nutrition
Learn How To Balance Your Plate and Never Diet Again
Knowing how to build a balanced plate and putting it into practice is one of the simplest yet most powerful health-enhancing practices you can have. By being mindful about including several food groups on your plate at meal time, you provide your body with the right...
How To Make an Energy-Sustaining Smoothie Bowl in Less Than 5 Minutes + 4 Smoothie Bowl Recipes
Smoothie Bowls have been all the rage this year. You've seen them on your Facebook or Instagram feed; a perfectly vibrant smoothie poured into a bowl and strategically topped with sliced fruit, granola, and bee pollen, looking almost too pretty to eat. Some of those...
Kiki’s Summer Bowl
Since she's such a good helper in the kitchen, it only seemed fair to name a dish after her. Kiki is quite diligent about keeping the floor clean, ensuring that any food scraps that fall off the counter during food preparation are not left to sit on the tile floor to...
Jeremiah Goat and Dairy Farm
A few weeks ago, I drove to Johns Island to pay a visit to the Jeremiah Goat and Dairy Farm. If you live in Charleston and are obsessed with goats like me, you've got to visit this place. You can walk right into their pens and pet them all you want. The farm is run by...
How to Make Breakfast in Less Than Five Minutes + 3 Simple Recipes
So...you've been wanting to eat a decent breakfast more often but you don't have enough time in the morning to prepare said meal. Also, you're not quite sure what a decent breakfast even looks like, but you're pretty sure there's no way it can be done in less than...
How to Build a Better Salad
I'm about to get pretty snobby about salad. You've been warned. I feel like people hate eating salads because of the typical "House Salad" they've been introduced to at restaurants: iceberg lettuce topped with a few cherry tomatoes, some shredded carrots, and a few...
Broccoli & Shrimp Zoodles
Need a juicy, zesty, fresh-tasting meal for Spring? Try this magical bowl of zoodles and angel hair topped with broccoli, kale, and shrimp, and doused with a lemon-garlic-white wine-butter sauce. I'm usually content with the meals I make for dinner but this one really...
Take My New Online Nutrition Course!
Hi There! It's been a while since posting on TFB but it's because I've been busy creating an online course! I'm really excited to roll this out and hope that you all can find time to take it and leave me some feedback. I'm new at this online course thing so your...
Spiced Quinoa Parfait + Tips for Choosing a Healthier Yogurt
Ya'll. Have you tried using quinoa in place of granola in your yogurt parfaits? It's so good! The chewy quinoa is a nice texture against the creamy yogurt. It's also a great way to get your whole grains in as well as up the fiber and the cancer-fighting antioxidant...
Eggs: What All Those Label Claims Mean (or don’t mean)
Vegetarian Fed, Free Range, Cage Free, Certified Humane... Egg labels got you confused? Rightfully so - like many other products in the grocery store, egg cartons are now also obnoxiously decorated with label claims. And while some labels are well regulated,...
Roasted Broccoli Latkes
Ingredients 1 head broccoli, chopped into small pieces 4 red potatoes, grated 4 cloves garlic, sliced 2 eggs 4 TBSP almond meal (you could also use flour) Olive oil salt and pepper 1. Preheat oven to 375. Place broccoli and garlic in large bowl and toss with 1-2 TBS...
Mushroom Miso Ramen
This recipe has a few moving parts but if you have some extra time on your hands, it's well worth it. The broth uses mushroom base as well as fresh mushrooms, producing a deep, earthy, umami flavor. Just about every component of this dish provides nourishment, from...