Healthy Living How To

Vanessa Rae Romero

Healthy Treats: Part I

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Empty calories. A term used to describe the calories in the American diet that fail to deliver any nutritional benefits. These so-called empty calories come from processed carbohydrates, fats and sugars and lack important vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.  Empty calories are usually associated with desserts, cakes, cookies, candy but also include soda, juice, energy drinks,… [Continue Reading]

Revolutionary Health

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Conventional medicine provides us with a quick fix approach to removing our symptoms, usually involving prescription medications and sometimes unnecessary surgeries. The problem with this approach is symptoms point to a deeper imbalance that is often left unaddressed. True healing is more than removing symptoms, it is getting to the root of the problem. Symptom… [Continue Reading]

Is Sugar Really Toxic?

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I am so pleased and mildly shocked that this eye-opening report on sugar and its toxic effects, was aired on National television. If you are unaware of or don’t take seriously the dangers of sugar, please take 15 minutes to watch this video. The research is finally catching up with what many have speculated all… [Continue Reading]

How to Make French Press Coffee

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Tom and I love, love, love our morning cup of coffee. It’s a routine and ritual; wake-up, crawl out of bed, make a quick detour through the bathroom ending in front of the coffee maker. We’ve been dedicated single-serve coffee maker fans for a number of years, favoring the Keurig since it arrived on the… [Continue Reading]

Beef Tongue Tacos

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Lately, I have felt like my creativity has been lacking in the kitchen. I guess you could say I am in a food rut. Life has been a little more busy and I have resorted to quick and easy meals instead of trying new foods or even combinations of foods. I got excited, while doing… [Continue Reading]

Salmon Cakes with Tartar Sauce

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Yesterday I had about a half an hour to throw together a quick lunch, take a few pics with very minimal natural light (it was overcast and raining here in MN) and scarf it down before my nephews arrived for the afternoon. I was in the mood for salmon or maybe it was my spectacular… [Continue Reading]

Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breast

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I’ve got a confession to make, most of the meals we eat are actually quite basic and dare I say boring. Breakfast, lunch and dinner is almost always some combination of protein, healthy fats and veggies. While I have lots of tips and tricks to make meals visually appealing and taste wonderful, they aren’t necessarily… [Continue Reading]

Protein Breakfast Brownies

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I have received quite a few recipe requests for two things, an on-the-go breakfast option as well as a protein bar. What do you get when you have two birds and one stone? A Vegan Protein Breakfast Brownie that is dairy-free, egg-free, sugar-free, gluten-free, low-carb and requires no-baking. They are deliciously filling and pair well… [Continue Reading]

Living with Lewy Body Dementia

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I apologize for the decline in blog posts over these past few weeks. Right now, my time is not my own. I’ve been helping taking care of my mother who has a progressive brain disease called Lewy Body Disease (LBD). If you are like most, you’ve never heard of LBD. Although the pathology of the disease… [Continue Reading]