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I once held a farmer’s market stand selling only desserts made from beans. Every Saturday I bribed my husband with donuts and fancy coffee and he loaded up his truck with a tent, table, and a tub full of baked goods I had worked on until 1 a.m. the night before.

With pregnancy, we refer to the newborn adjustment period as the 4th trimester. With marathon training, there is the 17th week of training. You live and train for 16 weeks preparing for one single day.

No matter what circle I’m in, what the latest headline was, or what occasion it is, the most common need from me, as a dietitian, is recipe ideas. We make thousands of decisions every day and for the average, non-food obsessed person, what to cook for dinner is an exhaus...

My husband and I went to a colleague's house for dinner this week. She prepared a beautiful, decadent, and delicious spread of a make-your-own sushi bowl. Because I am a glutton for food spreads I must share the minute details. Think a 6-qt dutc...

I am now two weeks out from my marathon and as all runners feel compelled to say at this point, “the hay is in the barn.” I have overcome a two-week injury set back. I have trained around a full-time w...

This weekend, I raced a local half marathon in preparation for my upcoming full. I had a 20-mile long run on the schedule, so it made sense to suffer part of it with 150 of my fellow running comrades. Since I have recently been nursing an injury...

I have five weeks left of marathon training and I’m sidelined with a hip injury. Running high mileage weeks with high volume workouts leaves you with a high risk of injury. It adds up, I know that. But, with high risk comes high reward. That has...

I like big bowls of food. Whenever I’m counseling athletes, my opening line is usually, “let’s figure out how you can have the most food on your plate and also perform your best.” Read more

I live in a small town with a big family and it is not at all uncommon for a 3 pm text to come through planning out a 5 pm potluck dinner. Since the square miles of the town barely outnumbers the number of family members, it is easy for everyone...

I get physically exhausted when food writers babble on about how food is love and cooking is this grand sentiment. But here is the fact: there are some things you create in the kitchen that hits people right in the heart. Bring a bubbling dish t...