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Clean Eating: Mary’s Gone Crackers – Delicious, Gluten-Free Snack

It’s your truly Wendy Battles, The Clean Eating Coach, with a fabulous gluten-free snack to share with you — Mary’s Gone Crackers. If you’re looking for clean eating,  gluten-free snacks that pack a flavorful punch, this is a product I think you’ll love. Interestingly, I’ve been checking out the gluten-free section of my favorite two health read more

Filed under: Gluten-free, Organic food, Snacking, Whole Grains, clean eating | 6 Comments

Clean Eating: Whole Foods Support Kids with Good Moods!

Over the weekend, we visited our friends Matt and Phoebe for a fun cookout and we couldn’t help but be struck by how much their son AJ loves eating clean, healthy food just like us!  He was snacking on what we were eating — fresh cucumbers, carrots, tomatoes and purple pepper strips — all from Matt read more

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Organic food, Vegetables, Whole Food Nutrition, clean eating | No Comments

Clean Eating: Pick Your Own Food and Deepen Your Appreciation

As a big advocate of clean eating, especially locally grown foods, I’ve been spending ample amounts of time this summer picking my own food. From weekly trips to the farmers’ market to growing some of my own food (this year Red Russian kale, collards and herbs) to picking locally grown fruit. You’ve probably seen some of my read more

Filed under: Fruit, Healthy lifestyle, Locally Grown Food, Optimal Health, Organic food, clean eating | No Comments

Forming a Clean Eating Habit Can Be Easy!

I knew I had hit clean eating pay dirt when my husband said, “I could eat fresh corn and tomatoes everyday for lunch. They are so good.”  That was yesterday, a day after his big realization that after working out, he didn’t need the big burger and fries he was literally driving to pick up from read more

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Locally Grown Food, Meal Planning, Organic food, clean eating | 7 Comments

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 kinds read more

Filed under: Farmers' market, Healthy Meals, Locally Grown Food, Organic food, clean eating | 5 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

The Obamas Are Embracing Organic Gardening — You Can Too

You know it’s a good sign for the country, children in particular and healthy eating in general when you see the first lady planting a vegetable garden. That’s right, an organic vegetable garden on the lawn of the White House that will feed the first family and be used for formal dinners. That’s exactly what I read more

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Giving Back, Getting Healthy — It’s All About Community

I got the community service bug at an early age. I grew up in a family where my mom’s major work, when I was younger, was serving on a variety of community boards and in various volunteer capacities in our suburban New Jersey town. Everything from the YWCA to the United Way, not to mention being read more

Filed under: Community, Community Issues, Community service, High Quality Food, Organic food, Students | No Comments