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It’s Not Just Plate Size That Matters

Posted Tuesday, November 22, 2011 by Vicki Bovee, M.S., R.D., L.D. in Diet Advice, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss Advice
It’s Not Just Plate Size That Matters

We have all heard that to help control portion size we should be using smaller plates and bowls. This works great because if you are eating less food, it will look like more food on a small plate rather than getting lost on today's oversized dinner plates.But did you know that it's not just the size of plate that cues our portion sizes, but the color of the food and plate as well?

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Where do I find extracts?

Posted Monday, November 14, 2011 by Chef Dave in Ask Chef Dave

Hi Dave,
It was great meeting you at the OH conference on Long Island in October. Our patients are starting to make some of your recipes.

We have a question though, where can we find the different extacts should as butter, raspberry and peppermint? Your help locating these extracts would be greatly appreciated.

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Chef Dave Tips… How to juice a lemon

Posted Wednesday, November 9, 2011 by Chef Dave in Chef Dave Video Quick Tips

Dont pull out the electric juicer! Chef Dave shows you a simple and easy clean up way to juice a lemon.

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Losing Weight and Keeping It Off

Posted Sunday, November 6, 2011 by Vicki Bovee, M.S., R.D., L.D. in Diet Advice, Healthy Eating, Weight Loss Advice

How many times have we lost weight only to have it find its way back and bring "friends"? I have had people tell me they are done trying to lose weight because it never stays off.  It's a fact that if you go back to your old eating habits you will regain the weight but there are people who have lost significant amounts of weight and have successfully kept it off.

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Chef Dave Having a Berry Good Time at Grandville Island Vancouver Canada

Posted Friday, November 4, 2011 by Chef Dave in Chef Dave Video Quick Tips

Chef Dave takes a tour of Granville Island, BC Canada. Learn all about berries and how to store and prepare them.

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Chef Dave Tips… How to brown beef

Posted Wednesday, November 2, 2011 by Chef Dave in Chef Dave Video Quick Tips

Chef Dave shows you how to brown beef.

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“Spread out your food on the plate during social eating.”

Posted Monday, October 31, 2011 by Vicki Bovee, M.S., R.D., L.D. in Monthly Tip

If your friends and family comment on your smaller portions during holiday meals, spreading the food out makes your portion look like more than it actually is. No need to hear, “Is that all you’re eating?”

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Chef Dave Takes You Along To Long Island, NY

Posted Sunday, October 30, 2011 by Chef Dave in Videos

Chef Dave takes you with him to Long Island, NY. 

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Chef Dave Tips… How to toast almonds

Posted Wednesday, October 26, 2011 by Chef Dave in Chef Dave Video Quick Tips

Chef Dave shows you how to dry roast almonds.

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Another Tool in the Toolbox

Posted Friday, October 21, 2011 by Vicki Bovee, M.S., R.D., L.D. in Book Reviews, Rave Reviews, Weight Loss Surgery
Another Tool in the Toolbox

If you are a weight loss surgery patient, a support person for someone who has had weight loss surgery, or work with the bariatric population, Katie Jay has written a handy little book, Weight Loss Surgery: Stages of Transformation, to help everyone to better understand the psychological changes that occur with all types of weight loss surgery.

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