Yes, you can order your baked salmon, sauteed spinach,quinoa salad and applause yourself on the way home. Guess what: restaurants are trying […]
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Best In Class: Silent Snacks
As someone who was perpetually a student (at least, it felt like it) and who now serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Miami, it compels me to tell you that I was/am a MASTER at eating in class.
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Miami’s Dream Team
Ain’t nobody got time to cook every night. I pride myself on cultivating relationships (Read: harassing) owners of local wholesome eateries to provide a) food for my hungry self and b) food for my clients’ varying palates. The following is a compiled list of my cherished Miami haunts for good, clean eats. If you see something I missed, please let me know, and please deliver me their food ASAP for “research” purposes.
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Tales from the Grocery Store
The supermarket can be a daunting experience. If you’ve survived a parking experience at Whole Foods, the battle is already 50% won. Here’s the official Essence Supermarket Survival Guide to keep you from wanting to run yourself (or someone else) over with your cart.
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Banish the Bloat / Food Baby
Feeling bloated can range from uncomfortable to excruciating. Gas, a natural byproduct of digestion, can sometimes go hog wild and produce these sensations. Getting to the root cause of it with the help of your doctor/gastroenterologist is the best idea, but in the meantime, foods/drinks can certainly harm or help.
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Raising the Bar
Raising the Bar: All those Confusing Bars Out There Oh, jarring world of energy/nutrition bars. So many options, so few minutes in […]
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The Crave
Cravings. We all get them. Sometimes, they are inexplicable (pickles) and sometimes, they make perfect sense (you just saw an IHOP commercial […]
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Dress(ings) for Success
Get Lost in the Sauce Sauces and dressings provide anti-inflammatory flavor and heart-healthy fats to make your food really shine. Here are […]
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Sugar Rush: What Are All These Sweeteners??
I find it absurd that every restaurant has a little box of sugar/sugar substitutes on the table of almost a full rainbow […]