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Favorite Winter Balsamic Roasted Vegetable Pasta

[heart_this] December 17, 2018 Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Meals, No Oil, Recipes, Soy Free, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

I've done some amount of regular batch cooking for a long time: since I started my dietetics program and even intermittently during my post-bacc, though I was much less organized about food prep back then. I've always tried to weave variety into the routine, but I've also relied heavily on the same set of dishes to make in advance: soup, stew, curries of various sorts, roasted vegetables, grains and beans.Meal prep has become such a significant part of my life ...

Weekend Reading, 12.16.18

[heart_this] December 16, 2018 Nutrition and Wellness

This was one of those weeks in which nothing, big or small, went according to plan. From travel delays and disastrous commutes to missed deadlines and forgotten emails, it all felt like a mess.Funnily enough, I was OK with it. It's funny only because I don't typically handle curveballs well. Anything that reinforces my lack of control tends to addle me at best, freak me out at worst.This week, though, the rarest of things happened, which is that I greeted ...

Vegan Cashew Espresso Truffles

[heart_this] December 12, 2018 Cookies, Gluten Free, Holidays, No Oil, Recipes, Soy Free, Sweets

Tis the season for all things sweet.Last year at this time, I was savoring dark chocolate pear cake and whipping up loaf after loaf of braided challah. That's what I'd like to be doing right now, too, but I've found that baking isn't a treat when it's squeezed into my busy weekends these days. What cooking time I do have goes to meal prep, which isn't exactly festive, but it is a part of keeping me well fed through the DI, which has been a source of strength, ...

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I wanted so much to sit down and write something very thoughtful and reflective today, as I have in past years on my birthday. The last twelve months have certainly given me plenty to say; they’ve been full of interesting insights and realizations, lots of renewed human connection, and important steps toward coming home to…

NEDA Week 2018: Keep Faith

I just want to start this post by thanking every person who’s been part of the NEDA week dialog over the last five days, both here on the blog and over social media. I feel so blessed to be celebrating recovery in your company. “Keep faith” is the final of my five eating disorder recovery…

NEDA Week 2018: Be Love

“Be love” is one of those expressions that you might have come across in any number of places, from yoga studios to self-help and wellness titles. It’s one of most important of my five ED recovery affirmations, but I feel a little funny writing about it, because I don’t have much to say that relates…

NEDA Week 2018: Break Your Rules

Not too long ago I chatted with a client who told me, “I’m realizing more and more that I need to break my rules, because I made them all up.” She delivered the words straightforwardly, and I didn’t have the feeling that she expected a big reaction from me. Still, I nearly fell out of…