Frozen Banana Pops Makes 10 treats Ingredients: 5 bananas 2 Tbsps coconut oil 1.5 cups high quality dark, or semi-sweet chocolate chips Topping Ideas: Chopped nuts such as: cashews, peanuts, almonds, pistachios, coconut flakes, chia, or poppy seeds. Instructions: Cut the bananas in half and insert a popsicle stick into each one on the cut side. Read More!
Hello! My name is Toni 🙂 I can’t believe I’m turning 40 this year!! I’m a wife and mother of a 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. I’m also a full-time employee of a civil engineering firm. This is my personal experience of the 30 Day Clean Eating Challenge, thanks for letting me share with Read More!
Inflammation can force your body to hold on to excess weight longer than it should. Weight loss often happens more effortlessly when the foods you eat are “inflammation friendly”, meaning they support healing rather than causing your body to go into defense mode. Clean Eating is a whole-foods approach to living without dieting. You’re crowding Read More!
Chocolate Dipped Kiwi Slices A FUN and simple sweet treat to make with the kids!!!Makes 4 servings Ingredients: 2 kiwi, peeled and sliced 1/2 cup high quality dark chocolate 1 Tbsp. unrefined coconut oil 2 Tbsp chopped nuts of your choice Instructions: Slice kiwi in about 1 inch thick rounds. Place the kiwi slices on Read More!
Let’s be honest, sweets make life complete. We all have some kind of a sweet tooth, and that’s normal and healthy as long as we honor that desire in the way nature intended. Nature has provided well for our need for sweetness, so that we can enjoy sweet foods and sweeteners that are truly natural Read More!
1. Make Cooking Together Fun All you have to do is observe for a few minutes to realize that kids absolutely love being of service in the world. They try to open doors for adults and are finding ways to assert their independence as well as feel useful. One of the funnest ways to inspire Read More!
Sweet Potato Fries We make these several times per week at my house. They really are the PERFECT side-dish, after school snack for the kids, or a FUN doggie-treat! These are totally my pups FAVORITE snack too!. So incredibly nutritious – YET – Delicious + Satisfying!Makes 4-6 servings Ingredients: 2 lbs. sweet potatoes, peeled 2 Read More!
Since the 1970’s we’ve been told that fat is the enemy and eating anything with fat will cause weight gain. Unfortunately, that nutrition advice was wrong, and increased the rates of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and more. In fact, the obesity epidemic started around the same time as when the government recommend following a Read More!
Incredible Banana Bread with Pecans Gluten free & smells AMAZING while baking! I LOVE creating Clean Eating friendly treats like this one! Makes 1 regular loaf Ingredients: 2 cups gluten-free flour 3 large very ripe bananas, mashed ½ cup unsweetened non-dairy milk (I used almond milk) 2 Tbsps chia seeds + 6 Tbsp water 1/4 Read More!
We know that inflammation in our bodies not only causes us discomfort and pain, but it can also directly influence our ability to shed excess weight. Inflammation blocks important brain messages that tell the body to suppress our appetite and speed up our metabolism. But when we’re eating a healthy diet that reduces inflammation, we Read More!
