Summer is almost here! The temperature has been steadily rising here and it’s starting to see 90 degree afternoons already. I know once the temperature creeps up and we near triple digits, we’re all going to be looking for something to cool us off! And I have just the thing! Nothing is quite as refreshing…
Clean Eating FAQs
I get questions all the time about clean eating. Over the past few years it’s become one of those diet buzz words that you hear everywhere. It seems that a lot of the confusion stems from the belief that it’s a restrictive diet plan requiring you to eat all organic foods all the time. I…
Homemade Vegetable Soup
Since starting marathon training a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to work with a nutritionist through my job. I eat clean most of the time and generally get my recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. One of the suggestions the nutritionist had for me was to add more vegetables. The information that she…
5 Tips to Help You Succeed at Clean Eating
In the processed world we live in, it can be challenging to eat a clean and healthy diet. Clean eating is a great way to help you maintain your weight or lose weight and feel great! I hear a lot of excuses about why some people aren’t willing to even try. So today, I’m going to…
Vegetarian Black Bean Soup
We’ve been trying to incorporate more vegetarian meals into our diet and gradually decreasing the amount of meat we consume. Mr. Real Food has always been a big meat eater but he was willing to give it a try. He loves beans so was willing to try more meatless meals that involved beans. I can…
Clean Eating Tips, Tricks and Recipes
When talking to people about clean eating, I have realized that there is a lot of confusion about what it really is. Many people seem to think you have to eat all fruits and vegetables and never get to have any good food. But that’s not the case at all! As with anything in life,…
Quinoa Veggie Stir Fry
This is a special recipe brought to you by Mr. Real Food himself! He cooks pretty regularly around here but getting him to blog his recipes is a challenge. But I finally talked him into blogging one of our favorite recipes. This quinoa veggie stir fry recipe is great for us because it is easy…
The 80/20 Rule of Clean Eating
I get a lot of questions about clean eating and people are generally surprised to find out that I don’t eat clean 100% of the time. For me, that’s just too restrictive. Sometimes I go out with friends or date night with my husband and I order what I like and don’t worry too much…
5 Ways to Kick that Sugar Habit
We’ve all heard that sugar can lead to weight gain but it’s really hard to give up all those delicious treats that are sugar-laden. I’ve tried giving up sugar in the past and failed miserable. The sweet cravings were just too overwhelming sometimes and I just didn’t have the will power to resist. But the…
Sweet Potato Brownies
After my success with quinoa brownies, I decided to try some different types of flourless brownies. I really thought that you had to have flour in baked goods like cookies and brownies to make them taste good. I would have been the first to admit that using a vegetable instead of flour was a weird…
