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I get so excited when I find a new healthy ingredient available at Costco. My newest find was Cassava flour. It is a grain free alternative to all purpose flour for baking or thickening made from cassava root. Yes, it is higher in carbohydrate than other flour...

The shortage of daylight and cold weather make winter wellness even more difficult. Despite our best made New Year’s Resolutions, it is tough to stick with an exercise program in the middle of winter. The strong urge to stay in a nice warm bed can win over your best...

Ready for warm and cozy comfort food? Think you can’t have it because of some crazy New Year New You resolution? Think again! Comfort food can absolutely be filling, nourishing, AND healthy. This one pot Chicken Cauli-rice Marsala can do it all AND can get to the...

I couldn’t resist just one more Christmas cookie post. I don’t like using the term “guilt free” because I don’t think we should ever feel guilty about the food we eat or don’t eat. It’s just a choice and not one that should continue to lurk in our mind and emotions...

The holidays and food go hand-in-hand. And it’s usually not the healthiest foods that are the star of the show. We recovered from Thanksgiving, but Christmas or Hanukkah is right around the corner. Then just a week later with have New Year’s celebrations. And it’s not...

I know healthy cookies aren’t what you are looking for this season – and I may have been blacklisted from all my friends cookie swap parties because of it. I also know that most people can have the sugar laden cookie, enjoy it, and move on with there life. However, I...

When a recipe for Cheesy, BBQ, Bacon Pasta I knew this would be a yummy comfort food for this fall. I also knew it was going to need quite a few modifications to make it gluten free, grain free, dairy free, and low carb. It actually turned out to have none of the same...

Better than Take Out Cashew Chicken . . . We used to love Chinese take out (mostly because I knew my kids would eat it and there would be dinner time arguing). But, we all feel crummy after consuming the soy, GMOs, extra sodium, and inflammatory oils. It’s much easier...

Quite possibly my new favorite healthy fall recipe. It’s packed with protein, fiber, and high in antioxidants vitamin A, C, and E. Pumpkin Hummus is a little savory and a little sweet – pairing perfectly with the gluten free pita bread in the picture above, crackers,...

No need to buy fancy teas or juice cleanses to detox your body. You already have systems in place that do this for you every single day. However, these systems sometimes get sluggish or clogged up or just worn out from all the work we send their way. In this case, our...