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Beyond Burger? No thanks.
Trying to avoid meat, especially red meat? Now you can have your burger and eat it too! I'm already cooking up my next blog post about why you have been misinformed about red meat but today I want to focus on the face-palm that is Beyond Burgers. I believe there are...
Mish Mash
First rule of Mish Mash is there are no rules to Mish Mash. You take some of this, and some of that, you cook it, you add some flavor bombs, and you mash it all together. No two Mish Mashes have ever been the same, hence the name "Mish Mash." That's the beauty of it...
Cozy Chicken Tikka Masala Soup
I wasn't quite sure what to call this and was referring to it as a "warm, comforting, Indian-ish spiced chicken soup" until I realized the spices and ingredients I used are basically what's in Chicken Tikka Masala (which is a warm, comforting, Indian dish so I'm not...
Hormones Part 2 – Let’s balance those buggers!
In my last blog, I wrote about hormones - what they are, how food affects them, and ways that they can get out of balance. Today, I want to focus more on what we can do to help bring them back INTO balance. Spoiler alert: this involves changes our habits, thought...
Hormones Part 1. Are yours in balance?
Hmm, how to start a blog about hormones. The topic is so immense and to truly cover it is far beyond my scope or knowledge. But I do know this - hormones are involved in everything your body does. When your body isn’t doing something the way it should, you can...
Heal your gut – Here’s how!
I'm sure you have at least heard that taking care of your gut is important. The connection between the health of our gut and the rest of the body is becoming more well-known, and for good reason. Our bodies are able to function because of the nutrients we absorb...
Constipated? Here are my top 5 ways to keep things moving.
Yes, we're going to talk about ?. It's important so we're going to go there! Constipation means something different to different people. It can mean the obvious inability to go to the bathroom at all, but being constipated can also mean only have a few bowel movements...
5 Facts about Cholesterol (#4 may surprise you!)
Cholesterol is a substance in the body that is woefully misunderstood. We often think that lower is better and much of the conventional dietary advice out there mentions avoiding certain foods because they may increase cholesterol. I wanted to go over a few facts...
My Top 5…
...Steps to Impact Your Health!I realized as I was going through my content ideas list that I had a bunch of "top 5 (insert nutrition, health, wellness tips)" so I thought I'd just start a "Top 5" theme and go with it. So, to start I'm going to go over my top 5...
The fat your diet NEEDS
There are certain proteins and fatty acids that are essential to human life and we have to get them from our diet (Interestingly enough, while carbohydrates certainly can have their place in a healthy diet, there are no essential carbohydrates - meaning we can survive...