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Asparagus
https://wedishnutrition.wordpress.com/2015/08/04/asparagus/

Asparagus By: Nikki Nies No need to check the farmer’s almanac for when the edible season will be, as asparagus is a great sign of a new farming year! At the market, choose spears that are brightly col…

By: Nikki Nies While the summer provides additional opportunities to gather with friends and families, these social gatherings can provide further food choices that can leave you feeling eating one too many of your favorite foods and lead to bloating. Yet, we’re sharing our best tips on what bloat may look like, the causes and practicals to curb the bloat while maintaining confidence in your swimsuit. [ 489 more words ]
https://wedishnutrition.wordpress.com/2018/07/09/be-swimsuit-ready-without-fear-of-bloat/

Be Swimsuit Ready without Fear of Bloat By: Nikki Nies While the summer provides additional opportunities to gather with friends and families, these social gatherings can provide further food choices that can leave you feeling eating one…

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https://wedishnutrition.wordpress.com/2017/08/23/fresh-produce-grading/

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By: Nikki Nies Wow! I can't believe it's already December! Part of me wonders where the time has gone, while the other part of wonders when it'll be July 2017. Why, July 2017 you ask? I'm hoping to meet my weight goal by July 2017. You see, if you've been following my previous posts, you might have come across my candid sharing of my current weight struggles. [ 1,294 more word ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/12/02/slow-and-steady-helps-you-maintain-wt-loss-for-good

Slow and Steady Helps You Maintain Wt Loss for Good! By: Nikki Nies Wow! I can’t believe it’s already December! Part of me wonders where the time has gone, while the other part of wonders when it’ll be July 2017. Why, July 2017 you …

are coming, who wants one?

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http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/11/24/yes-im-late-to-the-game-of-overnight-oats-but-i-still-made-it

Yes, I’m Late to the Game of Overnight Oats, But I Still Made It! By: Nikki Nies  

So grateful for all the great people placed in my life! Made some olive oil to show my appreciation!

What's on your menu? I'm cracking pecans for homemade pecan pie of course!

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By: Nikki Nies I used to grumble at the thought of grocery stores not only wasting paper sending me fliers for their weekly sales, but said fliers would take over my mailbox. With over 7 different grocery chains advertising their sales items on a weekly basis, I used to think who's got time for that? However, one day last week a couple of the food items from El Rancho caught my eye. [ 327 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/11/11/taking-time-to-look-through-grocery-ads-is-multi-beneficial

Taking time to look through Grocery Ads is Multi Beneficial By: Nikki Nies I used to grumble at the thought of grocery stores not only wasting paper sending me fliers for their weekly sales, but said fliers would take over my mailbox. With over 7 different …

By: Nikki Nies While a mortar and pestle has been around since ancient time to prep ingredients into paste or powder, its use isn't as ubiquitous as it used to be. The bowl-mortar is often times found in hard wood, bamboo, iron, steel, brass, basalt, ceramic or stone form while the pestle is the club shaped object that's used for crushing and grinding. [ 292 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/11/07/oh-show-me-your-ways-mortar-pestle

Oh, Show Me Your Ways Mortar & Pestle! By: Nikki Nies While a mortar and pestle has been around since ancient time to prep ingredients into paste or powder, its use isn’t as ubiquitous as it used to be. The bowl-mortar is often ti…

By: Nikki Nies Vision boards aren't just for obtaining career objectives, but any and all personal goals too! After hearing a sermon where I was challenged to pray bold, big prayers and to dream big, I translated that into creating a vision board. Not only does this board have things I want (e.g. a tiny house), but feelings I want to always seek (e.g. [ 481 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/11/03/no-need-to-wait-for-new-years-for-resolution-make-vision-board-now

No Need to Wait for New Year’s for Resolution, Make Vision Board Now! By: Nikki Nies Vision boards aren’t just for obtaining career objectives, but any and all personal goals too! After hearing a sermon where I was challenged to pray bold, big prayers and to dr…

By: Nikki Nies Minimalism hasn’t been about living with as little as possible, at least in my life. It’s been about removing the extraneous, so that the essential things have space to live. -Leo Babauta When you spend less time at Home Depot trying unsuccessfully to keep up with the Joneses, you create an opening to do the things you love, things that you never seem to have time for. [ 96 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/10/21/purines-pyrimidines

What You Gain As a Minimalist By: Nikki Nies Minimalism hasn’t been about living with as little as possible, at least in my life. It’s been about removing the extraneous, so that the essential things have space to live. -Leo Ba…

Scary Seven Challenge

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Sustaniable Seafood

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/10/10/sustaniable-seafood

How Being a Yelp Reviewer as Made Me Ask More Questions and Connect with Servers By: Nikki Nies Last night, my roommate and I went to Sushi Star in North Dallas as our last meal together before we part ways. While we’ve lived together for the past year, this was our first…

Has anyone made their own extract? How'd it go? Any suggestions?

By: Nikki Nies I hope you enjoyed a coffee or two yesterday during ! I sure did! Is it just me or did the concept of cold brew coffee come out of no where? Not only is it all the craze at mainstream Starbucks, but local coffee shops seem to be popping up with the concept too. Perhaps, I'm late to the ballgame, but it's evident this type of coffee is here to stay and I need to better understand not only the process, but the hows and whys. [ 296 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/09/30/review-food-for-life

Why and How to Add Cold Brew To the Mix! By: Nikki Nies I hope you enjoyed a coffee or two yesterday during ! I sure did! Is it just me or did the concept of cold brew coffee come out of no where? Not only is it all the …

By: Nikki Nies I've touched on the topic of mindful eating before, but it's such an easy tactic that it's overlooked, it's worth mentioning again! As a gal that can never say no to cookies and/or ice cream, I'm one of those people that needs tangible accountability practicals. Especially when it comes to ice cream cake! I'm all about understanding the system and thought process of food and finding small ways you can have your cake and eat it too! [ 313 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/09/21/food-additives

Learn How to Train Yourself to Eat Only 2-3 Bites of Anything! By: Nikki Nies I’ve touched on the topic of mindful eating before, but it’s such an easy tactic that it’s overlooked, it’s worth mentioning again! As a gal that can never sa…

By: Nikki Nies This last year has a been a lot of self reflection and realization. I'm embracing more of who I am and am proud of the ideals I have formed. While we're all works in progress, I'm grateful for the life experiences I've had and how I've learned how little I need to survive. I'm sure I've shared, but my time in grad school and my dietetic internship while grueling, was a turning point in my life. [ 366 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/09/15/resistant-starch

Challenge Yourself To Own Version of Elon Musk Challenge By: Nikki Nies This last year has a been a lot of self reflection and realization. I’m embracing more of who I am and am proud of the ideals I have formed. While we’re all works in prog…

By: Nikki Nies Previously, in my post Where I’ve Been and Where I Want To Be, I had touched on my praises for MyFitnessPal, but since I continue to proudly use it and it has made me more aware of my ever present need to input my food intake, I believe it deserves a bit more attention than a sentence. [ 420 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/09/10/raita

Thank You MyFitnessPal For Helping Me Get Back on Track By: Nikki Nies Previously, in my post Where I’ve Been and Where I Want To Be, I had touched on my praises for MyFitnessPal, but since I continue to proudly use it and it has made me more aware of m…

filmmaker, shares how are made! Forewarned, you won't look at them the same!

Over eten - De weg van een snoepje 'Over Eten’ (On Food) is a tv show focussing on our present knowledge about food, produced by the news department of flemish public broadcaster VRT, Belgium.…

By: Nikki Nies People are always surprised to learn I've only been cooking for the last couple years since it's become a huge part of my life--when I'm not cooking, I'm meal planning, when I'm not meal planning I'm grocery shopping and when I'm not grocery shopping I'm looking up at the latest food trends. It wasn't until I hit grad school, where money was extremely limited that I was forced to cook for myself, learn how to be a hostess, cater to dietary restrictions (e.g. [ 381 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/09/07/review-bills-best-bbq

How My Budget Turned Me Into a Semi-Vegetarian By: Nikki Nies People are always surprised to learn I’ve only been cooking for the last couple years since it’s become a huge part of my life–when I’m not cooking, I’m…

So true in more ways than one!

Take Action on Big Soda!

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Take Action on Big Soda! Think the beverage industry randomly decides what drinks to offer and have your best interest in sight? Think again! The beverage industry spends over $12 billion a YEAR marketing its products to y…

By: Nikki Nies A week ago, if you had asked me how I spend my lunch breaks, I'd be stammering to give you a 'healthy 'answer. Like many, I try to cram in as much as I can into the 8.5 hours I'm at work, meaning I often times sacrifice my lunch breaks to get work done while eating at my computer. [ 449 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/08/29/fewer-breaksless-productivity

More Breaks=More Productivity By: Nikki Nies A week ago, if you had asked me how I spend my lunch breaks, I’d be stammering to give you a ‘healthy ‘answer. Like many, I try to cram in as much as I can into the…

Just like judging someone's capabilities based on appearance is limiting, judging the quality and nutrient richness of food based off just calories should be removed from our society. While a movement that removes prejudices and first impressions is slowly, but surely occurring, I'm sure I'll have better luck explaining why I won't restrict myself to reading just calories on foods. [ 612 more words ]

http://wedishnutrition.com/2016/08/23/why-i-wont-restrict-myself-to-just-the-calorie-amount

Why I Won’t Restrict Myself to Just the Calorie Amount Just like judging someone’s capabilities based on appearance is limiting, judging the quality and nutrient richness of food based off just calories should be removed from our society. While a…