Spring time = Busy Sport Season for Families Are you trying to figure out how to feed your family a healthy meal while shuffling your kids to their various sports? Don’t reach for the fast food. Think Soup! You can make it ahead of time, scoop up a bowl pre-game, post-game or even bring it to the game in a thermos and enjoy while you are watching the game. The beauty of soup is that it is simple and you can make it into a complete power meal by adding greens, lean protein, and a ...
Springtime Recipes for Holy Week
As a Catholic, I am partaking in a peaceful week of reflection, penance and fasting as we prepare for Christ’s resurrection on Easter Sunday. The traditional name given to this week is Holy Week. It starts with Palm Sunday, followed by Holy Thursday, and Good Friday. I love the services and the quiet reflective quality that this week brings. Followed by a joyous Easter celebration with family and friends. Here are some simple meals so you, too, can have a little easier week, regardless if you ...
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day has always been a favorite of mine. Wearing green, sipping a Guinness, and sharing a traditional Irish meal with the family. It’s all fun, but what is the day really about? March 17this a day that we remember the remarkable St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who actually had good reason to despise the Irish. This is a story of a 16-year-old boy taken by Irish pirates from his family in Britain around 387 AD. They brought him to Ireland as a slave, and it was 6 ...
Heart-Healthy Mediterranean Dinner
The "Mediterranean Diet" has always been thought of as a good heart healthy diet and it just got another scientific thumbs up. Here is how Dr. Ann Kulze, renowned authority in the areas of nutrition, healthy lifestyles and disease prevention, describes the study and it's results: "In this landmark evaluation, researchers placed almost 7,500 older adults with risk factors for heart disease on one of three diet plans - a Mediterranean diet where most of the fats were from extra-virgin olive ...
Family Valentine Dinner
How did you spend your Day of Love? Yes, I know Valentine's Day has been commercialized, but it is still a day to celebrate LOVE. I don't just mean the romantic feeling of love but fact that we are all made from love, God's love. We are love to the very core. It is part of our natural state. However, sometimes when we let our fears, anger, jealousy, or pride pull us away from that natural state, it can get in the way of our love for others and even ourselves. So, although the day was ...
Why is it Important to Cleanse?
Well, it's that time of year: post-holiday, post-parties, and almost post-football, and we are feeling the effects of our indulgences. Tight waistbands, puffiness and sluggishness. Our new year's resolution -- to "Get Back in Shape" -- hasn't quite come to fruition. So how do we get out of this rut and start feeling vibrant and energized? The first step to losing weight and getting on a healthier track is to Cleanse and remove toxins from the body that are preventing you from losing ...
Healthy Comforting Recipes for a Winter Weekend
If you are like me - you have made a few health related resolutions for 2013 Start your day with a power breakfast Eat more greens Move the bod every day Reduce sugar and gluten Here is an example of a typical winter weekend day. You will see how easy it is to accomplish all of your new health resolutions and have a blast doing it! To start your morning, try this new twist on oatmeal: Coconut Oatmeal. I like to use dates to sweeten my oatmeal. You ...
Almost there! Healthy Holidays!
The best way to handle the stress of the final run up to the holidays? Be prepared! For me, that means thinking and cooking ahead. When will you need some extra time? Be it morning or night, I've got some tricks up my holiday sleeves that I would like to share with you. Smoothie for Breakfast: make mine a double! Nothing starts the day off right like a healthy, color- and vitamin-infused Kale Pineapple Smoothie. So tasty, your kids will drink them; so energy-filled, you'll swear by them. ...
How to Thrive During the Holidays
I just love the Christmas season -- the music, gathering of family and friends, Midnight mass and of course, the holiday fare. But with so much to do, we tend to stress out and focus on just "surviving" the holidays. This year you don't have to just survive, let's Thrive by embracing the all the wonderful gifts that the holiday season has to offer. Here are a few tips and recipes I would like to share so You can Thrive during the holidays. 1. Set your daily holiday intention Before ...
Harvest Appetizers and Snacks
Tomatoes, Tomatoes, Tomatoes! Do you have an abundance of tomatoes that you don't know what to do with? You must try my Roasted Tomato recipe. It's one of my fav's because it is sooo simple, flavorful, versatile, annnd not to mention healthy! You will find that this comforting appetizer brings your guests around the table, promoting conversation and great noshing. If you have any leftovers they can really jazz up your eggs, wrap, or pasta dish. The best part is you can put all those ...