The Cancer
Nutrition Blog

We LOVE breakfast in my house. It’s just as important of a meal as lunch and dinner and honestly might trump lunch. No quick bowl of cereal or toast for us. I grew up loving instant oatmeal with brown sugar. As I got older I started making the real deal with rolled oats and eventually […]

I was a child of the 80’s. Both of my parents worked outside of the home while my sister and I were bouncing around from school to swim practice to homework. We grew up with all the packaged, processed, and convenience foods that were so popular during this decade and frankly made life easier for […]

This is another family favorite and simple salad we turn to time and again in my house. The bright and zesty flavors make it perfect for summer. The lemon garlic dressing is a quick and easy recipe that you can use with many different salads. Arugula, also known as Rocket, is a dark leafy green […]

This topic is very close to my heart. As a Cancer Dietitian I know how important the quality of your diet is when you’re actively healing from cancer. And yet I hear all the time how people are being told by their well-meaning oncology team that… “Diet doesn’t matter” “Eat whatever you want” “Now is […]

If you’ve scrolled around my blog a bit you’ve probably already noticed how much I love eggs. Of course nothing beats the eggs my chickens used to lay for us. We haven’t had any chickens now for the last couple of years as we were moving around a bit. But now that we’ve settled again […]