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Try Me Recipe: Mediterranean Salad

Want a healthy, delicious, and blood sugar balancing recipe? Then you've got to try this recipe! Serves 2 Ingredients: 1 cucumber, chopped ½ cup chickpeas, drained and rinsed ½ cup black olives ¼ red onion, diced ½ cup cherry tomatoes, halved ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar 2 tbsp lemon juice 1 tsp garlic 1 tsp basil ½ tsp oregano 1 dash sea salt 1 dash black pepper Place first five ingredients together in a bowl. Add remaining ingredients to a jar (to

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Try Me Recipe: My Super-food (Broccoli & Kale) Soup

Here's an awesome cooking hack to keep the healthfulness of raw broccoli and kale, without eating them raw! Check out my new soup recipe

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Try Me Recipe (elimination diet friendly): Steamed Salmon and Vegetables

Serves 2 Ingredients: 2 medium zucchini, sliced thinly ½ pint mushrooms, sliced 2 tsp olive oil 4 tsp water 2 boneless, skinless salmon fillets, no more than 1 ¼ “ thick ½ clove garlic, diced 2 dashes salt & pepper Instructions: Preheat oven to 450F. Toss vegetables with olive oil. Tear two sheets of parchment paper and fold in half. Open the sheets and place half of the vegetables onto each sheet on one side of the fold. Add 2 teaspoons of water and place a fillet on t

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Healthy & Cool Mocktails to Celebrate July’s National Refreshments Day!

I just learned that this Thursday, July 26th (and every third Thursday in July) is set aside to celebrate “National Refreshments Day!” So I took to the web to research what I could find that would befit the occasion, and I think you might be interested to try something healthy and new! It’s summer, after all, and there is no doubt you need to stay hydrated. Especially if you are consistently active physically. And, while we are still in the midst of pool party, al fresco dini

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Try Me Recipe: Soothing, Slow-Cooked Chicken Broth

You are in for a real treat when it comes to recipes this week. I’m sharing my favorite chicken broth recipe that is slow-cooked and oh so comforting. It's slow-cooked chicken broth in all it’s "comforty" comfort food goodness! Delicious, nutrient-rich, and easier than pie. Can you really get any better than that? Serves 8 4 small (bone in) chicken breasts, with skin 3 carrots, chopped 2 celery stalks, chopped 4 bay leaves 4 Tbsp apple cider vinegar 2 cups spinach 8 cups wat

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Try Me Recipe: Pan Roasted Cod (Mediterranean)

Do you love simple, one-dish dinners? Well, here is a super-delicious and super-healthy dinner recipe that doesn’t mess up your kitchen, and cooks in less than 15 minutes! Plus, you’re going to love the Mediterranean flavors in this week’s recipe, too! Serves 4 4 cod fillets 2 cups asparagus, ends removed 1 cup Kalamata olives, drained 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced lengthwise 2 cups cherry tomatoes, halved 3 tbsp olive oil, extra virgin 2 tsp dried dill 2 dashes freshly

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Try Me Recipe: One Skillet Frittata

Eggs for dinner? You bet! Loaded with great stuff, you can make tonight’s dinner, fit, fun and impressively fantastic with this simple one p

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Try Me Recipe: Super-Simple Salmon Dinner

It has never been so simple (or tasty) to get enough vitamin D. And, no, I'm not talking about popping supplements. I'm talking about eating it as whole food. Serves 4 4 (4-5oz) wild salmon fillets 1 bunch asparagus 1/4 tsp sea salt 1/4 black pepper 1/4 tsp dried parsley 1/4 tsp. dried dill 4 tbsp olive oil 1. Preheat the oven broiler and raise the oven rack. Place parchment paper on a baking sheet and place fish on top, skin-side down. Surround with a single layer of aspara