Cinco de Mayo is here and this homemade black olive guacamole has got your back for putting big grins on guacamole-loving faces. Traditional guacamole we know has the basics: avocado, tomato, onion, lime, salt & pepp… but I wanted to put a little flavor and presentation spin to mine, so this version I made with … Read More...
A few days ago I was excited to be able to harvest my first official garden haul of the Spring that included different lettuce, kale & chard varieties, strawberries, cilantro & cilantro flowers, and a bunch of beautiful carrots. I started planting this year around the end of February and early March, and then all of sudden … Read More...
To date, this may be one of my favorite real food meals I’ve put together on so many levels: anyone can make it, great flavors and colors, reasonable cost (see breakdown at bottom) and it’s loaded with real food nutrition. This is a Pad Thai you’re going to love… and rather than typical Pad Thai made … Read More...
It’s Taco Tuesday! …and although I would love to indulge in some tasty tacos, I’m still deep in the detox game (see previous Spring Salad post) and tacos are off limits for the time being. So to adapt, I whipped up something tasty in the spirit of Taco Tuesday, but that was also ReBoot protocol-friendly: Veggie … Read More...
After a fun filled & relaxing winter vacation with a little more than usual indulgences (sugar/Christmas treats) and fermented grape juice, I’m currently cleansing the body cells doing a 21-day ReBoot – the perfect way to start 2015. If you’ve been following me on Instagram lately, I have been posting some of my ReBoot-friendly meals … Read More...
Happy Holidays to you! Wow, is it me, or did December just fly by… Christmas is in a few days?! I’m horrible when it comes to last minute Christmas shopping (read: still have most of my shopping to do this evening!), planning festivities, cooking, etc. Luckily this year for family Christmas festivities I’m on cookie … Read More...
The winter holiday season is here and that means holiday flavors and cookies (everywhere). But that also means extra empty calories everywhere provoking us to nibble where we find ourselves having to balance those two little voices in our heads- “you can have just one” vs. “no, I’m trying not to be a fatty no … Read More...
Seriously, though… where is it? Isn’t creamer supposed to be cream-based, at least to some degree? In other words, in the essence of the word and assumed consumer purchase, you would think you’re buying a plain or flavored cream for your coffee, right? Not so with Coffee-mate. Typically the main ingredient in real food-based creamers … Read More...
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday weekend. I got to take some time off and spend it with family, including my little niece from New Zealand who I had a lot of fun with. I also got a chance to get busy in the kitchen adapting my real food remix raw bread recipe into … Read More...
Finally getting this Certified Nutrition You Can Trust out of the blog archive, and for good reason on why I wanted to wait… this amazing tool is now available that I wanted to share on this post: “Food Scores” by the EWG. This tool will give you the ability to “Rate Your Plate” and … Read More...
