I receive many client and reader questions about snacks. I find that these questions tend to stem from two different situations.

#1 Snacking when you are truly hungry.

#2 Snacking because you are conditioned to snacking.

Tom was reminiscing about enjoying enchiladas in Mexico.

I had a cabbage sitting in my fridge. 

"Steamed cabbage leaves", I thought, "could make decent enchilada wraps!"

Truly, the goodness of enchiladas equals the meat, the sauce and the cheese. Would Tom even miss tortillas?

Vitamin D is an essential hormone; it improves immunity; assists in the absorption of important nutrients; increases feel good hormones; and oversees cell activity by acting on the P53 gene, which identifies damaged cells and assists in their self-destruction. 

Our bodies need the sun to make Vitamin D. 

I am in love with the beautiful vegetables coming out of our local Alaskan farms. The midnight sun really sweetens up our produce; the cucumbers, snap peas, kohlrabi and cherry tomatoes taste like candy.