One of the cleanest, healthiest breakfast foods we can eat is oatmeal. Oats are whole grains, in their natural state, bursting with fiber and complex carbohydrates to keep up energized and feeling our best. Oats are low in calories and fat yet have the power to fill us up and keep us going all morning [...]

Filed under: Breakfast, Cholesterol, Grains, Healthy Meals, Oatmeal, clean eating

I was on Twitter the other day reading some comments about clean eating and I was struck by this one in particular: “Wow. Clean eating is NOT cheap eating. Hope this is worth it!!” 
While clean eating may not be cheap, it can actually be moderately priced, and a lot less expensive than the Standard [...]

Filed under: Gluten-free, Healthy Meals, High Quality Food, Meal Planning, Quinoa, Whole Food Nutrition, clean eating

One of the staples of our clean eating lifestyle is using fresh herbs in lots of dishes we make.  Herbs add flavor without the fat, make food more interesting and are super easy to use.  One of  things I love is that you can easily grow your own. Each spring I like to buy seedlings and [...]

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Herbs, Locally Grown Food, Meal Planning, clean eating

When it comes to clean eating, I can’t help but love root vegetables once fall rolls around and the weather starts to cool.  They are full of flavor and nutrients and so easy to make. 
Just the other day I was asking my friends on Twitter about their favorite fall vegetables.  I’m a big fan of [...]

Filed under: Antioxidants, Fiber, Healthy Meals, Whole Food Nutrition, clean eating

There’s something about when the weather cools off and I fell a chill in the air, that I’m immediately drawn to more warming foods that stick to your bones — whole grains, beans,  and root vegetables in particular, like these roasted parsnips in the photo.  Clean eating is at its best when you can plan more seasonal menus, preferably [...]

Filed under: Farmers' market, Food preparation, Healthy Meals, Locally Grown Food, Meal Planning, Teleclasses, clean eating

A telltale sign that colder weather is approaching is my desire to move to warmer, albeit still clean, foods.  In the summer, I’m a big fan of a raw smoothie for breakfast — chock full of fruit, veggies like kale, and my favorite superfoods (I’m partial to cacao, blue-green algae and maca).  My smoothie is the [...]

Filed under: Agave Nectar, Breakfast, Cholesterol, Healthy Meals, Recipes, Whole Food Nutrition, Whole Grains, clean eating

Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s topic of climate change couldn’t be more apropos when it comes to clean and healthy eating.  Did you know that global warming has the ability to affect our food supply, endangering many of the healthiest foods we eat?
I’m a big fan of fresh, wild salmon, one of [...]

Filed under: Blog Action Day, Climate change, Environmentally Friendly, Locally Grown Food, clean eating

Over the weekend, my husband and I spent copious amounts of time in the car driving from Connecticut to Philadelphia and back, and our clean eating snacks came right along with us, keeping us fortified yet healthy.
One of my biggest challenges is keeping up my eating clean when we go on a road trip.  Mind you, [...]

Filed under: Snacking, Traveling, clean eating