Category: Healthy Living
Toasted Hippie Salad
Vegans and Paleo eaters alike can rejoice and kick off their Birkenstocks and Danskos over this psychedelic salad. Its bright colors, maximum crunchability, and toasty flavor come with an overflowing dose of essential nutrition. Salad Ingredients Green kale, torn Purple cabbage, shredded Mushrooms, sliced Radishes, sliced Yellow bell pepper, cut into strips Shredded carrots … Continued
6 Easy Ways to Add Veggies at Breakfast
If you’re looking to reduce sugar or refined carbohydrates in your diet, or just need a change to your breakfast routine, consider vegetables as the base of your morning meal. Eggs An omelet that includes spinach, leeks, sprouts and mushrooms won’t ever miss the cheese or meat. This combo can easily be scrambled, or the … Continued
Your Natural Spring Cleaning Checklist
Rid winter dust, dirt and chemicals from your home with easy, natural cleaning solutions. Stock up on ingredients to make your own cleaners or try our top picks of natural cleaning brands. Basic Cleaning Supply List Castile Soap – Made from 100% plant oils (we love Dr. Bronner’s soaps) Distilled White Vinegar Baking Soda Essential Oils … Continued
Natural Travel Essentials
Natural travel essentials to keep you healthy and chemical free on the road. So you can travel well—anywhere your feet take you. Eat well We love nutrient-dense foods packed with fiber that give a natural blood sugar boost. These are ideal items to have on-the-go and lightweight enough for backpacking or carrying all the way to gate … Continued
Delicious Advice – Eating Ayurvedic
Photo Credit: Mette Nielsen As sunlight brightens and lengthens our days, we shed layers of sweaters and look for lighter, healthier dishes. The remarkably relevant, yet centuries old, Ayurvedic approach offers insights into dealing with the season’s change. It begins with the premise that good, healthy food is powerful medicine. When we choose wisely, we … Continued
Plant Butchery!
Photo Credit: Mette Nielsen Plant butchery. It sounds like an oxymoron as in “jumbo shrimp” or “awfully good”, but the term refers to the different culinary uses for proteins crafted from plants. Now, this could be a grilled cauliflower steak or the pumpkin chili as well as as tofu, tempeh, and seitan products and others … Continued
Souping (the New Juicing)
Photo Credit: Mette Nielsen Thankfully, juicing is yesterday’s news. Faced with sub-zero temps I’m in no mood to guzzle green juice. Desperate to shake off layers of Holiday Happy Hours, I’m embracing the hottest trend –“Souping.” Simply put, souping, or replacing meals with vegetable soups, is a great way to up your intake of vegetables, … Continued
Supplement Starter Kits
Whether you are looking to boost your energy or target specific nutrients, supplement assortments can be overwhelming. Here’s a beginner’s guide to help you establish a supplement routine, no matter what your level of experience. Supplements for Beginners Starting out a basic supplement routine can be beneficial to overall health. The supplements many folks choose … Continued
Getting Dirty to Get Clean: Activated Charcoal
It may seem counterintuitive to scrub black powder over your skin or teeth. In fact, the word “charcoal” probably makes you think of summer cookouts rather than a cleansing detox. But “activated charcoal” is a little different. This amazing material has super-absorbency and antibacterial properties that make it ideal for purifying skin and body. The “activation” … Continued