fruit + smoothie

Waking up to sun after a day of rain is so wonderful!  And, mixing up a delicious new smoothie is also wonderful! Kristen of Kristen’s Raw comes up with some awesome smoothie recipes.  She created the Chocolate Cherry Bomb Smoothie that I am so fond of.  Yesterday, she posted a new recipe for the Vivacious [...]

megafruit

A few weeks ago, Megafruit sent me samples of their three delicious types of dried fruit: Baby Pineapple, Mangosteen and Lychee. As you know, I absolutely love dried fruit, especially (and normally only) dried fruit without added sugar so I was psyched to be able to sample these 3 fruits that I had not tried [...]

stability & strength

I finally started  my day with a workout!  It has been over a week since that has happened. I chugged some water, then got down to business with a stability/strength routine.  It is extremely important to make sure that your stability is top notch.  Not only do we use stability while we exercise, but we [...]

stress busters

I changed things up today with my Wheatberry bowl for breakfast!  Instead of the bowl being made up of mostly wheatberries, I wanted a lighter mix.  So, I cut up a pear, drizzled it with a little agave and cinnamon, and popped it in the mocrowave for 45 seconds. Then, I added about 1/3 cup of [...]

sunday night prep

Well, in this case it was actually Monday Night Prep, due to the holiday, but you get the idea! While I was waiting for our acorn squash dinner to cook last night, I got a jump start on preparing meals for the week.  I usually try to prepare my lunches the night before to make [...]