by Lauren Slayton | Apr 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Trio of salads, recipe for one below Last Friday, I got together with my Cooking Crew. Three to four times a year we get together and take a cooking class. This time, the class was with Myra Kornfield, cooking instructor, chef and the author of one of my favorite...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
There’s a certain selection process we go through when choosing snacks for our clients; at times we feel like admissions officers. Nutrition- as nutrition nerds, we first look at nutrition. In the Foodtrainers’ admissions office this category is the “transcript”. What...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s no secret that I love to juice. I understand green juices aren’t for everyone and there’s so many things to juice that aren’t green. A recent study showed beet juice to be an excellent exercise aid. Cyclists who swigged beet juice (2 cups) before...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
Thank you for those who tweeted “are you running?” Um no. I’m in Boston for Dr Weil’s Nutrition and Health Conference. This is a conference I look forward to and have attended twice before in New York and also San Diego. Presenters, at any event, are...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 13, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wednesday’s post ended up focusing on whether behavior change should be sweeping or small but I started out discussing the gap that sometimes exists between how we want to be (in my case patient and go with the flow) and how we really are (maybe uptight and rigid is...
by Lauren Slayton | Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
In a massive case of Spring-cleaningitis, I initiated a major kitchen purge. Dishes, serving trays, pantry contents and spices were removed from their homes so that I could decide what stayed and what went. What stuck me most, other than the fact that most people...
