Why You Can’t Out Supplement A Poor Diet

Supplements

One trend I’ve noticed in the real food and health communities lately is an almost fanatical obsession with an certain aspect of healthy living, while completely ignoring (or just not doing) other things that are just as important for health. I’m calling myself out on this one! For instance, I wrote my post about The [...]

Overcoming Stumbling Blocks

How to overcome common health stumbling blocks and reach your goals

We all know that sometimes it’s easy to know the health changes we need to make but tough to actually make the changes. The best of intentions can be pushed aside for some cheesy garlic bread, a late night movie or a few too many drinks (or lack of good lighting when photographing your kid’s [...]

Bacon Apple CrockPot Chicken

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This is one of my favorite easy chicken recipes… In fact, it never lasts long enough to get a picture… Bacon Apple Crock Pot Chicken Ingredients: 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts (can also be done with a whole chicken or thighs) 2 apples- peeled, cored and grated 1 cup homemade barbecue sauce -or Mitch’s (sugar sweetened)  and [...]

No-Grain Chicken Parmesan

how to make healthy chicken parmesan

This is my latest healthy Italian dish variation. I never really liked Chicken Parmesan until I had it at a friend’s bridesmaid’s luncheon. It was the most grain free item on the menu, and it was wonderful (I later found out it was breaded in some type of potato starch and not flour!). When I [...]

The Minimum Effective Dose for Wellness

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I already talked about How to Stay Motivated, but for some people, the motivation isn’t the problem. Even those with will power of steel sometimes struggle with living a healthy lifestyle because they simply don’t have enough time. If you fall in to that category, taking a minimum effective dose (MED) approach to Wellness can [...]

Step Away From The Scale!

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A common theme I’ve noticed among many clients is an obsession with the number on the scale. It is so easy to get caught up on the number, rather than the health behind it. Jason at Everyday Paleo, wrote a great post about this recently, (part II here)explaining that weight is little more than the [...]

Huevos Rancheros

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If you eat grain free, you likely eat a lot of eggs for breakfast. I’m always looking for new ways to mix up the breakfast menu, and this is the latest creation (not the best picture.. sorry). I always used to enjoy Huevos Rancheros, but being grain free, the corn tortilla had to go. This [...]