How to Create the Best Vegetarian Charcuterie Board
Charcuterie boards have been all over my feed for some time now. Their popularity has been growing because they make the perfect food option to satisfy a variety of taste buds. Plus, they’re totally customizable! My preferences change in terms of what I want to include, but right now we are talking about a yummy Vegetarian Charcuterie Board.
Good and Bad Oils to Use for Cooking
What you might not know is that there are a lot of oils out there which can cause you the opposite effect you are looking for. Marketed as “healthy” they are not always hitting the mark. Sometimes they are easy to spot - ie an oil you are purchasing off the shelf, but some are already added to the batter of your favorite processed foods. Yep, even those “healthy” ones! Always look on the back label of the products you buy at the store - oftentimes you will see an oil or two added into the ingredients that you might not do if you had made the food yourself.
Q&A: Talking Motherhood, Skin Care, and Morning Routine
5 Reasons To Justify Your Love For Avocados
Why you should stop rewarding yourself ... with food
Food should not make things better - remember that we eat to live, not live to eat! And if you are on a quest to lose weight, rewarding yourself with food for hitting your weight loss goals will just perpetuate the 'one step forward, 2 steps back'.
Sneaky Sugar
There are plenty of seemingly healthy foods that PACK in the sugar. I chose 6 of what I see the most when I meet with clients. I literally cannot imagine eating 4 or even 2 teaspoons of straight sugar, can you?
Comfort Food: Kitchari
With the arrival of the colder weather, I've been HUNTING for comfort food recipes to try. Enter Kitchari. A cleansing, comforting, ayurvedic dish made from rice, beans and vegetables.
Quick veggie quinoa
You guys need another quick dish? I've got you covered. This dish could kinda make you think of a bacon-y mac and cheese.
10 Reasons Dehydration can make you sick, tired, or fat
When you are feeling thirsty – you are already dehydrated. So then what exactly is dehydration?
Healthier, Easy Chocolate Fudge for Valentine's Day
Looking for a better-for-you sweet for Valentine's Day? Look no further than this super-easy, one-bowl, healthier fudge!
5 swaps for a fresh start in 2015
New year – time to start fresh! But where to start? I’m sure you are being pressured by plenty of TV ads telling you which way to go, and it can all get very confusing, very fast. Here are my top 5 swaps for a good, clean start to 2015.
Help! Holiday Binging
Have a little too much pumpkin pie last week? Worried about Christmas cookies and lots of big holiday meals? Follow these tips.
Tahini salad dressing aka best thing ever
Are you in need of a healthy, delicious salad dressing? One that you can make a batch of and portion out for a few lunches? Have you ever tried tahini? You have to try it.
Travel Snacking
Part of traveling for me is SNACK PREP. I am always wondering where my next meal or snack is going to come from - and it sure isn't going to come from those gross packaged meals they serve on the airplane. Is that even real chicken? Definitely not.
Making Fettuccine Alfredo without Cheese….whaaat?
Believe it or not, you can make almost any dish without dairy. I don’t cut anything completely out of my diet, but I very rarely eat dairy for many reasons. The two biggest reasons are that it is hard to digest, and it is really….....just, dirty (antibiotics, hormones, puss, EW).
Why you should eat light to heavy
Eating light to heavy goes against everything you’ve ever read in fitness magazines, I know. When I tell clients to have their lightest meals early in the day, and heaviest meal at dinner – I almost always have a look of disbelief.
Start Every Morning with Hot Lemon Water - Do it!
If you do nothing else – you should start your day with a mug of hot water and lemon. Seriously. The best thing you can do for your body in the morning is ease it into the day and kick-start digestion.
But I eat YOGURT for breakfast and I’m still not skinny, WTF?
Ugh. Despite what the latest fitness magazine is telling you – you don’t have to eat a super-big breakfast right after you wake up, and eating yogurt and berries for breakfast won’t necessarily help you lose weight