Food
Best Protein Shake Recipe Ever…Trust Me!
My friend Lucy has introduced me to many new wonderful foods & recipes, but this shake is my favorite! What’s funny is that I often saw her drinking it and was not impressed by the color. IT totally freaked me out. It was just SO green. I thought (and said repeatedly) “there’s no way that [...]
Read moreLight & Delicious- Meatless, Cheese-less Eggplant Bake Recipe
I love tasty, fresh, healthy, nutritious, vibrant foods! Foods that make me feel lean, clean that pack in tons of vitamins & minerals & boost my energy without the extra calories. BUT every once in awhile I get an immense craving for Italian food aka carbs and cheese. Dun, dun, dun. You’re probably thinking that’s [...]
Read moreSuper Healthy Sweet Potato Fries Recipe with Sauteed Onions & Yogurt Dip
I had quite a bit of fun in the kitchen today making super tasty & healthy sweet potato fries. I’m not going to lie…I love ketchup, but the calories & sugar in ketchup can add up fast. Without even realizing I can be 200 calories deep in using a condiment! That’s the equivalent of a [...]
Read moreEnergy Vs. Entertainment – Time to Give Your Diet a Boost
A wise person said to me recently, “food is for energy, not entertainment.” My first thought was, “whoa! That’s a good way to stay away from the chocolate fountain.” My second thought was, “BUT food is fun!” As the weeks since this shocking revelation was introduced to me have passed, I find the words creeping [...]
Read moreQuinoa: Bow Down to the MOTHER of All Grains!
The Incas had it right by dubbing Quinoa “the mother of all grains”. I feel like the now trendy quinoa is taking all those other grains by storm! 5 or 10 years ago you could find it tucked away at whole foods hidden behind the whole wheat pasta or supposedly “healthy” cereals. Now you can’t [...]
Read moreRecipe: Brussels Sprout Salad with Tangy Champagne Vinaigrette
So, I have this new favorite hobby…and please don’t judge. I like to copy food items from restaurant menus. I know, weird, but so many times I find myself out and loving a particular dish and want to recreate it without having to fork out (no pun intended) another $30! OR, I see a menu [...]
Read moreEating the Colors of the Rainbow!
A teacher once told me as I was honking down a bag of Ho-Ho’s that everyday we should focus on eating all the colors of the rainbow. She went on talk about the food that is most readily available to us today and how it’s all basically a shade of brown. The packages are colorful, [...]
Read moreTaking the Guilt Out of Pleasure
This may be the most appropriate week to address this: GUILTY PLEASURES! We all have them. Some of us take them in the form of salt, others in the form of sweet. Either way, they are there. They’re lurking at the coffee bar, on the menu, next to the cashier, and in the most well-lit [...]
Read moreSuper Bowl Serenity
Have I mentioned that I just finished a life-altering cleanse? During those two weeks I was put to the ultimate test: the Super Bowl! An annual affair synonymous with drinking, eating and shouting. Even though I am far from a sports nut, I love a wild Sunday Funday here and there. Superbowl is one of [...]
Read moreClean Energy – Cleanse Wrap-Up
Rounding out the end of this 14 day cleanse and I must say: I am really proud of everyone who followed through with their promises to themselves. Every single day I had someone approach me with some discovery they had on the cleanse. “I didn’t eat while I was cooking dinner! I used to snack [...]
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