Healthy Tex-Mex: Chicken Margarita Tacos

Inspired by the delicious meal I had at Rosario's in San Antonio on Friday, I'm in a Tex-Mex mood.  As many trips as I have made to San Antonio, I can't believe I just discovered this local gem in the King William Historic district. Friday's lunch was full of chayote squash, sweet potatoes, cauliflower, peppers and more.  Amazing. Tex-Mex doesn't have to be loaded full of fat, cheese...

Are Some of Us Born to Loathe Exercise?

Forget love.  Do you have a hate relationship with exercise?  It might not be your fault. Running the Jerusalem Half-Marathon in 2009 Apparently some of us are simply hardwired to loathe exercise.   Researchers at the University of Missouri bred pairs of rats that voluntarily spent a lot of time running on wheels in their cages and compared their baby rats with the offspring of...

More Good News on Green Tea

The good news on green tea just keeps coming. Assam green tea/Image via Wikimedia Drinking it on the job can help you stay sharper.  A recent study showed that green tea improves your working memory.  When you pair this news with green tea's anti-wrinkle and anti-inflammatory properties, it's a home run. A small study recently done by biomedical researchers at the University of Basel...

Is Your Afternoon Snack Making You Fat?

Do you have that love/hate relationship with the vending machine?  I do.  I'll be starving at 3 or 4 and, if I don't prepare for a snack attack, will let the vending machine win.  Whether it be a bag of M&M's bar (I could a party size one, btw) or bag of chips, vending machines usually offer crap. A recent British study (granted, done by a berry company), noted that 4:12pm is...

The Most Fattening Food Around the World

Part of the fun of travel is eating.  I believe that you can learn so much about a foreign culture by simply popping into bar, ordering a local drink and appetizers and chatting up the bartender and patrons next to you.  Those are truly some of my best memories. Banana Nutella Crepes/image via Wikimedia Some of those memories are made with some of the world's most fattening foods.  I...

Craving Chocolate? Try These Healthy, Easy Recipes

My daughter's new favorite catchphrase is "I Want Chocolate". She can see a chocolate bar or Hershey's Kiss a mile away....and will walk the mile to eat it. I'm a realist: she's not going to go through life avoiding Reese's Peanut Butter cups or Cadbury Hardshell eggs (both of which are my faves, btw).  Eating them on occasion is fine. I wanted a healthier alternative for more frequent...

Monday Motivation: Ditch the Junk Food & Adopt the Paris Diet

I hope you had a great weekend.  I hope you have an even greater week. If you haven't heard, I'm trying to stick to an editorial calendar.  By going public with it, I'm hoping it has that "hold me accountable" effect. From junk food truly jacking with your system to Parisian diet recipes (yes, please), here are some things I hope will help get you through the week: Exercise Helps You...