Montana Meals April Challenge: On the Right Track Do you ever mindlessly eat an entire bag of chips without even realizing it until all of the chips are gone? Do you know how many servings of fruits and vegetables you actually eat on a typical day? The first step in making healthy changes to your... Continue Reading →
In a recent post (Home Grown Montana), I suggest considering seasonality when planning meals. Neal’s response to my suggestion? “The only foods that I know when they’re in season are watermelons in August--because there was a Watermelon Festival in Arkansas when I was growing up-- and pumpkins around Halloween.” While amusing, Neal’s response reminded me that it’s... Continue Reading →
The Montana Meals Challenge of the Month for February is to eat breakfast, so I thought I’d post a few meal suggestions in case this month’s challenge has you searching for some new breakfast ideas. If you’re someone who already eats breakfast consistently everyday, focus this month on the nutritional quality of your breakfasts. Everyday breakfast... Continue Reading →
when you cook for yourself at home, you have the ability to control how much of what to add to the dish In Helena for the holidays, my family and I decided to eat breakfast at a café one morning. The café holds only a handful of people and we were seated at a table where... Continue Reading →
For those of you participating in this month’s Montana Meals challenge (try 4 new recipes), here are a few of my favorite online healthy recipe resources to provide you with some inspiration! Recipe resources: http://www.cookinglight.com http://www.eatingwell.com http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/RecipeIndex http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/healthy/recipes http://www.foodnetwork.com/healthy-eating/index.html Healthy recipe blogs: http://mealmakeovermoms.com/kitchen/recipe-index/ http://www.sproutedkitchen.com/ http://www.skinnytaste.com/ http://tri2cook.blogspot.com/p/cook.html http://cheaphealthygood.blogspot.com/2004/02/master-recipe-list.html http://www.101cookbooks.com Don’t know how to cook? A few... Continue Reading →
Introducing Montana Meals! Montana is full of opportunity for outdoor fun and fitness - fueling your body properly is essential to making the most of these opportunities! Whether you want to have the energy to go on a hike after work, or you want to lose some weight so you can participate fully in your... Continue Reading →
Hi, We're Neal and Cristin, and we're new to the Montana University System Wellness Program. We thought we should introduce ourselves before inundating you with all the fitness and nutrition information you can stand. Our goal is to post practical and relevent nutrition, fitness, and health information at least weekly on this blog, so check back... Continue Reading →
Welcome to the new MUS Wellness blog, featuring ongoing contributions from two of our newest programs: Montana Moves and Montana Meals. Healthy eating and purposeful movement are two key components of a healthy lifestyle, and will enable you to live at your highest level of well-being, for a long time! We live in an amazing... Continue Reading →
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