Tex Mex Zucchini Boats
I am loving this dish! For me, one of the best things is that it is a perfect portion size and it lasts in the fridge 3 days so I can bake them up on Sunday and have a few left over for my weekly lunches. This past week I prepped these boats and the […]
Why Being A Size 2 Shouldn’t Be The Most Important Thing
“I want a six-pack! When I was 20, I could see my abs and I had nice toned arms. I can’t believe I thought I was fat back then. I would give anything to look like that now! I just want to feel sexy…you know? I hate my legs, they always rub together when I […]
Quick and Healthy Homemade Granola
My sister Dianna visited this past weekend and brought with her a few new ideas for healthy breakfasts! I usually have my go to’s: 1 egg and 1 white on a piece of Big Little bread with all natural almond butter Protein pancake -egg whites, oats, small piece of banana blended Oatmeal with protein powder […]
Healthy Eating Revisited Recap!
We just wrapped up what I hope will be our first of many Healthy Eating Revisited events! What a night! If you missed it, I want to give you a quick recap of the nutrition talk that we did, as well as one of the favorite recipes at the end! Read on! One of the […]
FOOD: How the WHY may trump the WHAT
Why do you eat when you’re not hungry? Have you thought about it? A friend was describing a person to me the other day and referred to her as someone who “just really loves her food!” I think we all love food. The majority of us anyway. And so we use these phrases to let […]
5 Things That Increase Wellness
I slept in today. Finally! With a job that starts at 5am most mornings my body clock kind of has me whipped, even on weekends when I don’t work. While lying there, enjoying my morning coffee and a local magazine called Mint, I thought to myself, “This brings me joy. It gives me a […]
Mindful Bytes-Regulating our Feelings
In yesterday’s blog I talked about how feelings are neither good nor bad and that it is a good practice to welcome those feelings, specifically the uncomfortable ones as they are indicators that something is going on inside of us. Through curiosity and self-compassion, we can begin the work of welcoming our emotions and […]
Mindful Bytes-Changing our Relationship with Food.
“Sometimes I just can’t shovel the food in fast enough.”“When I get home from a stressful day at work, I deserve to reward myself.” “I just love the taste of food so much.” “When I’m indulging, I don’t even care in that moment that I had promised myself I wouldn’t do that again.” Have you […]
Turkey Fried Cauliflower Rice
I wanted to use up the cauliflower that I had in the fridge for almost a week now. Do you ever do that? Buy tons of veggies and then let them rot? Who me? Never. My family is a fan of the cauliflower rice so I thought I would do something with that. I usually […]
Grilled Peaches
A nice light dessert to finish off any meal! It’s the end of summer and I wanted to have one last family bbq before we all launch into our busy year ahead! Every September I host a challenge called Sober September and in it, participants choose a “vice” that they willingly go without for the […]