Intro
Low Carb Paleo Recipes
Kid Approved Green Smoothie (Using Green Plantain Resistant Starch and Sissoo Spinach)
Paleo Vanilla Cupcakes with Creamy Chocolate Frosting
Mini Sausage Hamburgers (Tortas)
Eat-for-fat-loss Strategies: Intermittent Fasting vs Six Small Meals
SUPER-ULTRA-LOW-CARB Mashed Potatoes!!! (faux recipe)
SLOW COOKER Rotisserie Chicken!
Recent Posts
Quick and Easy Paleo Sandwich Roll-up
My boys love to eat hand-held foods. End of story. So naturally as a mom who wants her kids to love healthy food, I started brainstorming ways of making healthy foods fun, hand-held and roll-able! I found a few easy, healthy items at Costco, Gordons, and Aldi and made…
Going Paleo
Many of you have thought about it and most of you are already well beyond the starting position. However, for those of you unfamiliar…..going paleo reaps many benefits…… like: More nutrients & energy. Since nutrient-dense food make up the majority of the paleo diet, you naturally get more vitamins and…
Kids Who Exercise Are Smarter
How do we encourage kids to exercise and move when life in modern society has become sedentary, and we are much to blame? With innovation and technological advancements, we basically obtain almost NO physical activity throughout our day. Unlike our ancestors, who had to struggle to find food or make household necessities,…
Paleo Tortillas (That Don’t Fall Apart!)
Since ditching wheat, grains, and sugar, I have tried many versions of internet paleo tortillas to just have them crumble! My only success was when using some yuca starch. However, I wanted to find a version that was less carb dense and I came across a wonderful recipe that stands…
Make Your Body Burn FAT (instead of sugar) in Only Ten Days!
Let’s face it; we’re all human. We all have our struggles; nobody is perfect, and sometimes we fall of the wagon. Whether it is the work meetings, school meetings, parent meetings, neighborhood meetings, HOA meetings, friends/relatives/social get-togethers, etc… , life happens and sometimes we are not always prepared and/or we cave in.…
Paleo Cornbread and Corndogs!
Paleo Cornbread Cornbread never tasted so good…until made paleo! This paleo cornbread will satisfy all your southern needs! Every summer, my sister, brother, and I would all venture out to visit my father (my parents divorce when I was very young). One of the things my southern step-mom always used…
Dance (+ Treadmill) = LOVE
Treadmill Dancing As all of you know who follow me, it is no surprise that I love fitness, but many of you may not have know that I am also in LOVE with dance. I think if I could start over in life, I may have pursued a life of…
Kids and Breakfast – Is It Their Most Important Meal of the Day?
I Do Not Eat Breakfast First and foremost, I am a mom, a busy mom (what mom isn’t?). I’m a mother of two, young, rambunctious boys, an avid lifter, an educator, and a promoter of all things health and fitness…and I do not eat breakfast. Here and here and here explain a…
Ultra-Low Carb Spinach Pizza
Almost ZERO carbs but 100 percent goodness! A good friend in Costa Rica recently shared with us her mother’s recipe for a spinach pizza that she used to prepare for her family in Nicaragua. After trying it and loving it, we decided to make a similar version of it ourselves! I…
Why Nighttime Feeding and Skipping Breakfast Works for Fat loss
Lacking energy in the gym? Having trouble seeing those abdominal muscles despite endless cardio and your “clean” diet eating? Is fat loss a complete struggle for you? Maybe you’re timing your carbs wrong. An Odd “Phenomenon” For my husband’s job, (he is the one pictured throughout this post)…