Category: Nutrition & Recipes

Harvest Veggie Soup

Harvest Soup anyone!? The following recipe is of my own creation and it’s low fodmap (for those with sensitive tummies)! You can make adjustments to some of the ingredients as needed if you want a different balance of veggies taking the spotlight. I honestly didn’t measure the veggies out when

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What is Orthorexia?

You may have heard the term “orthorexia” floating around lately. I honestly hadn’t heard of it myself until within the last three years or so, despite definitely having been someone who suffered from it in the past for many years. More people suffer from this than are willing to admit

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Carrot Ginger Soup Recipe

I have been OBSESSED with this soup lately. This soup is yet another recipe I’ve been making as a result of ordering too many of one thing with my grocery delivery, hah! I wanted four carrots, I got four bags of carrots – enter soup recipe time! This recipe comes

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Apple Butternut Squash Soup Recipe

Last week my boyfriend thought he’d ordered 2 Granny Smith apples. It turned out that he’d ordered 2 BAGS of Granny Smith apples – so I sent myself on a quest to find ways to use that many apples (or as my brain wants to say – “dem apples”). Thankfully,

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My Thoughts on Thanksgiving “Cheats”…

It’s that time of year again when you generally start to see all sorts of fitness blogs and fitness folks sharing their tips for a “Healthy Holiday Season.” People start stressing out about whether or not Holiday “cheats” are going to “ruin” their results. Some fitness pros will tear you

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Recipe: Chicken & Dumplings

I fell a bit behind in blogging due to traveling across the country to be with my family while my mom was having surgery. I’m back now, and I wanted to start blogging again by sharing a recipe that I made for myself and my dad that he gave two

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Let’s Talk About Calories

I wanted to take some time today to talk to you about calories. Whenever you look up health and fitness stuff online you see a lot of information about calories in vs. calories out. You’ve also likely come across a lot of content that talks about the quality of calories

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21 Day Fix Approved Mexican Pizza

I came up with this recipe the other night while experimenting, and I’m thrilled with how it turned out!  So good and satisfying and 21 Day Fix approved Directions: 1 ❤ – Ground turkey 1 tsp Cook turkey on the stove top with taco spice seasoning Pre-heat oven to 375

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What the HECK am I Supposed to Eat, Anyways?

It seems that every day we find out that another supposedly “healthy” food may not be quite as healthy as we thought. Hormones in milk (possibly aspartame soon), pesticides on vegetables, genetically modified soy (GMO) and other foods, cancerous causing meats, stomach upsetting wheat… I mean, really, what can we

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Turkey Chili With A Kick!

I’m not usually one for sharing “my” recipes, mainly because I’m an experimental cooker. I rarely follow recipes, and when I add spices it’s usually just varying amounts of various spices… I never measure! However, I’ve found a combo for making chili that makes my heart sing. I love chili

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