[RECIPE] Savory Oatmeal with Pine Nuts and Avocados

Hey guys, I recently shared my experience with you on savory oatmeal! I’m back with the actual recipe. This recipe has minimal ingredients and super quick prep. Check it! Ingredients: 1 tablespoon pine nuts Drizzle of olive oil (1/4 teaspoon) 1 cup water 1/3 cup steel cut oats Pinch (literally just grab a small amount […]

[GUIDE] Shifting to Nutrient Dense Foods

Shifting to nutrient dense foods means moving towards incorporating more foods that are nutrient dense. This is the recommendation of the USDA 2015 Dietary Guidelines: “Choose nutrient dense foods and beverages across and within all food groups.” But what are nutrient dense foods? The nutrient density of a food is determined by the nutrients it provides compared […]

[RECIPE] Chicken Spinach Tomato Alfredo

I love pasta with Alfredo sauce but often find it feeling/tasting too heavy. I’ve created a recipe that lets me enjoy the creaminess of Alfredo but lightens it up a bit with diced canned tomatoes and of course veggies! The entire recipe takes about 25 minutes to make if you make the sauce while the […]

Smart Goals

Poem called Triggers

Did you know that less than 10% of individuals actually stick to their New Year’s resolutions? A lot of you might be nodding your head as we are two weeks into the New Year and many of us have already stepped away from our resolutions. I am not a fan of setting resolutions only for […]

[RECIPE] Tiny Arab Salad

It’s Sunday Funday and I’ve got a great new recipe for you all! This salad is a very flavorful salad and the cool thing is that all the veggies are where the flavor comes in. The veggies are usually crisp veggies and they are finely diced so you get a mixture of flavors and a […]

Savory Oatmeal

When we think of oatmeal we often think of a warm bowl full of sweetened oats and topped with goodies like nuts, fruits, raisins, brown sugar, and other sweet options. We don’t often think of avocado and eggs. But, the scene is shifting a bit! Recently, I was introduced to the idea of savory oatmeal. […]

[RECIPE] Lasagna Stuffed Peppers

I love trying new and different recipes like this one here: Lasagna Stuffed Peppers. This recipe removes the lasagna noodles and replaces them with pepper boats. It’s obviously not really lasagna but I loved it because I could use homemade (from scratch) garlic bread as my starch. And homemade bread is the best (that recipe […]

[Guide] How to Assess Nutrition Claims for Accuracy?

Pan with olive oil ready for cooking

“Cures all bloating, nausea, headaches, fatigue, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, liver cirrhosis, and death” Have you ever seen such claims? Ok, this one might be slightly exaggerated but I’m sure you’ve seen countless nutrition claims. This food is a cure all, that food is the cause of death, this multivitamin will allow you to see […]