Nourishing Recipes and Wellness Guides for your Mind, Body and Soul
Hello Avocado. How are you today? Are you ready to do your magic?
When I’m feeling a little lost, avocados always help me find my way back to myself (okay, yep, that’s a bit dramatic). But, this grounding and caring fruit fortifies me with so many amazing health benefits I don’t even know where to start. I know, I’m obsessed. Let’s just briefly discuss. …
So many of you have asked me what my go to morning green smoothie is, so I’m just going to get right to it. This is my every single day green smoothie breakfast blend. It’s creamy, sweet, and super delicious. Sometimes I make a batch or two… or three jarfuls and drink them throughout the day. Or save one for my hubby to have when he gets home from a long day. …
Did you know that the more deeply colored a whole food the more beautifying properties it contains?
So, let me introduce you to the blueberry.
Okay, obviously the blueberry needs no introduction. It’s a superfood that we’ve been eating of years and it’s still one of the easiest, freshest, most nutricious, and most affordable superfoods we can get our hand on.
Blueberries contain the highest antioxidant capacity of all commonly consumed fruits and vegetables. Rich in flavonoids (that act as chemical messengers, physiological regulators, and cell cycle inhibitors) blueberries can literally reduce DNA damage to help protect against all things from aging to cancer, lowering cholesterol and preventing heart disease, and maintaining brain function. …
Hum…. This IS IT folks! Can you tell I’ve been obsessed with smoothie bowls lately?
Let me show you the ways….
Smoothie Bowls That Will Make You Feel Amazing
Smoothie Bowl Recipes You’ll Want To Dive Into
Your Breakfast Called, and It Wants to Be This Smoothie Bowl
I’ve literally tried to make every smoothie bowl out there. And OMG are they yummy!
But sometimes these recipes are too complicated. Like, no I don’t have 10 different types of fresh tropical fruit in my fridge right now?!…. I don’t even have almond milk today.
So, let’s take this 10 ingredient ordeal and turn it around into a easy, go to, always in my fridge (and freezer) antioxidant packed smoothie bowl recipe. You ready folks, OK let’s go….
Every day I have a green smoothie for breakfast…
Watcha got there? How’d you make that? Always one of the first great questions I get asked! Well, it’s a pretty simple, and always tasty, combo: leafy greens + fruit + water … and maybe some fancy additions if I’m in the mood. It may seem like a crazy breakfast fad, but honestly once you try a green smoothie, you’ll more likely to become insanely addicted! Trust me, there is nothing better than sipping handfulls of fresh, leafy greens in a delightful fruit fusion fashion. Right?
There are a lot of complicated and fancy green smoothie recipes out there, but I’m here to show you how to blend up a really simple and tasty green smoothie for breakfast every morning in about 1 minute flat. That’s way faster then toasting that bagel and making that cup of coffee you’re used to in the morning!
Not to mention, dark leafy greens are packed with disease fighting antioxidants, contain high-quality amino acids, important minerals, vitamins, and beneficial phytonutrients. They give you loads of energy, clean plant protein, and keep your skin clear and your system regular. They even help you lose bloating, and pounds!
Now, all you need is a great blender (it’s worth the investment!) and lets get to it, super fast! …
Eating healthy, sometimes I miss muffins. You know, that warm, crumbly bite of sweetness. As a kid, I used to eat muffins all the time… specifically banana muffins… eventually leading directly to my muffin top.
Well friends, I’m hear to tell you a secret… shhhh. I’ve discovered a revolution. As a clean, green, and lean fully grown adult, you can still eat your muffins, and NOT get a muffin top.
How so, you ask? Mix up a batch of these super moist, tender, fluffy, perfectly sweet with a bit of crunch, banana coconut muffins!
I call them the grown up version of my original love. You will call them unbelievably delicious!
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Now that the sun is starting to shine a little bit longer around here, I find myself craving smoothies more and more…
Smoothies are my quintessential summer meal. With fresh and ripe ingredients, they are healthy, portable and convenient meal-in-ones I feel good about slurping as I skip along though the morning. And while I LOVE my morning green smoothie, because it’s packed full of that good for your green fiber, some days I just crave a little more texture and crunch…
So, drumroll please! Enter the breakfast smoothie bowl, which swaps out my cup and straw for a bowl and spoon. Something I can sit down to on a weekend morning, on the deck outside, while watching the kids play in the sandbox.
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Well, it’s official! We’re on spring break, and to celebrate my dad’s 70th birthday we all flew into Atlanta for the week. Parents, siblings, spouses, grandkids. It’s been a really fun filled and packed 6 days.
Every time I come down to this part of the country I can’t believe how fast this city is growing. There are tons of new restaurants, parks, places to hang out…. One of the things I miss most about living in the south are the amazing grits at some of the best breakfast spots in town.
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It’s the middle of February, and I know what you’re thinking…
VACATION!
It’s finally that time. We’re tired of the cold, rain, and gray and our bodies are screaming out for some sunshine, and trying to improve our low vitamin D levels… OK, the last one is undiagnosed, but come on, we live in Seattle. The sun shines here for 3 hours a day and when it does we all run out to greet it like that episode in “Portlandia” where the whole town follows each other around fighting for that little ray of goodness.
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You asked for it, so here it is… This recipe comes from celebrity nutritionist Kimberly Snyder and it’s what I have for breakfast almost every day! This is the green magic that makes my skin glow, makes my hair healthy, and makes me feel like a million bucks. This smoothie gives me sustained energy that lasts throughout the day. My body feels healthy and toned, and my mind feel clearheaded and calm. My skin has started to glow since making this green drink a daily part of my life, and I am sure once you start you will experience the same thing!
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