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Recipes and ramblings for (hopefully) your reading pleasure...
Teriyaki Noodle Bowls
Meatball Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef 1 avocado, mashed 1 tsp sea salt 1 tsp garlic powder 1 heaping tbsp fresh minced ginger 3 green onions, sliced 2 tsp minced orange zest Black pepper to taste The Rest of the Bowl Ingredients: ½ large...
5 Common Intermittent Fasting Mistakes (and how to avoid them)
I am often asked what I think about intermittent fasting. I think it can be a great tool for a lot of people to not only lose weight, but also regain energy, clear brain fog, reduce inflammation, ease digestive distress, and increase levels of awesomeness. I've...
Egg Roll in a Bowl
Ingredients 2 tbsp olive or avocado oil or other cooking fat 4 cloves garlic, minced (or 2 tsp ground) 2 tbsp minced fresh ginger (or 2 tsp ground) 6 green onions, white and green parts 1 lb ground pork (or turkey, chicken, or beef) 1 small head cabbage or half each...
Are you counting calories, points, or nutrients?
Did you know that according to Weight Watchers, I could eat 900 cups of grapes and it wouldn't count toward my daily allotment of points but a measly two tablespoons of ghee would use up half my allotted points for the day? Does anyone else find this a little...
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...