Healthy Living How To

Vanessa Rae Romero

Guide to Healthy Produce

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Want to reduce your family’s exposure to pesticides, but don’t know where to start? The Environmental Working Group has done all the research for you, and then created the Dirty Dozen™ and Clean Fifteen™ lists. The Dirty Dozen™ is the list of those fruits and vegetables that have the highest amount of pesticide residue. This… [Continue Reading]

Salad with SASS

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This is hands down my favorite spring/summer time salad. I’m calling it Salad with SASS…mixed salad greens topped with Strawberries, Avocado and Sunflower Seeds then dressed with a very easy, light and crisp, coconut vinaigrette. Salad with SASS is spectacular as a side to a grilled grass-fed steak or a bunless burger, even better with… [Continue Reading]

Easy Oven Baked Asparagus

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Asparagus stalks rise from the earth ready for picking come spring time. Depending on where you live, local asparagus is ready in the South as early as February and in the North in May or even June. Classic asparagus are steamed but it doesn’t really matter how you cook them; it comes down to personal… [Continue Reading]

What’s So Healthy About Eggs?

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Look up the nutrition facts for egg yolks, and you will find, it reads more like a multi-vitamin than a food that has been demonized due to its saturated fat content. Just 3 egg yolks, not including the whites, provides over 50% of your daily need for Vitamin D and Selenium, over 40% of Vitamin… [Continue Reading]

Toasted Coconut Flakes

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Truth be told, I’m not a big snacker. I like to eat bigger meals that keep me satisfied longer. No one likes being hungry, right?! But, every once in a while, I get the munchies for something crunchy and toasted coconut flakes hit the spot. Toasted coconut flakes are super easy to make, but be… [Continue Reading]

Dark Chocolates with Smoked Sea Salt

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For my fellow dark chocolate lovers, this might just be my best recipe yet. However, before we get to the recipe, let’s discuss some health reasons to indulge in dark chocolate, my three tips for selecting a healthy dark chocolate (for those who would rather indulge in store-bought) and then finally I’ll show you how… [Continue Reading]

Sparkling Probiotic Lemonade

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I quit drinking diet pop (yes, we call it pop in Minnesota) almost 2 years ago. It was my last unhealthy vice. I had long given up buying it to have around the house, but inevitably, any time I was out and about, a bottle of Diet Pepsi ended up in my hand. I knew… [Continue Reading]

Italian Turkey Chili

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This is one of my favorite, “in a hurry” or “I don’t feel like cooking” dinners to make. In 15 minutes, you can have a real food dinner with the help of a few convenience, but still healthy, items…prepared red sauce, frozen chopped spinach and Italian sausage seasoning. The best part. Leftovers. This makes enough… [Continue Reading]

Fact or Fiction: Flaxseeds & Rancidity

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Have you ever been told that when using flaxseed meal, it is only safe to eat flax you have ground yourself? Or that store-bought flaxseed meal is rancid and unhealthy? Is it fact or fiction? Fact or Fiction: Flaxseeds & Rancidity There is a lot of misinformation about the use of flaxseeds. One of the… [Continue Reading]