10 years ago most people couldn't tell you what gluten was, now almost everyone knows someone who has given it up temporarily or cut it out of their diet completely. I remember being positively baffled about the idea of giving up... gasp... BREAD?! How can one live without bread??
Healthy Alcohol Swaps + What I Drink!
I want to start by talking about alcohol. Full disclosure: I drink alcohol. Not often, and it's not unusual for me to purposely give it up for 30 days at a time to unload and extra burdens on my liver, but don't be shocked if you see a cocktail on my Instagram feed, ok? Especially during baseball season, lol!
Three Recipes Using Meal Prepped Salmon
One of the lessons I continue to drive home with my clients is that you do not have to be too busy to create a body you love! Busy-ness is an obstacle that we can strategize, not an excuse to eat poorly and feel like crap. (I'm also not afraid to give my clients some tough love!)
On that note, today's email is going to give you three meals to use with pre-cooked salmon. You can cook one batch of salmon and use it three different times throughout the week, saving you time so you can live your life.
Three Simple Recipes With Made Ahead Ground Meat
Today I'm going to give you three recipes to use with ground meat. My favorite kind of ground meat is actually bison! I love bison because it's always grass-fed and contains a high amount of omega-3 fatty acids. It's rich in iron for cell development and vitamin E to keep your skin glowing. It's also jam packed with protein!
The Best Easy and Healthy Broccoli Soup Recipe!
An Easy, Festive Side Dish
Delicata squash is new to me! I have to really get outside my comfort zone to try new foods but I was intrigued by delicata squash because the cashier at Trader Joe’s informed me that the skin was edible – all I heard was, "one less step to prep and eat!" I am instantly on board with any recipe that seems quick and easy.
EASY Nourishing Chicken Soup Recipe
We are two days away from Thanksgiving and I’m sure your to-do list is a mile long! Whether you’re prepping to host, packing your bags to travel, or preparing a side-dish to contribute, there’s a lot going on this week.
It’s times like this I realize I’ve spent so much energy planning the main event that I forget my family needs to be fed and nourished leading up to the big day too! Yup, meal planning still needs to happen on holiday weeks. But I need these recipes to be E-A-S-Y as can be.
The Benefits Of Bone Broth + Two Easy Ways To Make Bone Broth At Home
With the cooler weather we are entering one of my favorite times of the year – soup season! And with that comes one of the very best superfoods for your body: BONE BROTH! Quite possibly the most super of them all, yet easily overlooked and cast aside as "just soup". So sad.
Making bone broth was super intimidating to me when I first started learning about all of its benefits. May I remind you that it wasn’t that long ago I was awkward and uncertain in the kitchen, seriously lacking in cooking skills? But eventually I couldn't ignore bone broth’s perks. They outweighed my lack of confidence, and so I began making this delicious elixir at home.
My Favorite Healthier Pumpkin Spiced Latte Recipe
Did you know that a grande pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks has 50 (F-I-F-T-Y!) grams of sugar?! That's more sugar than a can of soda. Seriously!
Fall is my faaaavorite time of year and pumpkin flavored everything is one of the highlights. I can't begin to tell you how many pumpkin spice lattes I drank in my early 20's. It makes me a little sick to even think about how much sugar I was chugging down without a clue! It was such a symbol of this time of year and all the fun traditions that come with it.
My Healthier Pumpkin Muffin Recipe
Pumpkin season is here! I'm not gonna lie, I love all things pumpkin, so I do a happy dance when stores start releasing pumpkin flavored EVERYTHING.
This is a great time to remind ourselves to check ingredients and read those labels before we go crazy buying up all the pumpkin products. When you flip to the Nutrition Facts label on a product you want to keep an eye on ingredient quality and added sugars.
A good rule of thumb is no more than 5 grams of sugar per 100 calorie serving. So, if the food you're going to eat is 200 calories, keep it at 10 grams of sugar or less. (This applies to food with added sugar, not fruit.)
Why I Love Chia Seeds!
In the Mayan language, chia means "strength". These little seeds were known as "runners food" because they would sustain runners and warriors during long treks and battles. I'm not a present-day warrior, but sometimes the afternoon hustle with soccer practice and homework feels like a battle in itself, right? :)
Chia seeds are rich in fiber, omega-3's, protein, vitamins and minerals such as copper, zinc, phosphorous, potassium and calcium.