Nutrient and flavor packed ingredients make for a satisfying, balanced and complete lunch or dinner! Who doesn’t love a good soup especially when it’s cold and rainy outside? Perfect for this nasty weather we’ve been having over the past few months. My nutrient-packed creamy potato cauliflower soup is the picture-perfect combination of a satisfying comfort […]

Spoiler: The best diet is not what you think! If you’re an athlete or an active person, losing weight may not be as easy as one might think. You have to balance eating for energy with eating to elicit a weight loss. But I’ll be honest…I’m tired! I’m tired of hearing about the latest and […]

Salmon with veggies over cheesy grits is one of my family’s go-to meals. It’s quick, simple and a delicious twist on the not-so-healthy shrimp and grits (my favorite). Since weeknights are already hard trying to get dinner on the table after a full day of work, there’s no need to complicate things with a time-consuming […]

Learn to pick the right cereals to give you the proper nutrients and energy you need as an athlete. Mornings are hard, especially when you’re not a morning person. Getting in a nutritious breakfast is even harder when you’re rushing around. But we all know that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, […]

This recipe is almost like an “everything but the kitchen sink” type recipe, but has the added benefit of fitting into a healthy Mediterranean Diet. You can easily throw everything in your crockpot in the morning before leaving for work so you can walk into a wonderful smelling house and have dinner waiting for you! […]

Being a parent is hard work! I’ve officially made it two years as a parent and I’ve had to really shift priorities during these two years. I, just as I’m sure you do, want my family to be a healthy family and that begins with the parents. Over the past two years I’ve worked on […]

Are you a parent of a teenage athlete who wants your child to become faster and stronger but not at the expense of their health? Sports nutrition supplements are usually the first go-to to reach these goals. There are key factors you should be looking at when it comes to sports nutrition supplements and I’m […]

The sports nutrition you give your body before a game or competition can make a big difference in your performance! Being a student athlete is hard work – you have to balance school, practice, games and maybe even a job. Eating properly before games and competitions may seem like just one more thing to add […]

Is Intermittent Fasting really a healthy choice for weight loss? I recently posted about the ketogenic diet (click here to read if you missed it) but that’s not the only option for weight loss these days. Chances are you’ve heard of intermittent fasting or ‘IF’ for short. IF is nothing new – in fact fasting […]

Have you been considering the ketogenic diet to help you lose weight? Chances are you’ve heard of your friend or a friend of a friend or that girl on the internet who follows it and has lost a gazillion pounds. So you think, “well it’s worked for them so why not?” But perhaps you’ve wondered […]