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Here’s a delicious good morning green smoothie from my Love Your Body Challenge™ to get you ready for your day. Balanced with the important macronutrients protein, good carbs, fiber and a healthy amount of fat to make it a breakfast meal not just another high sugar, fat or calories smoothie. 1 MEAL serving. Ingredients: 1… Read More
Recipe and image from The New You Lifestyle with Lora Ulrich Cauliflower Tabouli is easy and a ‘cook-once-eat-twice (or more) recipe too. Plus it’s versatile. You can eat it as a side dish or as a meal. Make it a main meal just by adding your choice of protein. My favorites are black beans or grilled chicken breasts but you… Read More
Watermelon is a staple in the hot, summer months. Kids love it! Mom love the refreshing sweetness of itt! And us health mavens love the awesome nutritional value in every delicious bite. It boasts some powerful health benefits, too. At 46 calories per cup, watermelon offers vitamin C, vitamin A, potassium (great for blood pressure) and even fiber.… Read More
Eating healthy, good carbs (low-glycemic or slow metabolizing, higher fiber) balanced with higher protein & healthy fats is critical to weight-loss success; not only for shedding fat but keeping it off once you lose it. It’s also good for overall health, more energy, mental clarity, and true vitality. Snacking is important because it keeps your… Read More
My mum makes up the best salads! Some she finds in her reading of cookbooks, cooking magazines or watching cooking shows and others she just whips up. This one she made on the 4th of July and we all enjoyed it! Simple Summer Delight Salad Ingredients: Large head romaine or 2 smaller 1 cup black beans… Read More
Cucumber Salsa – A Refreshing Summer Salsa Recipe Did you know cucumbers belong to the same plant family as squash, pumpkin, and watermelon? And that cucumbers are made up of mostly water (95%)? This means eating can help you stay hydrated. Plus, they are filling so they make a great snack that helps keep your weight in check… Read More
Why are smoothies important for breakfast? Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and sometimes it just doesn’t fit into our schedule the way it should. How we begin the day will determine how the rest of the day goes. It will determine if we feel energized or if we feel dragging with… Read More
5 Of The Healthiest Fruits And Vegetables: What Makes Them So Important? Plus recipes too! “We are what we eat”, or so the saying goes. Different foods help our bodies to grow, to heal, and to keep the immune system running properly. More than that, they stop our bodies from falling apart: the absence of… Read More
This is a great recipe for a snack, lunch, or a side dish to a meal like grilled salmon. It is a great meal on the go too. I don’t know Grandma Macklem and I don’t even remember how I found this recipe but it was too good looking to not share (link to original recipe… Read More
Simple Grilled Fennel Fennel has a very distinct licorice flavor and when it’s grilled becomes a tender, melt-in-your-mouth experience you don’t want to miss. Prep Time: 5 min | Cook Time: 45 min Ingredients: Fennel Olive oil Salt Pepper How to Make It: Trim the tops off the fennel. The stringy parts can be used as an… Read More
You just can’t beat raspberry and chocolate together! My 15 year old daughter was in the kitchen with me when I was making up the oatmeal and raw cacao bites for my neices graduation. She wanted a snack and the bites weren’t ready. We had some fresh raspberries and a bag of 65% cacao chunks… Read More
Delicious Homemade Dressings for Salads, Wraps & More Making your own salad or wrap dressings can be so simple and are so much better for you than those chemical laden store bought ones. Here are some of my favorite easy-to-make + delicious dressing recipes. Use them on salads, wraps, over raw veggies, and more. Avocado… Read More
Baked Beet Chips 4 medium beets 2 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil Sea Salt Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees, with racks in upper and lower thirds. Peel beets and slice 1/16 inch thick with a mandoline or by hand. In a large bowl, toss beets with extra-virgin olive oil. The beets should have a very… Read More
Pumpkin gets all the attention this time of year. And while I love the orange sweetness, I love its seasonal competition, the apple, and it also deserves a spot in the limelight. I love apples. Everyday I try and either eat an apple or add to my juice, smoothie or breakfast oats. While my mother-in-law… Read More
What makes you smile? Laugh? Go giddy with glee? For some, it’s a walk through the park to enjoy the fall colors. For another, it’s a spin on a roller coaster, a solo movie date, or a perfectly ripe fall squash. So… when was the last time you did something that makes you happy? If… Read More
Roasted Squash Soup (Cleanse Friendly) Ingredients: 1 large butternut squash (peeled, seeded & cut into 2″ cubes) 1 sweet potato (cut into 2″ cubes) 1 small onion ½ head of cauliflower, chopped 1 parsnips (peeled & cut into 2″ cubes) 8 cups of low salt vegetable (or chicken) stock 1 Tbsp olive oil 1 tsp ground thyme pinch… Read More
Nutritional smoothies are a great way to get some superfoods into your body. This blackberry blast nutritional smoothies recipe is like you’re drinking a liquid blackberry creamsicle AND it comes spiked with powerful antioxidant superfoods to give you and your body a health kick. I looked at tons of nutritional smoothies and berry blast smoothie recipes —… Read More
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