The perfect protein shake to start the day off right.
Berry Green Protein Shake
1 cup Mixed Berries
2 handfulls Spinach
1 scoop vanilla ice cream protein powder
1 cup Coconut Dream Coconut Milk
8 Ice cubes
Layer all ingredients in the Blender 
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Find many Pomegranate recipes in this book Pomegranates: 70 Celebratory Recipes
Pomegranate Mango Smoothie! Only 3 ingredients and super healthy.
1 Mango
1 Pomegranate, seeded
1 cup Almond Milk
1. Remove the seeds of the Pomegranate with your hands or this handy Pomegranate DeSeeder 
2. Add all items to a blender, blend, pour in a glass and enjoy!
NOTE: You could also squeeze the juice of the seeds into the blender, if needed. Or, just use 1/2 cup pomegranate juice instead.
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The 12 fruits and veggies you should be buying organic.
With over-whelming research and publications about organic foods, it is difficult to ignore the benefits. Among other benefits, buying and eating organic reduces the amount of chemicals you place in your body and it’s better for the environment from the lack of pesticides. However, there are two main things that hinder my organic eating. 1.) Organic produce isn’t always in large supply. 2.) Lets just face it, eating organic is expensive.
Thankfully, I found the “Dirty Dozen.” The Dirty Dozen has become important in my grocery lists and has helped my wallet on weekly shopping trips. The D.D. is a list of 12 items to help you buy organic, healthy foods. It was compiled by the USDA after washing produce with the mother of all washing systems. The produce that made the list still [...]
Food cravings are time and time again a topic that comes up with weight gain. Its a big issue. I, myself, have an intense craving for peanut butter pretty much throughout the day. I find myself going to the peanut butter jar often and scooping out a little spoonful just to satisfy my craving… thats not good! At least I only purchase peanut butter without any additives like sugar or salt – just peanuts ground up, thats all! Anyway, the point is that we all have cravings and usually it tends to be for something we really shouldn’t be eating if were trying to lose weight.
I want to share with you a healthy list of alternatives to foods that we crave or just foods that we eat often. Here’s to Clean Eating
One of the biggest diet myths is to stay away from fats: “You’ll gain more weight!” “They are bad for you!” “Non-fat is best for everything if you’re on a diet!” But this is all very untrue. In fact we need fats… the “good fats” not “bad fats”, of course. But, why would we NEED fats and how do we know what’s “good” and what’s “bad”? Well, I’m about to tell you! You can read more about good fats for your health in this book, Get Your Fats Straight
Why do we need fats?
Fats help absorb vitamins and minerals and prevents vitamin deficiencies.
Fats give us energy that our body needs, especially if blood sugar supply runs out – fat acts as [...]
Working out is hard to do. First it takes the motivation to get out there and do it, and then it takes the energy to get the most out of it. I have talked about motivation in a previous post here. But for energy, we need fuel – and that fuel is food, of course. But not just any food. Certain foods are great for providing work-out fuel. And I am going to share with you a couple recipes for pre or post workout fuel. These recipes are also found in our Flat Belly Diet Coach App for iPhone. The first is one of my absolute favorites, toast with nut butter and banana slices! I’ve been munching on this since I was a kid and its super tasty and full of carbs, healthy fats and protein. The cool thing about nut butter toast is you can do any kind of [...]
