Lunch Date Newsletter #17: Last Week’s Big Health News

Hi friends! Welcome back to another mid-week news roundup. Thank you for finding time in your busy day to catch up with me.

Here’s my collection of articles and recipes from the last week, from 2015 food trends to yoga poses for the perfect day.

I hope you find it helpful!

What I’m Reading:

Food, Nutrition & Health:

• 12 Food Trends Coming in 2015 – Fine Dining Lovers (Japanese matcha tea and grains are on this list, and many others I’ve seen – they’re definitely two to watch)
• High-protein cookies definitely hold mass market appeal, says Lenny & Larry’s – Kacey Culliney for Food Navigator USA
• Vanilla walnut fig, Vietnamese iced coffee & savory butter: Comax unveils hot flavor trends for 2015 – Elaine Watson for Food Navigator USA
• Eat This Now: December 2nd 2014: Clementine Mandarins, Satsuma Mandarins, Parsnips, Rutabagas, Jazz Apples – Produce Geek
• Don’t Let High Altitude Ruin Your Holiday Trip: Stay hydrated and give yourself time to acclimate, expert advises – Randy Dotinga for MedlinePlus
• Cooking with Kids During the Holidays – Kids Eat Right
• Parents cautioned against using homemade infant formula – Angela Mullholand for CTVnews
• 4 Things You Should Know Before You Eat Your Next Avocado – Lorna Sass for Prevention
• 9 Foods Nutritionists Swear By – Chris Mohr, Ph.D., R.D. for Men’s Health
• F.D.A. to Require Calorie Count, Even for Popcorn at the Movies – Sabrina Tavernise and Stephanie Strom for The New York Times
• Don’t Worry if They Don’t Clean Their Plates – Cornell Food & Brand Lab via EurekAlert!
• Cooking With Kids! – Cabot

Kitchen Techniques:

• How to Get Smells and Stains Out Of Tupperware – Food52 on Kitchen Daily

Mindfulness & Intuitive Eating:

• These Yoga Poses Will Take You Through The Perfect Day – Rebecca Adams for The Huffington Post
• Why and How to Give Yourself Permission to Eat Anything – Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD

Blogging/Entrepreneurship:

• New Facebook Rules Will Sting Entrepreneurs – Angus Loten, Adam Janofsky, and Reed Albergotti for The Wall Street Journal

I Tweet the latest news as I find it. To stay current, follow me on Twitter!

What I’m Salivating Over:

Breakfast:

• Perfect Pancakes – The Pioneer Woman
• Cottage Cheese Oatmeal Pancakes – Daisy Brand
• Baked Blueberry French Toast – Daisy Brand

Smoothies:

• Debloat With This Delicious Green Smoothie – Andrea Bartz for Self (recipe by Willow Jarosh, R.D. & Stephanie Clarke, R.D. )

Main Courses:

• Spaghetti Squash Lasagna – The Foodie Physician
• Grilled Goat Cheese Pizza with Figs, Beets, and Wilted Greens – Fine Cooking
• Parmesan Chicken with Caesar Roasted Romaine – Bon Appetit
• Braised Chicken Thighs with Mushrooms and Creamy Polenta – Honest Cooking
• Chicken Paillards with Asian Pear Salad – Bon Appetit
• Roasted Chicken Thighs with Lemon and Oregano – Bon Appetit

Soups:

• 10 Soup Recipes That’ll Make You Excited for Cooler Weather – Paul Sirisalee for Real Simple
• Broccoli Cheddar Soup – Ellie Krieger

Desserts:

• Chocolate Dipped Strawberries – Jennifer Farley for California Strawberries
• Soft and Sweet Molasses Roll Out Cookies – weelicious
• Whole Wheat Pepparkakor (Swedish Ginger Cookies, gluten-free) – Texanerin Baking

All of these recipes & many MANY more on my Pinterest page. Follow me on Pinterest!

Photos From the Week:

(L-R): Making pies for Thanksgiving: this pumpkin pie was about to go in the oven. Doing dishes after Thanksgiving dinner – that counts as exercise…right?

I. Love. My. Manicure. The manicurist hand-painted a holiday penguin and a snowman on my ring fingers. I don’t know how she did it – and so fast- but she clearly has some kind of magic art power. Every time I look at the penguin, I get so happy! Thanks to my Instagram friends who helped me decide what to get while I was at the salon!

I hope to see you for another mid-week lunch date next Wednesday!

“Be nice to yourself. It’s hard to be happy when someone is mean to you all the time.” ~Christine Arylo