Eat Well Buffalo

09/23/2025

Eat Well Buffalo Out and About in our Buffalo Community!! Join us for a program or let us know how we can help you live your healthiest life!

EWB will be at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus's 5th Annual Food As Medicine Symposium on October 23,24,and 25. Tickets are here: https://theticketing.co/e/famsymposium2025?open=true

09/23/2025

Please join Eat Well Buffalo on October 23, 24, and 25th for the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus 5th Annual Food As Medicine Symposium. It's more important than ever be aware and educate ourselves on these critically important subjects such as Women's Health, Functional and Integrative Nutrition (Gut Health), Culinary Medicine, Blue Zones and Lifestyle Medicine and Nutrition. It will be informative and amazing and I look so forward to seeing you there. Ticket information is attached. Thank you. And thanks BNMC for hosting this valuable and possibly life-changing event.

09/19/2025

Thank you Newell Nussbaumer and Buffalo Rising for making this happen!! You are amazing and making a difference in the community we live in. Thanks!

In today’s Building Buffalo podcast, I chat with Sally Gower of Eat Well Buffalo and Sue Morreale of Her Kitchen on Hertel. We discuss the ins and out of Blue Zones, which many people are still relatively unfamiliar with. Currently, there are only five micro Blue Zones in the world, with one more ...

09/14/2025

09/05/2025

According to the Blue Zones, we may live longer and healthier lives if we eat one meal a day with family, friends or neighbors (with no screens).

Eating together creates a sense of trust and creates better relationships. Eating together also has been shown to improve our mental health.

Consider hosting a neighborhood potluck with local, seasonal foods. It could be fun, healthy and help us to live longer, healthier and more connected lives.

08/31/2025

My morning coffee makes me happy🥰

Organic dark roast, organic soy milk and cinnamon, and a scoop of my favorite collagen powder blended together puts a smile on my face. I was struggling with a battery operated stick frother that never worked quite right and would p**p out half way through blending.

After purchasing an electric frother that warms and froths to perfection, I wondered why I waited so long to enhance my daily coffee ritual that really made me happy.

The joy of simple things is not about denying ourselves, but rather finding contentment and joy in the present moment. So, take a breath, slow down, and savor the simple things in life- like your amazing morning coffee they might just bring you lots of happiness.

08/29/2025

Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones, said, "“When you take worldwide data on happiness, and you control for everything else, you find that people who live next to water are...happier than people who don't".

And it's not just happiness thats affected. In a CNBC article about the Blue Zones they mention a 2017 systematic review published in BMJ that found just spending time near coasts, lakes or rivers can “promote health and well-being and prevent disease.”

As we head into the Labor Day week-end, think about finding some blue spaces such as lakes, rivers, or a beach where you can swim, kayak, paddle board or just enjoy the water's beauty.

And if you are with friends or family, that social connection just might further boost your emotional wellbeing. Maybe these blue spaces plus social connections are just what is needed right now. Enjoy.

08/26/2025

When I hear quotes like "life is short, eat dessert first".....I always think OF COURSE....but make it an amazingly yummy and healthy one. You don't need to eat a candy bar or milkshake when you have recipes like this one. Easy, fast, and out-of-this-world delicious.

PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BROWNIE🍌🥰

Grab 3 ripe bananas, peel and mash with fork in bowl. Add 1/2 cup healthy peanut butter and 1/2 cup cacao powder. Mix well. (you can add any seeds- flax, chia, h**p, pumpkin, to health it up if you desire)

Line a baking pan with parchment paper. Add and smooth batter in pan. Sprinkle with walnuts, dark chocolate chips, dried fruit, any desired toppings. Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes. Let cool and slice.

Make a double batch to make sure you have some to share! Enjoy. And please share your thoughts, feedback and creative ideas.

08/25/2025

We made a healthier version of the Dubai Chocolate Bar. Three layers of:
1. Dark chocolate (> 70% cocoa) melted and poured on plate. Place in freezer until solid.

2. Mix yummy pistachio crème butter with brown rice crispy cereal. Spread on top of frozen dark chocolate.

3. Melt more dark chocolate and spread on top of pistachio/brown rice crunchy mix. Place it freezer until solid.

Be creative. Add healthy seeds- flax,h**p,chia, pumpkin or your favorites to the cereal/butter mix.

Excellent. Company good! Enjoy.

08/24/2025

EAT WELL BUFFALO likes to try new, healthy foods to change things up a bit.

This week we purchased a jar of Pistachio Butter. Part of our motivation is to attempt to make a healthish version of the trendy Dubai Chocolate Bar.

Wow. We were not disappointed in what we tasted. In fact, we love it. Pistachio butter is an antioxidant rich food, heart healthy and a plant based protein. The yummy, smooth, clean and unique flavor is amazing and the only ingredient in the jar is pistachios. Nothing else- no preservatives, sugar, etc. One ingredient.

Spread some on a whole grain cracker (Top Seeds, anyone?) or bread. It's pricey at $15 for a 9 ounce jar and definitely a splurge for us. Our plans to try and make the Dubai Chocolate with it, but if we don't do it soon we will have to bar another jar!
Of course, you can make pistachio butter also- which would be fun, delicious and probably less expensive.

Please let us know if you try it and what you think! Thanks.

08/20/2025

Amazing healthy Lentil Salad! Perfect side dish or meal...have it your way.

Fresh ingredients....10 minutes to prep. Add your favorite protein or just have the plant based protein of lentils! EWB added some cooked shrimp as a side.

The flavors are perfect- roasted red pepper, tomato, garlic, Kalamata olives, fresh parsley, lemon juice and olive oil. Check it out.

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