[RECIPE] Chocolate Chip Banana Bread
Hey guys, Banana bread brings back (check out that alliteration!) a lot of memories from the year I spent in Dallas (2014-15). I was studying and we made a ton of banana bread. We were all students living on pretty limited budgets so we didn’t always have all the necessary ingredients. I’m pretty sure we’ve […]
RECIPE: Mashed Potatoes with Green Onions
Mashed potato story time! When I lived at home we used to make mashed potatoes from the box. It wasn’t a regular part of our cuisine and when we did want to add it in that was all we knew. Well, once I was at a work meeting with my boss and our volunteers, and […]
RECIPE: Mexican Alfredo (shrimp, chicken, or vegetarian)
Hello all, I was introduced to Mexican Alfredo a few years ago and I keep making it. I will go a few months forgetting about it and then when I make it I wonder how I could have forgotten about it in the first place! It’s an Italian Alfredo dish with a Mexican twist. Pure […]
Flavoring Water
Have you seen the Water & Hydration 101 Webinar? If not – go go go! Part 1 & Part 2. Ok, now that you’ve seen the webinar – check out these awesome recipes for infusing water with fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs. I’ve put the pineapple-mint-ginger and the watermelon-mint ones on my list, mint sounds […]
RECIPE: Roasted Lamb
Roasted Lamb fam! YES. As an Arab lamb is an integral part of our diet, more than the other red meats. We still use beef but lamb is definitely higher up on the totem pole. Lamb can be prepared many ways but a roasted lamb is your fail safe approach to lamb. A lamb can […]
Latest Diet Craze – CICO
Hello all, Have you guys heard of the latest diet craze? Are you on board? I sincerely hope not. The newest in the world of diet fads is a very simplistic approach called Calories In, Calories Out. In theory and potentially application – this will lead to weight loss. It’s the oldest trick in the book […]
Webinar going live!
WEBINAR ALERT! Water & Hydration 101
Hello all! Join me on Wed at 6pm CST for a webinar on Water & Hydration 101. I’ve been focusing on water intake this month and thought to finish off the month with a bang! I’ll be going live on my FB Page (so make sure to like it, NOW!) on Wed. evening to discuss […]
RECIPE: Spicy Vegetable Stir Fry
A few weeks ago my husband and I went to grab sushi at Ko Fusion in downtown Champaign. We ordered a couple of rolls and an udon bowl with vegetables and shrimp. It was a hit and my husband was like why don’t we try making something like that at home? So I was like, […]
Are you drinking enough?
This month I am focusing on water intake on my social media accounts – follow me there for all the deets: Facebook and Instagram. So, are you drinking enough? You may have heard of the 8 glass recommendation – but how/why do we get there? First, how much is enough? In a clinical setting […]