Soup season is my favorite! I’ve been making soups non-stop for the last few weeks and It’s such an easy way to fill our bellies with amazing nutrients. Here’s one of my favorite vegan recipes that can easily be adapted to use bone broth as well.
Healthy and Realistic New Years Resolutions- That Have Nothing To Do With Dieting
I'm feeling a little rant-y this morning after a full week of seeing the classic weight loss program advertisements around every corner AND watching good people fall victim to them every single year. It's not that I have a problem with people wanting to re-invent themselves in a new year. Heck, I specialize in helping busy women lose weight and create a body they love. But, there's something about these one-size-fits-all, quick fix promises, that makes me feel icky. Icky and angry.
Why and How You Should Invest In Your Health
How to Make January Your Best Month
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.
The Planner I Buy Every Year
For the last four years I have asked my husband for a very specific planner for Christmas. I’d always had high hopes for daily journaling and keeping track of my goals and dreams, but every year I would start and stop several times, accumulating a pile of pretty-looking notebooks that collected dust on my nightstand.
How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain
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.
Eat These Foods to be Wonder Woman
As promised, we are continuing our strategies for creating a strong immune system. Before we dig in, I need to do my due diligence and mention how important gut health is.
When I say gut health, I’m referring to the integrity of the bacteria in your gastrointestinal tract. The lining of your gut houses up to 70% of the cells that make up your immune system! Getting that bacteria healthy is one of the most important things you can do to keep your immune system strong.
The exact supplements I’m taking right now
This blog post has to come with a LOT of disclaimers! But it addresses a question I’m getting all the time, “What kinds of vitamin and supplements are you and your family taking right now to stay healthy?”
As far as we know, our family has not yet had the big C, so our supplement protocol is a combination of the vitamins we normally take at this time of year + preventative nutrients we are focusing on at the advice of our doctor.
Nutritionists' Tips For Staying On Track During The Holidays
It’s THAT time of year again.
Every October I send an email with this same message, and every January I talk to women who look back at this EXACT week and say, “Halloween week is when I started to go downhill.”
I want you to enjoy the holidays to the fullest, but I also want you to feel good about the decisions you make to mindfully enjoy instead of being filled with regret and looking back a feeling of, “it wasn’t worth it”.
So here’s my #1 tip for staying on track with healthy eating during the holidays. If you do just this ONE thing you will set yourself up to avoid end-of-the-year weight gain, prevent energy crashes during the time when your schedule is the most packed, all while not feeling deprived or deeming certain foods "off limits".
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.