Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! One of the hardest parts of eating clean for so many of us is controlling our cravings when they arise. Eating is something we greatly enjoy and subsequently find hard to control in the short-term, because we don’t immediately see the drawbacks. That beloved glass of wine each night will not add inches …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? When a cold salad doesn’t appeal to you, what can you do to make sure you get your rainbow of veggies intake for the day? What can you have–besides a salad–for a veggie-loaded meal or side dish? That’s easy–you whip up a pot of vegetable soup, like today’s Green Bean and Tomato …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? Not too many people like the thought of a cold salad in the winter. What’s inviting and refreshing in the heat of summer isn’t overly enticing during the endless struggle to stay warm. But as we all know, vegetables are necessary–both raw and cooked–every day, all year long. A good way around …
Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! Humans tend to be more emotional than objective. When something happens that we don’t like, our natural tendency is to react emotionally rather than to question the situation objectively. For example; This is the worst thing ever. There is no way to recover from this event. Things will never get better. …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? So what’s a tian? The actual tian (pronounced tee-yen’) itself is a round earthenware dish that goes from the oven to the table. A vegetable tian is a baking dish filled with overlapping vegetables and sometimes a sauce, baked in the oven (sometimes with cheese) and served as a main or side …
Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! Feeling sorry for yourself and hosting a self pity party is a sure fire way to feel even worse about your situation, and will delay your progress. The interesting thing is, most people would agree that self-destructive behavior is not healthy yet will overdramatize what they perceive to be negative things or events …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? Here’s a recipe for flour-free muffins that will not only satisfy your sweet tooth, they’ll provide you with a nice dose of protein. Chocolate Protein Muffins Adapted from: various internet recipes Serving Size: 1 muffin Ingredients: 3 medium very ripe bananas 1 cup unsweetened plain or vanilla cashew milk (or almond …
Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! Let’s imagine you were walking through the woods, on the phone with a friend, fully engaged in that conversation, then suddenly someone jumped out of nowhere to scare you! How would you react? It’s likely you would be caught off guard, jump and maybe even scream and run! It would cause you suffering. …
Categories: Eats, Life Style
Hey, What’s Cookin’? Good food on the table fast–isn’t that what we all want? With that in mind, the Recipe of the Week is Braised Pork and Cabbage. It’s bone-in pork chops, cooked in a Dutch oven with cabbage and carrots. It’s a nice fall meal; good protein, lots of veggies. Meal prep and …
Categories: Gettin The Mind Right
Happy Monday! There is one important rule of walking a tightrope – to always look up and never look down because if you look down, you go down. Life is no different. If we’re going to successfully walk through life, we have to keep our head up. When we experience set backs & …
