Nutrition/Recipes
Green Smoothies – Pump Up Your Veggie Intake
USDA guidelines call for two and a half cups of vegetables per day. While I don’t agree with all of the USDA guidelines, I think they are on target with this one. If you stop by the farmers market on a Saturday, it’s easy to load up on greens and get your recommended servings early …
5 Fast and Healthy Dinner Recipes
Congrats, you have successfully navigated the grocery store aisles efficiently and avoided these 4 Unhealthy Grocery Store Mistakes. You now have to put together dinner on the table quickly! Check out these 5 Fast and Healthy Dinner Ideas for some inspiration: 1. Lemon & Butter salmon, grilled asparagus, over a bed of greens. Preheat your oven …
4 Unhealthy Mistakes You Are Making at the Grocery Store!
Your grocery shopping trip is going well, your cart is filled with fresh veggies and fruits, you’ve navigated the aisles efficiently and you’ve followed our tips for Grocery Shopping In A Hurry. But more than likely you have fallen into one of these common unhealthy mistakes. Thanks to aggressive marketing and veiled information provided by …
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Top Ten Tips for Grocery Shopping in a Hurry!
You don’t have to stock up on turkeys and diapers while wearing a mustard yellow sweater! You don’t have to wear a name-tag or a team number like it’s Supermarket Sweep from the 90s, but you may want to set a timer to make the most of today’s tips. 1. Grab a hand basket as …
Power Up with Pomegrante
Research has shown that the antioxidant content of pomegranate juice can reverse atherosclerosis, lowering one’s risk of heart disease. Let’s take this one step further. Instead of drinking a blood-sugar-spiking 8oz. glass of pomegranate juice, cut open the cheery red fruit and eat its arils (the red pods nestled within the white pulp.) You’ll still …
A Rainy Day Drink That Won’t Destroy the Results of Your Hard Work
You’re relaxing at home on a rainy gray morning after a nice trail run, and you get that craving for a sweet, rich, comforting mug of hot chocolate. But what do you do if you don’t eat sugar? Make a cup of tea perhaps, maybe some roasted brown rice, peppermint, or chai flavored? That could …
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Squash is the New Pie!
October is almost here, bringing with it visions of fall colors, pumpkins, trick-or-treating, as well as the start of the months-long holiday party season! It’s difficult to maintain willpower in the face of all the sweet-treats and unhealthy comfort foods that we encounter on a weekly basis from October through the first week of January. …
