Healthy Living How To

Vanessa Rae Romero

Sunday Snapshot: Hubba Hubba, Woof Woof!

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When I started Healthy Living How To a little over two years ago, I owned a point and shoot camera and knew nothing about taking photos. Although my intention was always to be more than a food blog, the beginning days were about building my healthy recipe database. I get a good chuckle when I… [Continue Reading]

Fruit Creamsicles {dairy-free & no sugar added}

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Popsicles bring out the kid in everyone! Avoid the unhealthy ingredients in store-bought popsicles like high-fructose corn syrup and toxic food dyes and instead make your own healthy popsicles. It’s super simple and all you need is a few ingredients. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we have. Here is my super… [Continue Reading]

Mom & Me at Mayo

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I had my dad snap this picture today of my mom and me at the Mayo Clinic this morning. It makes me cry just looking at it. Will update on her progress for friends and family sometime this afternoon or tomorrow. It was a long three days for her, she had her annual routine tests,… [Continue Reading]

Real Men Eat Real Food

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Even though the majority of the Healthy Living How To readers are female, today’s blog post, written by my special guest, Brad Shepherd from Fooduciary, is for men. Well, not just for men, but rather written from the male perspective. Ladies, if you have men in your life who balk at the idea of eating… [Continue Reading]

Banana Chia Pudding

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We’ve all heard the catchy jingle, ♫ Ch-Ch-Ch-Chia ♫, sung during a television commercial for Chia Pets, the kitschy Christmas gift that sprouts plant-like hair. Yes, the same chia seeds that put hair on a terra-cotta replica of Homer Simpson’s head is also an amazing ancient seed full of nutritional benefits that makes the perfect light and sweet summer dessert. No… [Continue Reading]

Vitamin G. The vitamin everyone should be taking!

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According to the University of California Davis Research on Gratitude and Thankfulness, grateful people report higher levels of positive emotions, life satisfaction, vitality, optimism and lower levels of depression and stress. People with a strong disposition toward gratitude have the capacity to be empathetic and to take the perspective of others. They are rated as… [Continue Reading]

Teriyaki Turkey Meatballs

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Several weeks back I created a healthy version of Teriyaki Sauce. No wheat. No gluten. No sugar. No soy. It was pretty darn good if I do say so myself. My soon-to-be 17-year-old son, Brodrick, was dipping just about everything in it. Safe to say the recipe was a keeper. There was only one problem,… [Continue Reading]

Happy Eat Your Vegetables Day!

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Yep! It’s true. June 17th is really Eat Your Vegetables Day! I love me a food holiday with no need to healthify (like we did for National Donut Day).  Vegetables are healthy all by themselves. While I think it is universally accepted that vegetables are healthy what most don’t know is vegetables are medicinal as well…. [Continue Reading]

Saturday, Steps & Snapshots

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Confession. It took every ounce of my discipline to get in 10,000 steps yesterday. With my partner in healthy crime out-of-town, my motivation to move was missing. To be perfectly honest, I would have been happy as a clam sitting on the couch watching Law & Order SVU re-runs all day long. I had lots… [Continue Reading]