In honor of Cinco de Mayo, I thought I would share my delicious Strawberry Colada Green Smoothie recipe. It got the thumbs up from my 4yr old daughter. This makes it a fantastic post workout smoothie. Strawberries and pineapple are full of vitamin c which helps with fat utilization (or burn fat) and helps bind […]

I had a friend and local business owner recently post this on her Facebook page and the answers were honest, but perhaps a couple too honest. I take weight loss and being overweight seriously. Growing up an overweight child, I had my fair share of being on “diets” and adult body issues that stem from […]

I find it interesting this debate of which is better. I’ll never forget my first cholesterol screening at my first job out of college, it was 210. What? As I looked at my results. How could this be? I mean, I eat “healthy” I drink skim milk, I have margarine, I eat fat free (in […]

The weather was amazing in Chicago last week, such a tease for us. However, I was in the midst of detoxing and wanted to make something refreshing and light to eat when winter officially changed over to spring. Knowing a few spring detoxing veggies that are in season, this recipe just came to mind. What […]

I have so many recipes to post, it is insane! I can thank my mom for the creativity in the kitchen. But cooking and baking more from scratch is not as bad as many think. Honestly, many fear the kitchen because they don’t want to fail for all of their efforts…well my go to meal […]