Somehow, during the summer, Girlawhirl seems to incorporate some kind of salsa into at least one meal a day. Whether it's a bit of avocado and a classic tomato salsa with an omelette for breakfast, or a fruity mango one with grilled chicken or fish for dinner, it seems her refrigerator is home to a slew of variations on her favorite condiment...

Girlawhirl has become a food label detective. She no longer purchases foods that contain partially hydrogenated vegetable oil, and now she's moved on to high fructose corn syrup, another ingredient found in almost all food products on supermarket shelves…

During the summer, Girlawhirl can't seem to stop drinking iced tea. Some of her Super Pals prefer lemonade, but for Girlawhirl, upon arrival at a restaurant, the words “I'll have an iced tea” are out of her mouth practically before she's even settled in her chair. In fact, she and a Super Pal once went through so many refills during their lunch that the waiter just left a pitcher on the table for them…

Especially when the weather's warm, Girlawhirl needs some sort of a cool treat at the end of a long hot day. All too often she turns to ice cream or frozen yogurt, but as she's learned from her nutritional consultant Melissa Spiesman, both have drawbacks: the amount of fat in the ice cream and the sugar in both…

With summertime barbecues on her agenda, Girlawhirl is stocking up on summer staples. Something that recently caught her eye in the health food store was Wholemato, a different kind of ketchup…

With summer officially starting this weekend, Girlawhirl intends to share some of summertime's coolest cocktails with her Super Pals. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to predict that light and fruity is the way to go, and she's heard more and more buzz about superfruits finding their way into drinks this summer. And of course, with the Sex and the City movie sure to influence everything from what her friends are wearing to what they're drinking, the Cosmopolitan is destined to make a comeback…

Girlawhirl makes no apologies for her sweet tooth. For her, dessert is always the main event and a day without chocolate is certainly considered a missed opportunity. But she knows better than to overindulge because her favorite baked goods pack the triple whammy of dietary no-no's: sugar, fat and refined flour...