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Healthy and Clean Eating Starts with Small Portions

I’m convinced that when you cook with fresh, whole foods and high quality ingredients, you need less to satisfy you.  Case in point, last night we made a healthy dinner that was absolutely delicious — lime cilantro chicken (I made a simple marinade of lime juice, olive oil, cilantro, salt and pepper) with mango salsa, a read more

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Clean Eating Creates Boundless Energy!

A tell-tale sign of super clean eating is boundless amounts of energy.  That’s exactly what I experienced most days last week when I felt light, focused, present and calm all day. No mood swings, no energy dips, steady energy that fueled my busy day. When I started to reflect on why I felt so good, I traced read more

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What’s Wendy Eating This Week? Healthy and Clean Food!

I’ve been bitten by the clean eating bug yet again, fresh from a trip to a new farmers’ market here in New Haven, sponsored by Upper State Street Association. And what fun it was! In addition to the chocolate black bean sorbet that I scored and was absolutely delish on a steaming hot day, Bruce read more

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Clean Eating Makes Meal Time Simple & Healthy

One thing I know for sure is that when you eat whole, clean and super healthy foods you shouldn’t be in the kitchen for hours! Yesterday is a perfect example.  Bruce and I stopped by a brand new farmers’ market not far from our house. It was an adventure is meeting new farmers and all read more

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Clean Eating: Hit the Farmers’ Market and Plan a Week of Healthy Meals

A trip to the farmers’ market is all about making a commitment to ourselves to eat the cleanest foods. After my day of less than clean eating last Saturday, I got right back into action on Sunday afternoon when I visited by local farmers’ market, City Seed.  I love planning meals based on what’s fresh read more

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Clean and Healthy Summer Eating Starts with Local Food

Hardly a week goes by that I don’t make a beeline for one of numerous farmers’ markets in my area to ensure we’re eating the cleanest, healthiest foods we can, creating healthy meal plans.  And being that it’s summer (despite all the crazy rain!), what’s more fun than that?! Usually Bruce and I walk to read more

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Healthy Eating: Caring for Fresh, Seasonal Produce

By now you probably know that I’m a big fan of locally grown fruit and vegetables — to me, great health is all about simplicity, and buying local is one of the easiest things we can do. That’s why I’m so ecstatic that spring is here and our local farmers’ market will be opening in read more

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Locally Grown Greens Are The Only (And Healthy) Way to Go

Every week when I go to the farmers’ market, I make a beeline for the “Two Guys From Woodbridge” table.  My buddy Perry (pictured here with his mom Lucia) has the freshest, healthiest greens I’ve tasted. Ever. And you can imagine as the super-duper healthy person I am, I’ve even a lot of greens over read more

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