I know some of you roll your eyes and groan when you hear the term batch cooking (or meal prepping). There are times that batch cooking sounds annoying to me, too. And in those times, I rely on this tried and true way to get food prepped and cooked without feeling like I’m actually doing […]

    Over the last few years, protein has become increasingly important to me. As a former vegetarian/occasional vegan/occasional pescatarian, for nearly a decade I was hounded about not getting enough protein. I would so often roll my eyes when asked how I get my protein and proclaim, “broccoli has protein!” Well, fast-forward about 5 […]

  Does cooking real food at home feel extra difficult sometimes? You know it’s what’s best for you and your health, but there are weeks and even months that it just feels out of reach. You don’t have any fun recipes you are interested in, or haven’t taken the time to look any up. You […]

  If I’m going to have a salad in the colder months, three things are imperative:   Tastes bomb Has lots of fiber (usually beans) Has something warm in it I don’t inherently love salads. They often seem like a lot of work, and I’ve had many salads that left me unsatisfied. Add to that […]

The Chicken Ranch Salad that will actually help your digestion, not hurt it.   I used to think that if I ordered a salad while eating out, I was being healthy… Growing up, we would go out to dinner at Applebees or Red Robin relatively frequently. Around high school I started ordering the chicken tender […]

Do you ever feel like you just need a cleanse? Like you need something to come into your body and do a clean sweep? Clear everything out, get all the hard to reach places, and just detox? Well, this kitchari recipe is the closest thing to that I’ve ever had.   What is kitchari? Ayurvedic […]

I have something to come clean about…. I’ve become obsessed with beans. Literally, all kinds of beans. Not just because they are yummy, but because they have changed my life.   Let’s rewind… (I’m going to get graphic here with hormone and period talk, so if you aren’t into that, just skip down to the […]

I’m always looking for ways to make salads more enjoyable and supportive for digestion. Welp, I nailed this one, I must say. A healthy salad never sounds incredibly appealing to me, at least not the healthy salads I’ve had at restaurants. They are usually made with some bland green like iceberg or mixed green wilted […]

I remember having the Campbell’s Soup version of Bean w/ Bacon Soup pretty regularly as a child. My mom would make it sometimes when we were sick, and I think it was one of the first things I learned how to “cook”, sliding the gelatinized blob of mushy soup out of the can into a […]

I have a confession….   Eating salads is hard for me.   I wish it wasn’t. I wish I LOVED them all the time, that I craved them, that I could eat them everyday and feel so happy and full of salad stuff.   It’s just not the case. I go in waves. Sometimes they […]