Grow Nutrition Blog
Are you eating enough protein? (…Or maybe too much?)
Food trends come and go like fashion and hairstyles. One of the biggest trends now? Protein. That’s for good reason.
Recipe Time: Chicken Tikka Masala
This tikka masala dish is hearty, flavorful and warming, and it comes together quickly in the slow cooker or Instant Pot.
Oh, sugar… Tackle your cravings for good
I’ll help you find your sugar triggers and quash those cravings. I’ve done it myself and helped my clients do it as well.
Recipe Time: Sheet Pan Beef & Broccoli
Steak and broccoli always pair well, then you add umami flavors + sesame seeds and this weeknight dinner tastes heavenly.
Healthy 2025: Set your course for healthy habit change
Happy New Year! It feels good to hit the “restart” button, to reflect on the prior year and craft some new goals… but effective goal-setting is tricky!
Recipe Time: Rainbow Roasted Root Veggies
Until you’ve eaten roasted root vegetables, you don’t know what magical goodness happens when cooking them in the oven. The edges crisp to a golden brown, while the insides get soft and tender.
Doable health goals, starting now
Our brains like to compartmentalize life’s priorities into tidy boxes — family, work, home projects. And we often think of health as a box. But it’s different. Our health is right now, and all of our tomorrows. I’ll help you make doable changes right now.
Recipe Time: Warm Fig & Arugula Salad
This salad is simple and savory and feels like fall. It’s fairly light, so it complements heavier foods on a holiday menu like stuffing or pie.
The stress issue: Real tips, right now
Even when circumstances are outside of our control, we can change our response to stressors.
Recipe Time: Chicken Soup for Your (Body and) Soul
Chicken soup is good for the soul — and the body too.
The “secret” to immune health? You already know.
Good nutrition may not prevent you from catching a nasty bug, but it may well lessen the severity and shorten the duration of your symptoms.
Recipe Time: Your New Green Drink!
Inspired by True Food's Kale Aid, this tasty and tangy green drink is overflowing with fiber, vitamins and minerals.
Recipe Time: Chinese Chicken Salad
This beautiful salad let's you "eat the rainbow," one tangy, delicious bite at a time.
Recipe Time: Golden Milk
Golden Milk is a tasty and soothing, immune-supportive beverage perfect for a fall afternoon.
What’s your why?
When you have a health goal, it’s easy to start “shoulding” on yourself. But all these shoulds quickly get exhausting and deflating.
Recipe Time: Peach & Tomato Caprese Salad
This summery salad is sweet, savory and luxurious
Rethinking portion control…
I don’t use a portion-control approach with my weight-loss clients for many reasons — primarily because it doesn’t work
Uncomfortable, on purpose
It’s exciting, to change! And healthy changes are full of promise and possibility — at first, anyway. Then reality sets in that the healthy change we want to make requires us to, uh, change. I’ll help you to stick with it and succeed.