Welcome to Eat Naked. I’m so excited to share my new website with you. It’s full of recipes, fun and easy food preparation tips, and all sorts of resources on how to eat without the extras so you look and feel great.
Take a look around, have fun exploring, and add your thoughts to the mix. I’d love to hear from you!
Margaret

I recently came across what is rapidly becoming my favorite blog: www.whitehottruth.com from the stunning, holds-nothing-back, and brilliant Danielle LaPorte. I’m including her recent post Your Permission Slip from the Universe as some powerful inspiration on how to cut it all back and live truly Naked. Check it out, and check her out. You won’t be disappointed.
I’ve got the Goddess of Permission on speed dial and she was thrilled to oblige with this sweeping list of acts of self expression and liberation. We can draw on it whenever we need. …

Have you ever come home from a really bad day, thrown yourself together a quick dinner, maybe even a favorite dish that’s nice and comforting to you, and it just tastes awful? Compare that to a lovingly, carefully prepared meal that maybe your grandmother made you, that was absolutely out of this world delicious. Is it the law of attraction – you’re having a bad day so nothing works out? Or is it just that your grandmother is a better cook? Well, you might be having a bad day and …

I absolutely love quinoa. It’s a true superfood, packed with amazing nutrients, high in protein, and gluten-free, making it an excellent addition to almost anyone’s diet. I’ll confess that until recently, I have not been the best at making it. Sometimes it would come out too crunchy, sometimes mildly mushy, but for some reason it was never as light and fluffy and perfect as I’ve had when it was made for me properly.
Until now.
I learned a great tip from Chef James of Wholesome2go for how to prepare quinoa properly. It …

The most recent question posed to me on the “Ask Margaret” feature at Spud! was about safely transitioning to a more plant-based diet. Here’s the question and my response.
“I’m trying to eat less meat and would like to know how I could transition without losing any nutrients that are vital for a healthy diet. What should I be eating in place of meat?”
When transitioning to a diet with less meat, here are a few things you want to be sure to do:

Make sure you’re eating loads of vegetables and fruits, …

Soy is certainly not as healthy as has been promoted. Originally soy wasn’t intended for human consumption – it was used in crop rotations in Asia for its nitrogen-fixing properties. Soy is incredibly difficult to digest because it has powerful enzyme inhibitors that essentially prevent its own digestion. It is really only fully digestible when it has been fermented…