• 2 in 1 Make-Up Remover & Moisturizer

    2 in 1 Make-Up Remover & Moisturizer

    Comedogenic Ratings What is a comedogenic rating?  This is a score derived from a 0 to 5 scale to rate how likely a specific product will clog your pores. 0 – will not clog pores 1 – low 2 – moderately low 3 – moderate 4 – fairly high 5 – high   When designing this…

  • Shakshuka Breakfast Skillet

    Shakshuka Breakfast Skillet

    What is Shakshuka?   Shakshuka is a popular Middle Eastern breakfast dish!  It’s full of lots of tomatoes and warm spices.  This month, October, tomatoes are in season so it’s the perfect breakfast option to utilize in-season vegetables. Cumin   Did you know cumin is the second most used spice?  This is for good…

  • Roasted Squash Seeds

    Roasted Squash Seeds

    Compost? Throw out? nahhh … save and EAT!   With all the tasty winter squash recipes coming up this season we can’t forget about the seeds!  It is super easy to just scoop out the seeds and discard.  Take an extra few minutes and make a healthy fresh snack for you, your honey, or your kids.  Roasted…

  • Turmeric Spiced Tea

    Turmeric Spiced Tea

    Top 3 Health Benefits of Turmeric   Anti-inflammatory – Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, has numerous beneficial effects to the following disease processes and health issues. Decreasing inflammation through suppression of cell signal pathways helps combat: Cancer Obesity Heart Disease & Cardiovascular Health Inflammatory Diseases & Autoimmune Diseases “Anti”-Diabetes – It has been proven to…

  • Basil Hemp Seed Pesto

    Basil Hemp Seed Pesto

    Basil is one beautiful herb to incorporate into your kitchen!     Basil is known for its renewing, recovering, and strengthening properties.  The word basil originates from the Greek word “king”.  The new king of your kitchen can be this herb.  Some herbs can be a little finicky to keep alive, but this one is pretty…

  • Smoothie Series: Blackberry Mango Spinach

    Smoothie Series: Blackberry Mango Spinach

    Spinach SMOOOOOTHIEESS!!!   Who doesn’t love a cold refreshing smoothie?  Maybe its this heat, or maybe it’s wanting an easy meal that doesn’t involve turning the stove top on…either way…I am loving smoothies at the moment. The base for the last few concoctions I’ve experimented with has been spinach!  Drinking spinach is much faster…

  • DHA … What? Why? How? Where do I find it?

    DHA … What? Why? How? Where do I find it?

    What is DHA? Why do you need to eat DHA, and so much of it for that matter?  How does DHA help us? Where can you find quality DHA sources to consume?   Nutrition can be a complex adventure to understand what is essential, unnecessary, and what works for you.  One of the essential…

  • Sea Bass with Crunchy Skin

    Sea Bass with Crunchy Skin

    Chilean Sea Bass This fish will melt in your mouth!  Sea bass meat is more oily, rich in fat, and has large flaky pieces.  It is a white fish and you can cook it several different ways.  This recipe is simple for a reason, you do not want to lose the natural goodness and…

  • Three Ingredient Miso Sauce

    Three Ingredient Miso Sauce

    This Sauce is delightful on top of a fish dish, or any other seafood entree for that matter.  It will add a nice Asian flare to a salad or can be used as a dipping sauce.  Miso is very underrated.  What is miso?  It is fermented soybeans.  If you are using a high quality…

  • Roasted Garlic

    Roasted Garlic

    Roasted garlic is pretty much the greatest thing ever!  It adds so much flavor!!!! It can easily be added to any dish, sauce, dressing, marinade, spread, etc.  Fresh roasted garlic can be squished right out of its “shell” and can be eaten like a cheese or added to any recipe to add a nice mellow…