If you keep up with the latest diet and weight loss trends, you have probably heard about intermittent fasting. While fasting for any length of time may sound horrible, it’s actually not. And there are some surprising health benefits associated with intermittent fasting. What is Intermittent Fasting? Intermittent fasting, referred to as IF, is an…
10 Must Have Food Apps
There really seems to be an app for just about everything these days – even all things food, from recipes to health scores to where to eat! I’ve tried tons of them over the years (and deleted many of them too). This is my list of some of my favorite free food apps that you…
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…
Fueling for the Workout with a Custom Nutrition Plan
I’m pretty good about the foods I eat on a regular basis. I’ve been eating clean for the past 3 years and have recently begun eating a mostly vegan diet. I have a certification in nutritional consulting and have read extensively about sports nutrition since, as an athlete, I have different nutritional needs than a…
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 Reasons a Cheat Day is Bad for Your Diet
Many dieters include a cheat day in their week. While I don’t support depriving yourself, having a scheduled cheat day can do more harm than good and end up negating the work done the rest of the week. I know many of you won’t agree with this philosophy but let me explain my logic: 1….
5 Tips for Healthy Grocery Shopping on a Budget
For many of us, groceries are one of our largest expenditures each month as well as one of the easiest places to sabotage a healthy eating plan. There are so many temptations at the grocery store and it’s hard to pass up some of these items that seem like a convenience or a good deal….
The well-stocked healthy kitchen
I’ve always been one to have an easy meal on hand to just throw together when I hadn’t really planned anything else. I considered this to be a well-stocked kitchen. Actually, my “well-stocked kitchen” consisted of a box of spaghetti and a jar of pasta sauce and a few spices. Now that we’ve been eating…
No Bake Frosted Brownies
Frosted brownies are one of the most amazing things created. It’s kind of like a cake with the frosting but it’s a brownie. It’s pure heaven! After making a couple other no bake desserts, I decided that I loved them and there was no reason to ever turn my oven on again. So maybe that’s…
Roasted Garlic and Mushroom Green Beans
We eat a lot of green beans around here. Everyone in the family loves them. Before I really started experimenting with different ways to cook foods, we would just steam them in the microwave and season them with garlic salt, lemon pepper or some other random spice. But since I started roasting them in the…
