A refreshing smoothie is, for many health-conscious people, a sure-fire way to get your day started on a nutritionally sound footing. Whether you’re a green smoothie fan or love the sweetness of a fruity smoothie, you can be assured of a hearty dose of vitamins and minerals in your first meal of the day. And […]
Add more veggies to your breakfast plate
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) recommends that we eat around 3 cups of veggies each day, but most of us aren’t reaching this daily target. The goal becomes even more challenging to achieve if we don’t include vegetables in our breakfast, which ought to be one of our main meals. I’m excited to share […]
Breakfast recipes for busy mornings
There are few things more pleasant than a leisurely weekend morning, during which you’re wrapped up in your favorite cozy robe, cooking your favorite breakfast foods to enjoy with your morning tea or coffee. That weekend mellow flow is great, isn’t it? However, the other five days of the week are typically busy mornings during […]
Ways to make cooking fun again
Don’t love cooking? I hear you! That used to be me, many moons ago. I’d do any type of housework except cooking. Hated it! Part of the problem was that I didn’t see any joy in how my elders went about preparing food. It just seemed like drudgery and plain hard, drawn-out work. No fun […]
Is what (and how) you’re eating making you fat and tired?
Nutrition and diet information seems to be available everywhere, and each expert and organization tries to lead you in their direction because they believe that they know best and their advice is going to help you not be fat and tired. Right? Well, maybe. We’ve all heard–and maybe lived through–the intense focus on how much […]
