I have a friend. Let’s call her Jenny. She recently tried quinoa for the first time. She was cleared to eat this uber-healthy super food and she’d come up with a nice curry recipe to go along with. The next day she reported to me that she got sick after eating it. The quinoa got stuck, she said. Now this …

Before we talk about that…have you entered yet to win FREE protein iced coffee from Chike? If not, go do it now. I’ll wait… You back? Lovely!  So I tell you guys all the time to play with your food. And many of you do so by playing with MY food. But I rarely show you whose food I’m playing …

Chike! Iced Coffee! Review! Let’s do this. The 360 So whenever I am trying something new, I always do the 360 first. Gives me an opportunity to see how well it is packaged and I TRY to look at it from the perspective of someone who may not be quite familiar with food product packaging. From the front of the single-serve …

Yesterday I was going over some old online photo albums I have on the web. I came across this recipe I used to make ages ago. It’s totally not mine. I heard about it from my friend, Plump Kitty, who also inspired a few dessert recipes of mine as well. This one is interesting to me because it’s the one …

This recipe is one of many delicious dishes featured in Bariatric Foodie’s latest cookbook, Oodles of Zoodles: Your Jumpstart Guide to Zucchini Noodles. Check it out today! So…obviously this Noodleess Lasagna isn’t a completely new recipe. When this post was originally published (about…five-ish years ago)…trust me…it was vanguard! But nowadays this is one of the most popular low-carb recipes out there. …

Not an Adjustable Gastric Band patient? Check out: What vitamins should RNY patients take? What vitamins should Duodenal Switch patients take? What vitamins should VSG patients take?   Adjustable Gastric Band (sometimes known as “Lap band”) patients need to take daily vitamins because they can’t eat large enough amounts of food to get all the nutrients they need. It’s very important …

Trader Joe’s Vanilla Soy Protein by Traci McGowan, Foodie Review Correspondent I have taken some sort of protein supplement every day since my RNY surgery.  From the weight loss doctor’s office to the gym, from Wal-Mart to the internet, I have tried more protein powders and bars than I have fingers ‘n toes: Body Fortress, Cytosport (AKA: Muscle Milk powder), …

Hello, Foodie Nation! My name is Hillery and I am 11-months post-op from RNY Gastric Bypass Surgery and I’m pleased to be your Foodie Fitness Correspondent. Admittedly, I am NOT a professional trainer or exercise physiologist (I don’t even play one on TV) but I am an enthusiast who is willing to share my experiences so far and even try …

Yeah, I MAY have just licked my screen and…it MAY have tasted just a wee bit nasty. BUT this food looks delicious! So this is me admittedly putting the cart before the horse a little bit. I think I am the only healthy eating blog that does not feature a no-noodle lasagna recipe. Mexican lasagna? Yes. No-noodle (which subs zucchini …

So first I say I am doing a poverty eating challenge, living off $1.50 of food a day for five days. Then I post four days of reports for that and then…disappear. “What up with that, Nik????” Yes, that is very me. But this time it wasn’t. I live in Maryland and you might have heard we had severe storms …