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💚Mediterranean Platter 💚

🍞Gluten-free pita bread @bfreefoods🥒Cucumber🫒Tapenade🌶️Banana peppers🌱Capers🍅Cherry tomatoes💛Tahini🍋Lemon slices🧆Falafel🫒Greek olive antipasto🤍Dairy-free tzatziki🌱Artichoke I love making fruit and veggie platters, but my favorite is a Mediterranean platter. What’s your favorite? 🌱

💚 True Food Kitchen 💚

There are some places I keep going back to and True Food Kitchen is one of the restaurants. 💚 True Food Kitchen is the only restaurant fundamentally based on science which ensures all of its craveable dishes and drinks work to increase the longevity of the people and planet. 💚💚 Based on the anti-inflammatory foodContinue reading “💚 True Food Kitchen 💚”

Gardening Benefits 👩‍🌾

Getting outdoors and gardening can do more than just provide some physical activity and produce fruits, vegetables and herbs that have spent their life absorbing the sun’s rays. ☀️ Gardening can be very beneficial to the mind also by reducing anxiety and stress, decreasing depression, enhancing memory retention, reducing effects of dementia and improving happinessContinue reading “Gardening Benefits 👩‍🌾”

EWG’s Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen

If you’re concerned about pesticides in produce, EWG’s Dirty Dozen lists the fruits and vegetables that are highest in pesticide residue ⚠️ and must be purchased organic. Strawberries and spinach were the worst offenders for the 6th year in a row. Do not purchase non-organic. 🍓🌿 A single sample of kale, collard and mustard greensContinue reading “EWG’s Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen”

𝟯 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽

𝗜 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗽 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸. 🥙𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀. 💛 Here are the main reasons why I try to meal prep every Sunday. 1. Know the exact ingredients you’re putting in your body. ✅ 2. Prevents from reaching out for unhealthy options which are more convenientContinue reading “𝟯 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽”

Color Maters

The deep color skin of fruits & vegetables has the highest ratio of antioxidants. These antioxidants are disease-preventing phytonutrients. Eat a variety of colorful fruits & vegetables for health & vitality. The colors found in fruits and vegetables are antioxidants which are disease-preventing phytonutrients. ❤️💜💙🧡 Plant-based foods contain more than 100,000 phytonutrients. 🍎🍆🍇🌶️🍒🍉🍠 Beta-carotene makesContinue reading “Color Maters”

Goals & Intentions for the New Year

With the new year come new opportunities. 🎉The beginning of the year is a great way for us to reset our goals and intentions in order to achieve our dreams. 🎉Being clear on what we really want to accomplish helps the vision come to life. 🎉Taking small steps every day towards changing our habits count.Continue reading “Goals & Intentions for the New Year”

5 Tips to help lose weight & stay in shape this year

The most common New Year’s resolution is to lose weight, however 80% of New Year resolutions fail by the 2nd week of February. 🫠 Here are some tips to help you lose those extra pounds and stay fit. 💪🏼 1️⃣Practice intuitive eatingWe have been taught to eat 3 big meals and snack in between whetherContinue reading “5 Tips to help lose weight & stay in shape this year”

From Pescatarian to Plant-Based

I was mostly a pescatarian for many years. Sushi was my favorite food. I believed that if I limited my sushi intake to once a week or every other week, I was not at risk of consuming high quantities of mercury or other toxins. My “healthy” lunch usually included a salad of leafy greens andContinue reading “From Pescatarian to Plant-Based”

How I Maintain My Goal Weight

As we get older, our metabolism slows down and it gets more challenging to get in shape and lose weight. There are five main things I incorporate in my lifestyle to maintain my goal weight. 1. Eat plant-based I eat mostly natural foods. It’s easier to ingest whole foods from the earth than processed foods.Continue reading “How I Maintain My Goal Weight”