Health Reasons to Eat Pomegranates

Remember when pomegranate juice hit the shelves along with a lot of marketing hype about its super powers? While pomegranate juice does have laudable health benefits (it might help quell the growth of prostate cancer, prevent heart disease and...

25 Ways to Use Lentils

A pantry staple, dried lentils are often overlooked for convenient canned beans. These little legumes are packed with nutrition and are an easy way to add extra protein without meat to every meal. Lentils were one of the first plants to...

Vegan Pecan Maple Rice Krispie Treats

When I was little, at holiday time here in New England there always seemed to be maple-pecan candy around (I use the term “little” ironically, because the way I ate made me a very not-little child).  The original recipe calls for a lot of...

twice-baked potatoes with kale

As I do every year, I woke up the morning after Thanksgiving with dueling urges to consume pie for breakfast as well as to repent with an endless sequence of brothy vegetable soups until I no longer dreamed of pumpkin cheesecake , cranberry caramel...

Meatless Monday: Massaged Kale Salad

Meatless Monday is a global movement, a way of life .  Eating less meat has been proven to reduce the risk of disease, curb obesity and has important environmental impacts, too. Will you join us in giving up meat, just for one day a week?...
Move of the Month – Divebombers

Move of the Month – Divebombers

Divebombers Description The divebomber push-up is a compound upper-body, strength-training exercise that can be done anywhere because it uses your own body weight as resistance. The divebomber push-up requires a greater level of coordination and strength than the...
The Secrets to Living YOUR Ideal Life

The Secrets to Living YOUR Ideal Life

I was just making my way through old blog posts and cleaning them up a bit and came across this one originally written in August of 2012. I’m not all business all the time but I make sure I am doing things that get me closer to my goals because I know deep down...

Best Foods To Give You Energy

Best foods to give you energy . There are times when I just can’t get myself going in the morning, so I reach for a huge cup of coffee. Then in the afternoon, I feel my body starting to crash and I have trouble focusing properly. Often this lack of...

Oven Baked Fish w. Basil Pumpkin Seed Pesto Recipe

Oven Baked Fish w. Basil Pumpkin Seed Pesto 1/2 pound fillet of snapper or other white fish 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds 1/4 cup lemon juice, divided 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 bundle cilantro 1 bundle basil Salt and pepper The process… Marinate the fish...

25 Ways to Use Brussels Sprouts

Although you may remember them as the bane of your childhood existence, Brussels sprouts are the slightly smaller, but equally delicious, cousin of cabbage. Forget whatever you may have thought about Brussels sprouts in your youth and give them...

Homemade Mushroom Gravy

At a dinner table there’s nothing quite like homemade gravy to complete a savory course. It provides the cherry-on-top element to your meal. We have been making this Homemade Mushroom Gravy for many years and it has not declined as a favorite....