While we have always loved to cook at home, during the pandemic, cooking was elevated to new heights in our house. I was constantly looking for recipes the family would love. Trying out new fruits, veggies, meats and fish. Researching new products that I hadn’t tried but wanted to. This is one of my favorite parts of the work I...

Another smoothie recipe that replicates a dessert favorite! This time it is the blizzard. You know the one. So thick you can dump it upside down and nothing drips and is filled with crunchy toppings. That is the one that this pumpkin spiced smoothie bowl was created after. We are able to purchase organic, unsweetened pumpkin puree year round. I...

Good morning and happy Friday! I hope that you all are doing wonderful and have had the best week so far. I am so thankful that the weekend is here and that I am finally feeling a bit more like myself. One thing that has definitely helped me feel more normal after surgery was getting back in the kitchen. Cooking...

I get asked a lot about snacks- we live in a world where we are all constantly moving from one thing to the next. Portable food is a part of all of our lives. It can be hard to make the right choices sometimes. A mom recently asked me to share my favorite snacks for kids and I knew this...

  Good morning, everyone! I have been talking to so many friends, clients and people lately that are worried about staying on track with their health goals over the holidays. There are holiday parties, cookies at the office, parties at school, cocktails and family gatherings. So much of the next 6 weeks centers around indulging and food. I know from...

I love books. In my mind you can never know or read too much- which is probably one of the reasons I am so passionate about nutrition. The information is always changing, the science is always evolving and no two people are alike. I am thankful that there are so many resources available to pull from when I am working...

I want to talk about those two words for a minute. As a health coach I work each and every day to help my clients achieve their most healthy, happy and balanced life. We talk, experiment, laugh, support, grow and essentially create changes in their life that help them to achieve their personal goals. There can be a huge learning...

When I first heard of kale I thought that it was a “trendy” food. You know, the one you hear about non-stop for about 6 months and then the new, cooler, healthier food comes to light and kale is all but forgotten. I was so wrong! Kale is a dark, leafy green that comes in a few different varieties- Curly,...

I talked in my last post about how important preparing for the Whole30 is to being successful. I wanted to share with you the menu that I created for my first 5 days on the program. I used a combination of the recipes from the book (which are AWESOME!) and some of my own. The best part is that I...

The Whole30- something that if you asked me two weeks ago what it was I would have told you I had absolutely no clue. Today, I am entering the second week of a way of eating that has changed the way I feel about the way I had been eating. The Whole30 is not a diet- in fact- as you...