Category: Food
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The Perfect Smoothie Formula
For those that don’t drink smoothies on the regular, working them into your diet can be a little daunting. There are so many ingredients to choose from it’s confusing where to start. Nearly all of my wellness clients have asked me for smoothie recipes. This usually perplexes me because well, I don’t have them. I […]
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For Love of an Avocado
Oh dear sweet avocado. I love this little fruit. The Hubs and I have an avocado plant at home (Avi). Avi is 3 years old and grown from seed by his grandmother. We’re hoping by this summer Avi will start producing delicious fruit for us to enjoy! So, allow me to go on a little […]
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Greens, Glorious Greens!
If I haven’t already told you, I have a love affair with Kale. It has been ongoing for a few years now. I don’t think we’ll ever break up. Kale is a member of the “dark leafy greens” family. Dark leafy greens include broccoli, kale, bok choy, napa cabbage, collards, mustard greens, watercress, broccoli rabe, […]
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Greening your Smoothies
Greens are everywhere – power greens, supergreens, fresh greens, wheatgrass shots …but what are you supposed to do with them? Greens can be a little bit overwhelming when you’re first trying to incorporate them into your diet. People always ask me how to add them and what to do to make them taste good. The […]
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The Wonders of Maca: The Peruvian Ginseng
Maca, the superfood of the Incas has been around for at least 10,000 years. It’s a radish like root vegetable grown in the mineral rich volcanic soil in the Peruvian mountains. While people in the US recently discovered the power of the maca root, it has been used by the Inca people and their herds […]
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Food Updates and the Processed Vegan Trap
So it’s day 4 of our own little vegan challenge and and I must say that I am insanely proud of the Hubs. He’s still going strong and even starting to get excited about vegan cooking. The Hubs loves to cook and he loves to cook meat so it’s pretty amazing that vegan cooking is […]
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Living Green: Choosing Pesticide Free
Ok so here goes the first installment of April Greens and Living Green. Of course the first thing I’m going to talk about is the food we put into our amazing bodies. Conventional foods are waxed and shellacked with pesticides, herbicides and fungicides and washing them off doesn’t remove 100% of the chemicals. Once the crops […]
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Dinner, Night 1
Night 1 of the vegan challenge, my favorite stuffed peppers. These have been a staple in my diet for quite some time now. They’re perfect for any season and you can tweak the recipe and the vegetables you use to the season and/or your liking Ingredients 4 large bell pepper (your choice of color) 2 […]
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Chai, Chai Baby
Before I became a Chai addict, I was a coffee addict. It was an easy cross over when I was trying to kick the java beast. While tempering my coffee addiction, I started supplementing with chai lattes. I always loved the taste of chai, but since I was a coffee girl I rarely ordered them […]
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Crazy, Sexy, Change
It’s that time of year again… Vegan Challenge, 21 Day Jumpstart, whatever you want to call it….30 days meat, egg and dairy free. April 1st is V day! As I mentioned in my earlier post, this time around I’m taking a different approach. I think I may have even talked the Hubs into doing it […]
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