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Healthy Living: My Favorite Kitchen Resources!

I’m a big fan of finding inspiration in the kitchen to keep us coming back and making healthy meals. What’s worse than feeling like cooking and eating healthfully has to be a burden? The truth is, with a little effort, we all have the potential to make healthy changes that can stick. A few more read more

Filed under: Cooking, Food preparation, Healthy Meals, Meal Planning | 1 Comment

Healthy Living: A Dose of Prevention Really Does Make a Difference

No one can deny that it’s a whole lot easier to prevent disease then to recover from it. So when my doctor called me a few days ago and left me a message about discussing the results of my recent blood work I was little apprehensive. Was I going to have good news or not? Would she uncover some read more

Filed under: Greens, Healthy Meals, Healthy lifestyle, Heart Health, Meal Planning, Prevention | No Comments

Healthy Eating While Traveling Is a Snap When You Plan

For the longest time I subscribed to the belief that traveling and staying in a hotel meant you ate whatever was put in front of you and any semblance of healthy eating went straight out the window. Wrong! Of course that’s only true if you choose to make poor decisions and lose sight of your bigger read more

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Healthy Eating: Asian Flounder, Simple and Delicious!

I’m a big fan of fresh fish — it’s easy to prepare,  cooks in a jiffy and has important nutrients our body needs. I also love the fact that you can get creative in preparing fish and add lots of flavor with the addition of only a few ingredients. In today’s video, we’re making a simple read more

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Heart Health, Low-fat, Meal Planning, Optimal Health, Prevention | No Comments

Weight Loss is a Snap with a Vitamix Blender

From the moment I heard about the Vitamix blender when I started nutrition school several years ago, I was enamored with buying one but it wasn’t until recently that I finally made the Vitamix plunge. I say plunge because buying a Vitamix is no small expense.  Rolling in at over $500 for the top of the line model, it read more

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Growing Your Own Food is Healthy and Inspiring

I’m not a gifted gardener, or even average one for that matter, but I’m always  inspired to grow my own food, nurture my body and connect with nature.  As much as I’d love to tell you that I naturally have a green thumb and can grow just about anything, sadly, that’s just not the case. Just ask read more

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Healthy Eating: Dandelion Greens Cleanse and Detoxify

I don’t do bitter foods well.  I get that cringing kind of feeling when I’m about to take a mouthful of say, turnip greens. But even though I may not like the taste, bitter foods are so good for us yet most Americans don’t eat many of them, opting for sweet or salty instead. The truth read more

Filed under: Antioxidants, Detoxification, Eczema, Greens, Healthy Meals, Prevention | No Comments

Healthy Eating: Sensational Spring Salads

Growing up it seems like a salad consisted of iceberg lettuce, cucumber and tomato with some store bought Wishbone dressing — boring, boring boring.  But that was then, and now the sky’s the limit when it comes to creating healthy and delicious salads that taste great. I’ve been thinking a lot about salads this week because read more

Filed under: Food, Greens, Healthy Meals, Locally Grown Food, Organic food, Salad, Vegetables | 6 Comments