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Healthy Holiday Potluck: Clean Eating Quinoa with Chickpeas and Spinach

It’s your truly, The Clean Eating Coach, with a simple idea to help you practice clean eating during the holidays and not eat everything in sight only to regret it come January when you’ve gained weight: bring a healthy, clean eating dish to your upcoming holiday gathering that you can enjoy without all the January read more

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Clean Eating: Quinoa Breakfast Porridge

I never get sick of extolling the benefits of quinoa as a healthy, clean eating option.  I’ve written lots of posts about how to prepare quinoa, making quinoa with a Southwestern twist , and quinoa as a side dish, just to name a few.  This gluten-free grain from South America is nothing short of amazing. With read more

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The Clean Eating Coach Recommends “Clean Food” Cookbook

You all know how passionate I am about clean eating and integrating plentiful amounts of whole, fresh foods into my lifestyle. Not a day goes by that I don’t practice what I preach, and inspire my clients to do the same.  This week I’m all about lentils, lots of fresh greens, some green smoothies and read more

Filed under: clean eating, Greens, Locally Grown Food, Quinoa, Vegan, Whole Food Nutrition | 1 Comment

Clean Eating: 5 Steps to Kick the Winter Doldrums to the Curb

Right about this time of year when I’m sick of snow and the cold, I’m usually whining about the fact that spring can’t get here soon enough.  It’s so easy for even yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, to get in a rut of not enough activity and too many heavy foods.  And in fact, read more

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Does Clean Eating Have to Break the Bank? Absolutely Not!

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 read more

Filed under: clean eating, Gluten-free, Healthy Meals, High Quality Food, Meal Planning, Quinoa, Whole Food Nutrition | 3 Comments

Clean Eating: Black Bean and Brown Rice Salad

In yesterday’s post I was extolling the virtues of practicing clean eating as a means to lose weight, increase our energy and have overall improved health.  Reducing our dependence on processed foods full of sugar, salt and preservatives, goes along way to preventing chronic diseases that can hobble us as we get older.  And as we read more

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Healthy Eating: Quinoa — Glorious Gluten-Free Grain

If there’s one whole grain I can’t get enough of, it would definitely have to be quinoa.  Since I’m sensitive to wheat, quinoa is the perfect grain for me, completely gluten-free. And I love the fact that you can cook it in 15-20 minutes, which seems like a breeze compared to brown rice.  Extra bonus: read more

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Healthy Recipe: Southwestern Quinoa Stew

There’s nothing like a dose of inspiration from a healthy recipe to help me feel my best. And it’s even better when I have time to get creative and add my own spin to it, making it my own. That’s what happened today and the recipe is so tasty that I’m excited to share it read more

Filed under: Cooking, Grains, Healthy Meals, Quinoa, Recipes, Soups | 6 Comments