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Wild Rice Vegan Stuffing with Roasted Sweet Potato & Apple

[heart_this] November 13, 2018 Gluten Free, Holidays, Main Dishes, Recipes, Sides, Soy Free, Tree Nut Free

Normally in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving I'd be excitedly planning a menu, bookmarking recipes and testing desserts (quality control, right?).This year, because of the DI, the holiday will be abbreviated, and if I'm being honest, days of cooking beforehand will be the last thing I want to do. Mom and I are going to Candle79 for our meal, and if I can take the rest of the day to put my feet up on her sofa and watch something silly on TV, I'll call it a ...

Weekend Reading, 11.11.18

[heart_this] November 11, 2018 Nutrition and Wellness

For dietitians, the DI year is supposed to be a pre-professional experience, supervised work that prepares us for the realities of practice. One of these realities, I'm starting to realize, is the exercise of judgment.When I started the DI, I assumed that I'd be trained in guidelines and standards that would neatly inform all of my interventions and decisions. I've gotten plenty of exposure to evidence-based guidelines and best practices, but what I didn't ...

Creamy Vegan Tuscan White Bean Kale Soup

[heart_this] November 7, 2018 Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Quick & Easy, Recipes, Soups, Tree Nut Free, Vegan

I've never had a hard time encouraging myself to eat soup. I could probably live off of bowls of soup and hunks of bread without many complaints, and I love coming up with new soup recipes, even if many of them start with a recipe I've already made and veer off into new directions.Lately—since the DI began—soup has become even more of a friend. It's easy to make, and it yields a ton, which means that I can eat it for days during the busy week and freeze even ...

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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…