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Make your Signature Lettuce Wrap in under 5 Minutes

Make your Signature Lettuce Wrap in under 5 Minutes

  Learn how to make a delicious ‘Signature’ lettuce wrap in less than 5 minutes. Lettuce wraps are such a great meal and so easy to make. In no time you can make your own Signature lettuce wrap. Healthy because they are full of fresh veggies. Pretty with the colors of the rainbow. Delicious to eat anytime and… Read More

How to Select and Store Beets

How to Select and Store Beets

Raw beets can stay fresh for a long time if you store them properly.  So how do you select and store beets? Tips to Select and Store Fresh Beets: Try to choose organic if you can. Beets should be firm – older beets are spongy. Select beets with fresh, dark green leafy tops (greens). Older greens & beets… Read More

Dr. Oz and 3 Steps to Reduce Joint Pain + Do Your Joints a Favor

Dr. Oz and 3 Steps to Reduce Joint Pain + Do Your Joints a Favor

If you Watched the Dr. Oz Show on January 22, 2015, and his segment on JOINT HEALTH, FOODS AND JOINT SUPPLEMENTS, he mentioned the one I take, Procosa, in his ‘3 Easy Steps to Reduce Joint Pain‘. See the show replay and more below.  (And let me tell you it’s a product that really works! LEARN MORE ABOUT THE… Read More

Healthy Snack #7: Avocado, EVOO, Lime

Healthy Snack #7: Avocado, EVOO, Lime

You can’t get much better than a ripe avocado with a good quality olive oil, lime, sea salt and pepper. fresh ripe avocado cut in 1/2, pit removed 1 tsp EVOO lime sea salt pepper Drizzle the EVOO over top of 1/2 avocado still in shell, sprinkle a little sea salt & pepper and squeeze some fresh… Read More

Chicken Zucchini Fritters

Chicken Zucchini Fritters

  I saw a fellow coach make this with turkey breast but all I had was chicken in the house. I baked 1/2 and sautéed 1/2. I think I prefer baking. Both tasted really good but baking is so much easier and about the same amount of time. I love trying new recipes and adapting them to be… Read More

Spiced Up Sweet Potato Fries

Spiced Up Sweet Potato Fries

There are so many ways to prepare and baked spiced sweet potato fries are always a hit at the dinner table (and let’s face it, good for a snack too). Spiced Up Sweet Potato Fries – 1-2 sweet potatoes – coconut or EVOO – sea salt – pepper – garlic powder, turmeric, Trader Joe’s 21… Read More

Healthy Snack #41: Celery + Sunbutter

Healthy Snack #41: Celery + Sunbutter

It’s all about having simple healthy snacks and variety (who wants to be bored with their food anyway).  There are many options to it. Recipe: Cut 1-2 celery stalks 1 TBLS of peanut, sun, apple, almond or healthy butter of choice Sesame seed, raisins, raw cacao, hemp seeds or other healthy topping Drizzle with a… Read More

K.I.S.S Kale Plus More Salad

K.I.S.S Kale Plus More Salad

This is a KISS or Keep Is Sexy (Kale) Salad from my #30 Day Beach Bum Program program I ran over the summer. You can modify the ingredients to fit what ever is in season.  It is a delicious way to get more super greens into your diet. KISS Kale + More Salad 1 bunch organic… Read More

Turmeric Power + Roasted Turmeric Veggies Recipe

Turmeric Power + Roasted Turmeric Veggies Recipe

We all know vegetables are good for us and we try to find different ways to make them tasty our families. Roasted is a very tasty and popular way to serve that everyone loves. Have you ever POWERED UP YOUR VEGGIES with Turmeric? Turmeric, the yellow-gold (super) spice, is a very easy addition that gives… Read More

Turmeric Smoothie

Turmeric Smoothie

    Before you ask “Turmeric Smoothie? Why?”, you want to know the unbelievable benefits of turmeric (curcumin). Turmeric Smoothie Recipe 1 cup hemp or coconut milk 1/2 cup frozen pineapple or mango chunks 1 fresh banana 1 tablespoon coconut oil 1/2 teaspoon turmeric (can be increased to 1 tsp) 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon ginger 1 teaspoon… Read More

6 Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving

6 Tips for a Healthier Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving only comes around once a year, and what do we usually do? Splurge, right? We justify by saying “it is only one day, what can it really do to my waistline?” Gaining weight during the holiday season seems like something that just happens like it’s part of the tradition. It is very common for… Read More

Cauliflower Rice

Cauliflower Rice

Cauliflower is one of my all time favorites and cauliflower rice makes it so versatile and easy to prepare in so many different ways all year long. Cauliflower has tremendous compounds involved in cancer protection, anti-inflammation, cardiovascular benefits, digestive health, and detoxification support. 2 Easy Ways to Make Cauliflower Rice This is a great Cook Once –… Read More

Cinnamon Baked Apples

Cinnamon Baked Apples

Pumpkin gets all the attention this time of year. And while I love the orange sweetness, I love its seasonal competition, the apple,  and it also deserves a spot in the limelight. I love apples. Everyday I try and either eat an apple or add to my juice, smoothie or breakfast oats. While my mother-in-law… Read More

5 Ways to Cook Beets

5 Ways to Cook Beets

Beets are an extremely nutritious food source and they are really tasty too. Beets are packed with vitamins and minerals: vitamins A, B1, B2, B6 and C, choline, folic acid, iodine, manganese, organic sodium, potassium, iron, calcium, copper and phosphorus. Some really good reasons to eat beets Beets can help fight cancer. Studies show beet juice inhibits the formation… Read More

Sweet Potato Chutney

Sweet Potato Chutney

This is one yummy fall recipe and it is a clean eating friendly. This recipe was included in my Fall 2013 Revitalize Clean Eating Cleanse and it was a favorite. Sweet potatoes are a root vegetable, meaning the fleshy edible part is the enlarged root. (Don’t confuse yams with sweet potatoes – they are not… Read More

Keep Track of Your Water Intake

Keep Track of Your Water Intake

Here is a great tip from a fellow health coach (who got it from a Cleanse participant) on keep tracking of your water intake if you work in front of a computer all day.  Put 8 mini Post It notes along the side of your computer. Each time you have your glass of water, remove… Read More

Roasted Cauliflower Hummus

Roasted Cauliflower Hummus

Cauliflower. It is a delicious vegetable with some powerful nutrients. This cauliflower hummus is a much lower calorie and higher in fiber option than regular hummus. The ingredients are basically the same, except for using roasted cauliflower not chick peas, which on its own is a wonderful dish. Roasted cauliflower combined with some olive oil, salt, pepper,… Read More

Are toxins in your body are giving you the UGLIES?

Are toxins in your body are giving you the UGLIES?

Do you have a case of the UGLIES? I am sitting with a cup a tea getting ready to support people who are ready to reduce the toxins in their body and the inflammation it causes using my Lean & Clean Fall Cleanse Detox, and I’m being reminded of the problems that inflammation can create in our… Read More

Hormone Busting Cacao Pudding

Hormone Busting Cacao Pudding

This is one dark chocolate treat. Did you know that dark chocolate (75-80%+ cacao) can help lower the stress hormone cortisol?   It does!  And no wonder we crave chocolate when we are stressed. It is actually a good thing! So if you are feeling stressed, try eating a square of extra dark chocolate (75-80% cacao)… Read More

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