Crockpot Tortilla Soup

My sister, Sarah, and I LOVE a good crock pot meal. And we’re also kinddddd of obsessed with Mexican food. Another meal making its debut to week 2 of the Ten Day Trim is our favorite – homemade, clean chicken tortilla soup. There’s nothing better than a crockpot meal when it comes to meal prep. …

Surprising Sources of Antioxidants

“When it comes to brain protection, there is nothing quite like blueberries,” according to James Joseph, PhD, lead scientist in the Laboratory of Neuroscience at the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. “Call the blueberry the brain berry,” says Dr. Joseph. NEW FINDINGS ON BLUEBERRIES We all hear blueberries are a …

Protein Sources

A big question for those not taking protein supplements/powders, or vegetarians/vegans participating in the Ten Day Trim is “What other sources of protein do you recommend instead of ___ or ____?” I’ve always known the “obvious” protein choices; beans, nut butters, raw nuts, eggs, chicken, quinoa…but for vegans, that list is still pretty limited. I learned …

Chocolate Malt Nicecream

Ingredients: Salt Pure Vanilla Extract Unsweetened, Plain Almond Milk Organic Coconut Sugar Organic Cocoa Powder Directions: Add all ingredients into blender Mix until thoroughly combined and sugar is dissolved Two choices: Pour into small Tupperware container and let freeze for a few hours. Enjoy when constancy is almost frozen but still stirable. Pour into ice cube …

Breakfast Snickerdoodle Cookies + Protein Frosting

Oh.My.Gosh. I think my life was changed this morning when I accidentally made my pancakes into “cookies” and threw together the most incredible “frosting” like, ever – with only 4 ingredients! Since saying goodbye to protein powders, I wanted to pack the protein punch into my breakfast this morning from whole foods I had lying …

Homemade Blueberry FroYo

If you follow my Instagram you know last night I was on a nicecream roll with my favorite Christmas present ever, my Ninja. Sweet tooth was more like sweet teeth, and I couldn’t get enough! In all my experimenting, this afternoon I made blueberry froyo with my vanilla nice cream. OMG. It’s a MUST TRY. …

Tums & Guns and LYB Week THREE!

WOAH! This week is week 3?! Seriously?! That means we’re already almost half way through the #tiuTUMSandGUNS challenge AND TIU’s Love your Body series! Time to get serious and buckle down to fully commit to the rest of the month, the challenge, and set a positive example for how we’d like the rest of our …

Healthy Crockpot Kung Pow Chicken

It’s the last week having my sister visit, and I’m so going to miss her in the kitchen with me 😦 This week we wanted to create a clean Kung Pow chicken recipe that was crockpot friendly and we did just that! Introducing Sar to all the clean cooking alternatives I use in my kitchen has been …

Dear Skinny,

Here’s the skinny on the adjective SKINNY….and this actually isn’t to anyone in particular, more of a memo to all womenkind out there in our crazy beautiful universe, because after the 239487th time of hearing the term “sooo skinny” used among conversation, I needed to go on a mini vent sesh… —   Dear Skinny, …

PB Blondies

Photo via The Comfort of Cooking So these little gems have been all.the.rage this week after K&K’s member email this week. But they’ve actually been floating around Pinterest & other clean eating & vegan blogs for the last few years…Can I just say I fell in LOVE with this snack/dessert after one of the lovely #TIUSanDiego …