I am a gluten-free environmentalist, runner and nutrition junkie. The best parts of my day are my toddler son, strolling the aisles of food coops and trail running. I have a blog and an online retail food company called Dana's Healthy Home that specializes in gluten free and vegan natural...
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Pumpkin Pie Pudding
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Dana Solof
Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegan
This is my favorite weather: crisp, cold, and sunny. The autumn light is dancing off the brightly colored leaves and much to my son’s delight, there are large ora ...
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Grain-Free Coconut Cookies
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Dana Solof
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I don’t do well with grains. In fact, because of their effect on my digestion, I pretty much avoid them entirely… (except for my long-standing vice: tortilla chip ...
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Sunflower Butter!
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Dana Solof
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I love sunflower seed butter, aka sunbutter. These tiny seeds are the most concentrated source of our body’s primary fat-soluble antioxidant: vitamin E . Vitamin E is ...
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More Green Smoothies…
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Dana Solof
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Samantha at Color Wheel Meals is putting together an ebook full of fun and healthy recipe ideas for kids. I finally was able to send my recipe submissions to her r ...
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Baby Smoothie Bliss
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Dana Solof
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I got the idea for “baby shakes” from Natalia Rose’s website . She has a wonderful community forum that I joined a few years ago. Now that my baby is a toddler (he tu ...
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Natalie Portman & I
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Dana Solof
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I’ve been struck by how much press has been devoted to Natalie Portman’s decision to give up being vegan during pregnancy. I guess the media loves a good story, but the ...
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Gluten-Free Chunky Granola
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Dana Solof
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Let me just start by saying that I LOVE granola. And in case you’ve been wondering about the name for my blog, it’s a reference to an old nickname of mine growing up. On ...
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Pumpkin Seeds for Strength
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Dana Solof
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Last night I made Pumpkin Seed butter. I needed an iron boost… (this will be a whole other post) and pumpkin seeds are an excellent source of iron! So you may be asking y ...
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Summer Means Trails!
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Dana Solof
Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegan
Well, I guess the nice thing about the Pacific Northwest is that you can run on trails all year long in the lower elevations. That was what I loved about coming to Washing ...
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Finding Partners in Health
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Dana Solof
Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegan
Selling the bakery has really been an impetus for me to address some underlying health issues that I have been let sliding for some time. Yesterday I had an appointment wi ...
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Lärabars & My Sanity
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Dana Solof
Posted in: Blog Posts in Vegan
It’s Monday and I have a headache. OK, maybe it’s not really a headache… maybe it’s just that I have an endorphine hangover from the excitement and stress of last week’s e ...
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For the Love of Chocolate
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Dana Solof
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Dark chocolate is my favorite dessert. Often I have a double whammy of my homemade cocoa with a few squares of premium chocolate. The irony is that I never liked chocolate ...
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