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Organic Vegetable Garden Stage 1: Choosing a Spot
I’ve wanted to have an organic vegetable garden for years. I love flower gardening every summer, so the thought of getting my hands in the dirt is not so foreign for me. But, then also came the...
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Organic Vegetable Gardening Stage 2: Excavation!
Why is destroying stuff so much fun? Must be a residual childhood fantasy. Today was excavation day on the future garden. Today’s excavation included removing the top layer of grass. As you can see,...
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Organic Vegetable Garden Stage 3: Building Walls
Looking outside my bathroom window, a nice view of the garden. The walls are starting to go up.The tube on the left in the picture below is one of the drainage outlets along the garden wall. In the...
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Organic Vegetable Garden Stage 4: Complete and Utter Frustration
Well, it had to happen. Things were going so well. The garden was finished (as above) on May 27th. The vegetable plants were ready to go in (late, but what could I do?). However, the vegetable plants...
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Organic Vegetable Garden Stage 5: A Desperate Search
When I found out my vegetable plants bought by my landscaper at Lowe’s were not organic (see my earlier post), I had to think fast on my feet. How do I find organic plants? I called my local nurseries...
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Organic Vegetable Gardening: What I Wish I Knew Back Then
Back when I had visions of getting started on my organic vegetable garden, I really didn’t think it would be so difficult to achieve. There has been a huge wave of interest in organic and sustainable...
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Ignoring the Big Elephant
My daughter started first grade this year. A cause for celebration and great angst for all mommies! We were invited to attend a “Parent Informational Meeting” last night. It was filled with detailed...
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Vegan for 21 Days
Last month I was asked to do a segment on the vegan diet for my local CBS affiliate. September 6th was the start of the 21 Day Kickstart to a vegan diet from the Physician’s Committee for Responsible...
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The Number One Sports Nutrition Myth
Whether you are a regular exerciser, a seasoned athlete or a weekend warrior, you’ve probably heard the myth: You can eat whatever you want because you will just burn it off!There is some truth to this...
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Why Are We Playing Politics With Our Nation’s Children?
If you keep an eye on our US Congress (which I do) you know that VERY few bills pass with a unanimous vote. The Child Nutrition Reauthorization Act was one of those such bills that passed our US Senate...
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Update on Child Nutrition Act
Thursday the US House of Representatives passed the Child Nutrition Act by a vote of 264 to 157. Republican amendments (the "poison pill" meant to kill the bill) were blocked by House Democrats and...
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Doing the Unthinkable!
What do Oprah Winfrey, Al Roker, Meredith Vieira, Mario Lopez, Katie Holmes, Al Gore, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Will Ferrell, and Sean (P. Diddy) Combs have in common?Each one of them has run a...
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My 21-Year Anniversary
Many people ask me what kind of diet I eat since I’m a dietitian. I answer that I am a “very low meat eater”. Or an “ovo-lacto-pesco vegetarian”. Or a “pescatarian”. You take your pick. But, no matter...
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My Winter Vegetable Garden
I really wasn't sure how the experiment would turn out. I never had a vegetable garden, much less try to sustain it during the harsh winter months. These mesclun greens seem to be doing just fine,...
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Healthy Super Bowl Snacks
Today I was supposed to do a segment on our local Dallas FOX TV affiliate, however six inches of snow was the story of the day and my spot got cancelled. This is the way the news moves and flows! So, I...
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One on One with Dallas Cowboys' Bradie James
I had the pleasure of meeting up with Bradie James, linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys, this weekend at the Health and Fitness Expo prior to the Dallas Rock ‘n Roll Marathon. Bradie was kind enough to...
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Dallas Restaurant Week
This past weekend, my husband and I took part in a “preview” of Dallas’s annual Restaurant Week. Each year we try to pick new, fabulous restaurants with interesting menus that are normally a little out...
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Working with an International Sports Team
I was happy to be asked recently to travel to Argentina to live and work with one of the top Argentine professional soccer teams, Estudiantes de La Plata for 3 weeks. My task: improve their sports...
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Resveratrol: The Miracle Fat Burner?
NOTE FROM KARIN HOSENFELD: I had the pleasure of having Sarah Taylor in my North Dallas Nutrition practice for two weeks recently. She chose to work with me as her “selected experience” in her dietetic...
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On the Cutting Edge
On the Cutting EdgeI was at a sports nutrition conference recently and the pre-symposium was a very lively cooking demonstration by two presenters representing the College of Culinary Arts at Johnson...
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