Diabetes

I still remember the distinct smell of my grandmother’s kitchen during the holidays. It always smelled like roasted peanuts and melting chocolate. Her classic peanut blossoms were the highlight of every gathering, but as I started paying closer attention to how food impacted my energy levels, those sugary gems became a bit of a challenge….

There is something undeniably magical about the smell of vanilla and almond extract wafting through the house during the holidays. For years, I avoided baking traditional cut-out cookies because I knew exactly how I’d feel an hour later—sluggish, foggy, and regretting the sugar overload. As a mom trying to create special memories with my kids,…

There is a very specific scent that signals the start of the holiday season in my kitchen: the bright, citrusy aroma of fresh orange zest hitting melted butter. It cuts through the cold winter air and instantly makes the house feel cozy. For a long time, the holiday cookie exchange was a bit of a…

There is a specific nostalgia I associate with the holidays, and it usually smells like peppermint extract and melting chocolate. For the longest time, I associated that festive cheer with a heavy, sluggish feeling that inevitably hit about an hour after the dessert tray went around. It wasn’t the celebration I regretted; it was the…

There is something undeniably nostalgic about the scent of cinnamon wafting through the kitchen. It reminds me of rainy afternoons and holiday gatherings where the cookie jar was always full. For the longest time, I thought recreating that specific, pillowy texture of a classic snickerdoodle was impossible without the usual mountain of white sugar. I…

There is a specific kind of magic in the kitchen when the scent of warm ginger and cloves starts to drift through the air. It signals that the holidays are truly here. But for many families, including my own, that nostalgia often comes with a side of hesitation around the dessert table. We want that…

Let’s get one thing straight: getting a diabetes or prediabetes diagnosis does not mean you’ve been sentenced to a life of bland, boring food. That is the biggest myth out there, and it’s the one I’m most passionate about busting. You can, and you should, still enjoy rich, satisfying, decadent-tasting food. You just have to…

There’s a moment every year when the air gets crisp, the leaves start to turn, and all I want is pumpkin. It’s the official flavor of fall. But for years, that flavor felt off-limits, always tied to sugary lattes and carb-heavy pies that I knew would send my blood sugar on a roller coaster. I…