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Get inspired with my latest recipe obsessions, health tips and advice to balancing your hormones and improving your digestive health.

Summer Peaches – Ginger, Cinnamon, & Vanilla Infused Peach Puree

Summer is unofficially here and I am so excited to see summer fruits and vegetables back at the farmer’s market. Seeing peaches again reminds me of how last year I often found myself going a little overboard at the farmer’s market --  buying too many peaches.  When...
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5 Steps to Stop Your Sugar Addiction

‘Addiction’ is such a strong word. I know. I could have said ‘cravings’. But let’s get real for a minute. We are all probably in denial about our sugar ‘addiction’. According to Merriam-webster.com an addiction is an unusually great interest in something or a need to...
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Best Soup for the Flu: A Simple Bone Broth

  A South American proverb says “Good broth will resurrect the dead.” An exaggeration perhaps ...but only just.  With flu season here, a good broth is exactly what you need to get you going again. Bone broths contain minerals (especially electrolyte minerals) to...
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5 Health Benefits of Winter Squash

Winter squash.  I love it.  I'm not sure exactly when my obsession began but I think it was a Butternut Squash Ravioli with a Brown Butter and Sage Sauce at a little Italian restaurant in Chicago somewhere near Halsted and Diversey in the mid- to late- 90’s. I don’t...
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3 Quinoa Salad Bowl Recipes to Beat the Summer Heat

We are getting slammed here in the Bay Area with a heat wave.  Are you feeling the heat too?  Our thermometer read 102 in the shade on Sunday!   And the dial has been in the mid-90s the last 4 days.  Thankfully we don’t have the humidity but that is HOT in my book. In...
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How to make this Thanksgiving healthy and easy

Well, it’s officially unofficially started. It’s after Halloween and the holiday season is here.  I know the official start is Thanksgiving but to me it feels more like the holidays start at Halloween and don’t end until January 1st …when we can finally take a brief...
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Why did I eat SO much? Here’s a little remedy…

I hope you had an abundant Thanksgiving with family and friends. SO much good food, pie and wine...and with leftovers - it never ends! But are you feeling the Thanksgiving hang-over now? Feeling the bloat, heartburn or constipation? Here's a little trick to help...
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