Navigating the Nutrition Jungle Workshop
Eating healthfully seems to get harder and harder with the obstacles in our present-day food system. It seems to be a nutrition jungle out there. From too-easily-accessible convenience and junk …
Progressions and Baby Steps
Whether you are trying to learn something new or trying to make positive changes in your life, things don’t happen overnight. Things don’t even happen in a short amount of …
“But I Don’t Know How to Do A Handstand!”
When I tell people that I teach “Find My Handstand” at Yoga Pole Studio and that they should come take it if they want to work on upper body and …
Recipe: Broccoli, Avocado & Cheese Mini Quiches
Crustless (and thus gluten-free) mini quiches are so easy to make if you have a good muffin tin. I was inspired to try making some recently when I needed something …
Eating Out: Nom Wah Tea Parlor – NYC
When I first discovered I was gluten-intolerant, one of the foods I feared not being able to eat dim sum. I already wasn’t able to eat very much dim sum to begin …
Recipe: Sweet Potato Mini Bites
I love sweet potatoes. They are naturally a nutrient-dense food particularly rich in beta carotene and vitamin C, and they are a good source of dietary fiber. I have not …
Recipe: Vegetable Stir Fry with Bean Thread
Here is a recipe I created myself from wanting food from my Chinese heritage. My parents and grandparents sometimes cooked dishes using bean thread noodles (also known as cellophane noodles, …
Eating Out: Community Food & Juice
Why Community Food & Juice Anyone who knows me knows that I’ve recently (in the last year or so) adopted food choices that favor locally and/or organically grown foods because …
Eating Out: Buddha Bodai (Chinatown)
Vegetarian dim sum. Yes, you read that right. Definitely not something you come across very often. I mean, there are definitely a small number of vegetarian options when you get dim …
Eating Out: BCD Tofu House (Koreatown in NYC)
I enjoy many cuisines. I’ve pretty much not met a cuisine I didn’t like. But for whatever reason, I’d only eaten out at a Korean restaurant ONE other time in …