Articles by Kristen Michaelis CNC

Kristen Michaelis CNC is a published author and teacher. She's created a general nutrition curriculum used by classrooms around the US and written Beautiful Babies -- a book on nutrition for fertility, pregnancy, and breastfeeding that premiered at #1 on Amazon in its category, beating out What to Expect When You're Expecting.

Weekly Meal Plan

It’s time for a little honesty. (When am I ever not honest with you guys?) Last week’s menu fell apart. It died a violent and tragic death. It lasted a day. I simply had too many other pressing things to do. Too many work deadlines converged at once. Too many outside pressures required my time. I put my husband in charge of pulling together most of the meals, and he gave it a heroic effort. But he’s no cook.

Food Scare Of The Week

I’m sick of hearing about peanut recalls. Aren’t you? Well, it turns out that nothing in this bright world of ours is safe from contamination — not even potatoes. The culprit? A wiley little bacteria called listeria. You know, the same pathogen they use to frighten us into cooking all our food. Everything must be cooked, say the food scientists. Nothing consumed raw. No raw milk. No raw vegetables. No soft cheeses. No sushi or smoked salmon.

The Alltop Badge Debate Continues

After reading your comments, I decided to experiment and make my own badges. I like the Alltop sense of humor, but I wanted something a tad bit less offensive. I don’t know. Did I succeed? Here’s the badge I created: I also tried to think of synonyms to “kick ass.” I could say this site…

Spreading The FoodRenegade Love

So, even though I didn’t post yesterday, a lot happened with this site. First, we were added to All-Top’s Nutrition page.

I Won’t Make This Mistake Again

Sleep deprived and feeling the pressure of impending work deadlines, I did something I shouldn’t have done. I drank coffee. But, the story doesn’t end there. When I reached the bottom of my first cup, I grabbed a second. So, I felt a little wired. Not a big deal, right? It would pass. Then my…

Weekly Meal Plan

As promised, here’s my meal plan for the following week. This post is part of Orgjunkie.com’s Menu Plan Monday blog carnival. If you’re fishing for inspiration, go check out everyone else’s meal plans. I wrote this meal plan using my new, handy-dandy blank menu planner.

4 Meal Planning Tips For Busy People

Once upon a time, I began each week with a meal plan. It was an amazing little thing — a simple sheet of paper with hand written notes outlining the week’s meals. It also made doing traditional foods preparation a lot simpler. If I planned sandwiches for lunch on Tuesday, I would make a note to bake sandwich bread Monday night. I’d note when to make mayonnaise, ketchup, or dill pickle relish. I’d tell myself when to marinate meat or start the crock pot. When to sprout grains or legumes.

Study Shows Benefits of Paleo Diet

It’s not surprising news (at least to me). But it is news. Medical researchers released the results of a study on Wednesday that demonstrated just how beneficial a return to eating foods more traditional to the human diet can be. They took a group of non-obese, sedentary(!) volunteers and fed them a paleolithic diet for 10 days. Just 10 days! And they got amazing and significant results.

Cookbook Giveaway!

Okay. Now for some really exciting news. Drew over at How To Cook Like Your Grandmother has created an all-new, color, illustrated version of his cookbook. And he’s giving away three copies! Drew is the guy who taught me how to render beef tallow (among many other interesting and handy kitchen skills I didn’t pick…

The Cholesterol Myth

In my latest video, I talked about the Lipid Hypothesis — the theory that there is a direct correlation between the levels of saturated fat and cholesterol in the diet with incidence of heart disease. Today, I’d like you to hear from a man who absolutely rips the Lipid Hypothesis to shreds.