The quick cooking, healthy, easy clean-up, entire family happy-making, grass-fed beef and zucchini skillet supper recipe. I have been turning up the volume and increasing the frequency of my workouts lately, getting myself ready for
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Slow Cooker Apple Pear Sauce
We are going to file this one under, "good problems to have". The problem? Two people + Five pounds of fruit every week for 24 weeks - One person who doesn't really eat fruit = A LOT of fruit for ME! This is a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture -
Mini Goat Cheese Eggplant Pizza
Can I tell you a secret? I don't love pizza. I KNOW! I KNOW! I'm an alien. I'm a total weirdo. Pizza is just not my favorite food, I usually feel pretty sick after I eat it and it is something that I rarely crave. Until I made this recipe. I made
The Surprising Reason You Should Eat at Least One Mushroom Every Day
Are you in love with fungi? Or in loathe? According to my extensive mushroom investigation most people are vehemently in one camp or the other, it's quite rare to find a wishy washy mushroom lover (or hater for that matter.) Well, I am in love.
Does Wellness Mean Giving Up My Favorite Foods?
MYTH #1 Healthy eating means giving up all the delicious foods that you love. TRUTH - Someone once said to me, "I saw your travel snack post on Instagram and I thought ugh, is this the way I'm going to have to live?" (I had some goji berries
Kale Sausage Stew with Cheddar Rosemary Mashed White Beans
It was an ordinary day, like so many others. I was strolling through the aisles of Trader Joe's thinking about dinner. It was cold and rainy, I had a tough week and I was looking for comfort. My food vice, most often, is anything rich and creamy. My
SuperFood Pumpkin Cacao Muffins
I want to highlight a recipe this month that hits all notes of comfort food for the season while challenging your perception of sweet a bit. Sweet cravings, sugar consumption, artificial sweetener consumption is something that literally comes up
Training for a Spartan Race. One Month Down, Two to Go! #BeFearless
Here's the thing folks, the IDEA of training for a race is much nicer than the actual training. (Read my first entry about where this brilliant idea came from here) Welcome to my world of Spartan training. This is not a crazy race, compared to
5 Simple Tips to Make Healthier Baked Goods
Let's face it no matter what kind of eating plan you are committing to if it includes completely eliminating baked goods you will not last. I hate to be fatalistic, but it's just a fact of life. Strict, unbending food plans that make any
My Essential Kitchen Tool List
In my dream world, I have a massive kitchen decked out with gorgeous appliances, expensive copper pots, Le Creuset as far as the eye could see and a collection of Danish dinnerware that I personally picked out in Copenhagen and had white glove
Baked Sweet Potato Fries with Creamy Herb Dip
You get home from work, it's nearly 6:30, the family hasn't eaten yet and you are just too burned out to be creative with dinner. Ok, no worries. This is what many nights a week look like for me (although I don't have a family to feed, I still get
Food Labeling – How to Identify Organic, Conventional, and Genetically Modified Produce
A simple insider tip for savvy healthy shoppers. You know that pesky sticker that is attached to your fresh produce from the grocery store? On that sticker you will find the PLU code or Produce Look Up number, which is a standardized number for
A Trip To The Sugar Shack: A Lesson in Maple Syrup
A visit to a sugar shack sheds some light on how to make maple syrup and the nutritional benefit of maple syrup over sugar. Here in the Northeast these last weeks before spring can be brutal. There isn't much to do, we are all feeling a bit of
Superfood Chocolate Maca Smoothie
I'm not always in the mood for a smoothie in the winter. I am a temperature girl and when it's cold outside Mama needs a hot drink. Unless, the smoothie itself has some hot properties. Well wouldn't you know this baby is hot, hot, hot. A quick note:
3 Foods to Keep You Calm AF During the Holidays
When Holiday Stress Strikes, Strike Back! Tis the season to be manic, overworked, overbooked, overfed and (get ready for this next one) under nourished. Sure, the holiday season is full of eating and drinking, and perhaps a bit of over indulging,