build on what was started last week, and tweak the diet and thinking a bit more. Mediterranean Diet This week's training in IIN™ included a lecture given by Dr. Walter Willett, MD, DrPH, from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Willett presented the results of decades of nutritional studies in as…