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Hi Everyone! Welcome to Medicine Mondays! This is where each week I give answers to questions that I have been asked the previous week. If you want ask me something leave it in the comments or go directly to MommyMD:A Guide to Realistic Parenting where I’ll post my article! We’ve had a lot of questions here [...]

To continue the tater theme here’s a recipe from my twin! I made it right before my son’s very last asthma flare in June. We have since found out that he is allergic to milk. I try not to think too hard at the fact that I may have thrown him into an attack with [...]

4-5 peeled and cubed potatoes 2 cloves of minced garlic 1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger Low sodium chicken broth Boil and mash your potatoes first and then set aside. Saute  garlic and ginger in 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil until lightly cooked. Stir the oil mixture in and add the broth until you reach the [...]

This young boy is going to give me a heart attack. Laceration. They are at the ER. I’m in clinic and can’t go over fast enough. Only two more patients and then I’ll be right there.

The first time I had strawberries in my salad was at my favorite little mom and pop Italian restaurant in LA.  I was first surprised to bite into a little sweetness but it soon became a favorite and I went back again and again to sample it. Sadly a family illness a year later closed [...]

I haven’t always loved salmon. When I was growing up I we mostly ate the fish we caught which was a lot of bass and trout. Occasionally my parents would have salmon particularly if we went out to eat, but I avoided tasting it thinking it would be too fishy. One day I was intrigued [...]

How often do you sit in silence? How often do you give eye contact? How often do you sit in silence and make eye contact? Lance posted Shhh…at his blog The Jungle of Life yesterday. He discussed silence and how it important it is to have in our life.  Silence gives us the opportunity to [...]

Simple and elegant. That’s how I like to cook. Ha! Who am I kidding! It’s usually messy and rushed but with Jake’s new diet we have been eating a lot less packaged goods. Here’s a spur of the moment dish that has already become a favorite of the family! I served it with breakfast but [...]

Shilpan of Success Soul recently wrote a great post compiling some ways to supercharge your brain. This sparked some debate at the notion that hugging a stranger would help your brain.  He was called a “Tree-Hugging Hippie” for this radical idea that touch can be helpful for our well being. Well Shilpan, you were right [...]

Here is my very simple version of guacamole. 2 ripe avocados. 1 tomato finely chopped 1 small handful of cilantro also finely chopped 2 small green onions chopped finely Salt and pepper Lime Smash up the avocados until smooth and then add the other ingredients. Season with salt and pepper. Squeeze a little lime to [...]