Happy Thanksgiving week! Throughout the entire year, but especially during the holiday season, one of my main diet principles is portion control. So many people ban certain foods from their lives, only to "fall off the wagon" and binge when their willpower wanes. I promote the idea of balanced eating and moderation because it is what works in the long haul! Take pasta for example. Do I eat it daily? No. But do I eat it when I'm in a carb-y pasta mood around every couple of weeks? Hell yea! I just never eat a huge bowl of it (well, unless I'm in Italy...) and I try to sneak some veggies into my pasta dishes to make them heartier and more nutritious. I recently came up with this idea of making ramekin macaroni & cheese - because ramekins are perfect for built-in portion ... [Read More]