Food for Thought

by daileeblossom

In lieu of a regular post, I’m sharing some things that have caught my eye this past week! In the style of Tina’s Saturday Shares over at Best Body Fitness and Lindsay’s Bean Bytes over at The Lean Green Bean… here we go!

Recipes on My Radar

Skinny Mini Pumpkin Cheesecakes from Angela at Eat, Spin, Run, Repeat

10 Sweet Potato Recipes from Gina at The Fitnessista

Kale Kimchi from Jeanette at Jeanette’s Healthy Living

 Mint pea pesto from Elle at Nutritionella

 Slow Cooker Naked Apple Butter from Angela at Oh She Glows

 Baked Thin Mint Cake from Purely Twins

Gluten Free Banana Bread from Ashley at Edible Perspective

Healthy Soups to Master from Health.com

  Soybean Paste Marinated Pork Lettuce Wrap from Min at Savor the Rainbow

Food for Thought

Fat for an Asian – a very thoughtful and honest piece about how culture blurs our perceptions of “fat” and “skinny” and why this matters to everyone (and as the author points out, body image issues are most certainly not limited to Asians)

Big Med – a piece from Dr. Gawande about how hospital chains might revamp the healthcare system and affect patient care

Have Smartphones Killed Boredom? – an interesting perspective on what technology brings to and takes from our lives (especially since I just got an iPhone – trying really hard not to turn into a phone zombie!)

Weight Stigma Starts at Home – in honor of Weight Stigma Awareness Week, a well-written and provocative post from Ashley at Nourishing the Soul

In Fitness and In Health

The Nearly Definitive Guide to Shin Splints from Charlotte @ The Great Fitness Experiment

I want to try this inner thigh workout from Cassey @ Blogilates

Also hoping to try this timed stability ball circuit from Courtney @ Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life, but my stability ball is sadly low on air (need to fix that!)

And tempted to buy the Coregeous DVD by Jill Miller, brought to my attention by Fit Bottomed Girls

Random (Dog) Things

How Much Water Should a Dog Drink a Day? (I know there are lots of blog dog owners out there – I’ve always wondered about how much water Bella actually needs. I think she’s on track!)

I know Bella would never forgive me if I bought this for her: Treadmill for Dogs

Have a lovely rest of the weekend!