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Clean Eating: Healthy Winter Comfort Food Made Easy

Yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, was cooking up a storm of clean eating comfort food yesterday on Good Morning Connecticut with anchor Jeff Valin and boy did we have fun! Who says winter has to be all about gaining tons of weight because we’re drawn to our favorite comfort food? In fact, with a read more

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Wendy on WTNH: Twice Baked Garlic and Herb Sweet Potatoes

Yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, is loving this new, clean eating recipe I developed that is about the furthest you can get from the candied yams my grandmother made when I was little. Of course back then I thought they were delicious, what kid doesn’t like marshmallows?! But times are different now and it’s read more

Filed under: clean eating, Fall, Food, Healthy Meals, Recipes, Side Dishes, Sweet Potatoes, Thanksgiving, Vegetables, WTNH | 3 Comments

Clean Eating Thanksgiving Dessert: Sweet Potato Pie Ice Cream!

I’ve been having great fun looking through recipes and settling on our Thanksgiving menu. Of course, I can’t help but keep it healthy and clean eating.  I’m working from the notion that any of us can create a delicious, healthy and clean eating meal without having to add tons of calories that taste good going read more

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Clean Eating: Seasonal Roasted Sweet Potato Bisque

When fall rolls around, yours truly, The Clean Eating Coach, can’t get enough of fresh, locally grown root vegetables. Bursting with nutrients, especially when freshly picked, these clean eating veggies will give your immune system a hefty boost, not to mention that they taste so darn delicious. I’m a sucker for sweet potatoes in particular, read more

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Clean Eating: Collard Green, Sweet Potato & Black Eyed Pea Soup

It’s The Clean Eating Coach coming to you with a healthy, vegan clean eating recipe I think you’ll love. One of the things I like best about clean eating is that a few simple ingredients blended together can make a delicious meal that can be super easy.  I routinely like to keep it simple with the freshest read more

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Thanksgiving Cooking: Cut the Fat, Keep the Flavor

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, and the urge to consume huge amounts of food beckoning many of us, now is the time to begin with the end in mind when it comes to cooking that sumptuous meal. Holidays are the perfect time to throw our healthy eating out the window, kicking diets to the curb. read more

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Healthy, Low-Fat Thanksgiving Recipe: Roasted Sweet Potatoes

When Thanksgiving rolls around, it’s easy to kick our diets to the curb, gain weight and forget all that we know about healthy eating. Sound familiar? But with a little creativity and some planning ahead, it’s possible to create healthy and delicious Thanksgiving dishes to accompany all that turkey. One of my favorite side dishes read more

Filed under: Healthy Meals, Locally Grown Food, Meal Planning, Optimal Health, Recipes, Side Dishes, Sweet Potatoes, Vegetables | 3 Comments

Healthy Breakfasts – Try Something New

There’s truth to the notion that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. But the question is, what are we actually eating and does is support our health? It’s hardly difficult to find less than healthy breakfast choices  – bagels and cream cheese, breakfast cereals full of sugar and a plethora of baked read more

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