
The Trek to the Turkey – Gearing Up for Thanksgiving Day
Healthy eating and Thanksgiving are not considered synonyms. Thanksgiving is typically viewed as a day you SHOULD leave the table so morbidly full, pants unbuttoned and sporting a full-on turkey tryptophan coma. I’m not here to squash your ideal Thanksgiving. In fact, I am here to help make it better (gasp!) We tend to forget that the holidays are just a day and not a whole month. Therefore, you have my approval to get buck-wild on Thanksgiving Day. However, I am here to help

Spaghetti Squash Chow Mein with Orange Chicken
I have been in a serious rut lately. I didn’t know I was in a rut, but I was. The warning signs were all there. I was cooking the same foods each week. I wasn’t letting me creative culinary juices flow. This is a big problem for me because I cannot teach you how to be fun and creative with your meals if I am in a stagnant pool of sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts for dinner every single night. *Disclaimer, I LOVE sweet potatoes and Brussels sprouts and will continue to have

How to stay laser-focused when everyone else is pigging out during the holidays:
The holidays are a hard time for eating right. These tips can help you stay on your diet throughout the holidays, whether you are paleo, low

Happy Halloween - Crock Pot Ribs & Sweet Potatoes
Happy Halloween everyone! Halloween is one of my all-time favorite holidays, and yet it fell on a Monday… my most uninspired day of the week! Seeing everyone be in the holiday spirit at the office today made me really excited to do something, though. Since food is my outlet, naturally a Halloween-inspired dinner was what had to be done! Of course, it is still Monday and my lack of inspiration melted with my lack of time and energy combined with my desire to do something fun m