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You may know, from our newsletter this morning , that we had a Foodtrainers’ ice cream crawl.   We went around the city taste testing. Sure, we tried to balance things out by walking from place to place (next year we’re going to run) but we know how that math works. We summarized our favorite pops and shops in the newsletter but we had so much information it didn’t all fit. Raspberry Nice Cream This recipe may not seem groundbreaking on paper but my sons (including the teenager), babysitter and husband all loved this. Ingredients: 2 bananas on the riper side 1 container organic raspberries couple tablespoons water (if needed) and stevia optional (I used NuStevia ) Freeze bananas and a container (6oz) of organic raspberries. Add bananas to food processor or high-powered blender (I used Vitamix). At first they will splinter and you may feel it’s not working, keep going Blend until creamy. Add berries to the blender, you may need a tablespoon or two of water and I added a few drops of...

You may know, from our newsletter this morning , that we had a Foodtrainers’ ice cream crawl.   We went around the city taste testing. Sure, we tried to balance things out by walking from place to place (next year we’re going to run) but we know how that math works. We summarized our favorite pops and shops in the newsletter but we had so much information it didn’t all fit. Raspberry Nice Cream This recipe may not seem groundbreaking on paper but my sons (including the teenager), babysitter and husband all loved this. Ingredients: 2 bananas on the riper side 1 container organic raspberries couple tablespoons water (if needed) and stevia optional (I used NuStevia ) Freeze bananas and a container (6oz) of organic raspberries. Add bananas to food processor or high-powered blender (I used Vitamix). At first they will splinter and you may feel it’s not working, keep going Blend until creamy. Add berries to the blender, you may need a tablespoon or two of water and I added a few drops of...

Usually, when I have a healthy discovery I cannot wait to spread the word. But there are certain instances where I hesitate, there’s an inclination to be greedy. I had that “I’m not sure if I should spread the word” thought as I ate my lunch on Friday. For weeks Carolyn has been talking about poke’, poke’ poke” but I didn’t get it. I thought it looked like tartare. What was all the fuss about? Carolyn said, “it’s like a sashimi bowl”.   I looked Wisefish Pok e’ up online and grew increasingly curious. The concept originated in Hawaii and seemed to be some hybrid of a make your own salad and the rice/quinoa bowl craze. There’s raw fish, a choice of sauces and other add-ins. I hear poke’ (poh-kay) is already “the thing” in LA. I was in Chelsea on Friday and decided to hit Wisefish poke’ for lunch. My favorite nutritionist (the RD formerly known as One Smart Brownie,) couldn’t meet so I poke’-ed solo.   Wisefish had some suggestion combinations, the “Heat Wave” sounded good but g...

Dreaming of owning one of these  Tell me you’ve heard of Story. I thought the word is out but I still come across many people who don’t know about it. I describe story as a rotating pop-up but it isn’t a pop up in that it doesn’t pop down (that made no sense).   Every month or so the entire inventory of the shop changes based on a theme. If you haven’t been, you really should check it out before the Feel Good Story closes on February 28 th . Story teamed up with Cigna to help New Year’s resolutions come to life. Carolyn and I were lucky enough to attend a breakfast at the store. The store is divided into sections. There was a food section with curated snacks and cookbooks. I spy moon juice goodies Technology also figures prominently in the offerings. The piece de resistance was clearly Cigna’s meditation pod. And I must apologize to Cigna. Prior to the event, I hadn’t given Cigna much thought. However, as we chatted up the Cigna folks, we learned how cutting edge (yup Cigna is...

pretty picture, right? Of course I didn't take it You know those dreams where you get to the final exam only you forgot it was the day of the exam? It’s bad enough in dreams, when those lapses occur in real life it’s way worse. Forgetting it’s picture day for your kids? I’ve done that but now almost purposely do that. First, who orders those horrid photos and also when I look back the unbrushed hair will make me smile. I have a another one, I forgot jury duty. Yup, this summer it didn’t make it into my calendar. Then I   had that “I know I had something on this day” and a week later in a pile, oh shit. So I felt that same pit in my stomach feeling when I started to see National Coffee Day emails and posts yesterday.   How did I forget? So a day late and a dollar (but never a coffee) short, our coffee roundup or “ground up” Blog (4 years old and still stand by it) on whether you should give up coffee, guess the answer? And whether coffee is good or bad for you… Carolyn and I l...

I want to start by saying Carolyn and I love soup. We’ve also been fielding questions about soup cleanses. Nicole Chaszar, the founder of The Splendid Spoon ,suggested we meet and taste some of her concoctions but OneSmartBrownie and I had another idea. We wanted to give a full day of “souping” a go. * Our packages arrived and Carolyn messaged me “they look good”. All of the soups are gluten free and plant based. You receive five soups for the day a mixture of pureed and chunky (chewing=awesome). Always looking at the pros and cons of new regimes I was initially surprised that one soup had steel cut oats, another lentils and one was butternut squash based. As someone who has a fairly low starch, low grain diet this didn’t seem too “cleansy”. The next morning I woke up ready to go. I scratched my head at whether or not coffee was “kosher” for cleansing but recalled Carolyn’s cleanse mantra “your cleanse, your rules.” I had my typical coffee. Revived and caffeinated I realized I had to t...